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I also leave it as the last step in the shipping process. UNLESS it’s someone I’m unsure of. This has only happened about once every 6 months. I know I can’t give them a negative or neutral but I’d rather not give them a positive if they’ve already done something I’m a little worried about. Doesn’t happen often so normally I give them positive as soon as it ships even if they drag their feet paying.
Hi Jay
One thing to ask ebay about is the Gallery Plus checkbox.
Why is it there? and why does it cost so much?
I don’t understand what it’s good for. I just got charged $4 this past month for 3 items (1 item was charged twice!) where I forgot to remove the checkbox. It’s a pain and I see no reason that it’s there.
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DonnaDo you guys usually see them as a complete set or individual bowls like this?
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Yes I had the same thought but could really find anything like it. Thanks, Donna
Welcome.
Love the Norfolk/Va Beach area. We’re in Northern Va (Warrenton) but our daughter is a Junior at ODU. She loves it down there.
Good luck reselling. It just takes trial and error. Reading this blog will get you on the right track
Donna
We’re also a Subaru Outback family. We’ve had our outback since 1999 (knock wood). It is great during the winter although in black ice it usually doesn’t matter what you’re driving it will still slide. I’m glad you’re ok. We recommend Subaru as our ‘winter’ vehicle. We also have a Prius but that’s definitely not a snow car.
Donna
Your dogs are so pretty and play so well together. We used to have a golden retrieve and I miss him BUT they’re so much work. We like to travel and it’s hard having a dog.
Donna
Hi Steve
What happened to your other 2 dogs? Didn’t you have 4 dogs in your original videos?
Donna
Yeah I love our “Mailman Mike”. He’s a great guy. I usually make hot fudge sauce at Christmas and give him a big jar. It’s not nearly enough to repay him for the great job he does but at least he knows we appreciate him. He’s also a bicyclist so he has not problem working off the calories.
Hi Ryanne
We’re old school developers. I’m 55 and my husband is 58. The sites we’re working on use Classic ASP for some parts and .net with C++ for the newer parts. We’ve also developed a program that runs on PCs using Powerbuilder.
When we originally started our company (1989) we were developing in C but then moved to Powerbuilder in the late 90s. We developed several programs for different clients using Powerbuilder. We still have one client using a Powerbuilder program we developed to track their Grant Proposals. We’ll continue to support this client until they no longer have work for us. Sybase sold Powerbuilder to SAP but at that point support for Powerbuild was mostly dropped.
Since the internet didn’t exist back in 1989 we’ve had to evolve. Back in 2000 we started working on a site that basically collects statistics about certain companies. We were mainly putting a web front-end onto a database collection program. No fancy front end stuff, just basic tables etc. That’s how we started with Classic ASP and HTML. We still have a couple of modules that are under Classic ASP. Last year we ported one of the Classic ASP modules (originally developed in 2001) to .net with c++.
The nice thing about these 2 clients is we’ve been able to work from home basically for the last 10-12 years. Both clients are located in Arlington and we do have to go down every once in while but even then we can set what hours we need to be there so we can miss the traffic for the most part. Plus our Prius is grandfathered in to the HOV on I66 so when my husband has to come back during rush hour he can still use the HOV lane.
We’ll continue to support these 2 clients as long as they keep giving us tasks. The work we’ve been doing for them can be done around our schedules for the most part. But if these client go away we’re ready to go into full retirement mode. I’ll still sell on ebay and will increase the amount of time spent doing that but this is more to keep busy and fund my yard sailing habit than for money to live on.
The ScavengerLife blog has inspired me to continue to sell on ebay. It’s really easy to get burned out selling on ebay. But reading your blog has helped me keep going
Donna
I had forgotten about the weed I found in a raincoat probably 20 years ago. It was a lightweight Izod raincoat that has a hidden pocket along the bottom front pocket. I just sold the raincoat earlier this year.
I found $75 in a bundle of christmas/birthday cards. The card looked like someone was going to give it to someone for their birthday but then forgot.
This summer I found about $10 in loose change and bills in a purse at a Church sale. I was looking through the purses to see what the insides looked like when I found the money. I just gave the money to the Church since I was still at the sale when I found it.
Yes I love talking about money too. My favorite frugal book is the Complete Tightwad gazette. She really inspired me to push the limits on what’s acceptable frugality!
We both came from parents that were fairly frugal. Both sets of parents were good with money and used it as a tool. Neither set of parents spent a lot but they both have paid for homes and knew a little about investing. They did the things they enjoyed doing with their money but didn’t spend frivolously.
Hopefully we can pass on this knowledge to our daughter.
Yeah you guys are creating your retirement by putting it into rental properties. That’s a good way to save for retirement too. I love to hear all the improvements you’re doing to your 2 rental properties.
Listening to people like Jim Collins and Mr Money Mustache is the way to go. They have a clear, easy to understand way to handle your money. I wish I had been following them since 2000. Back then I knew about investing in Vanguard but really was scared to take total control of our SEP. We began investing in Vanguard in 1999/2000 right when the tech bubble market crashed. We saw our investments go down but we just kept putting money in every month. By the time we started pulling the money out (2014/2015) these accounts had really grown since we had held it so long. We also invested in Vanguard REIT in 2009 during the recession and that really came back strong. But I still wasn’t smart enough to move our SEPs over into Vanguard.
In 2009 we became Financial Peace University coordinators and counselors. This got us motivated to having no debt. We pay cash for just about everything now. At that time we had 2 mortgages. Once we got on the band wagon we paid off our primary house and then a couple of years later we paid off a house we have down in Wallops Island VA (close to Chincoteague). We haven’t had a car payment since 2000. We have a 2000 Subaru Outback station wagon and a 2005 Prius. Knock on wood they’re still going great.
Once we get our daughter out of college we really won’t have any major expenses. Just 1.5 more years. We had saved enough for about 2.5 years of college in a 529 account for her and that’s just about used up. Now we’ll cash flow the rest of her college so she’ll come out without any student loans. This should give her a head start on her career.
