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Ryanne,
As far as travel clothing that dries quickly, I love the EXOfficio brand. It dries super quick, lightweight, packs down to darn near nothing. I have a pair of pants in this brand that are my go to summer pants because they are nice and breezy, but not “noisy” like some outdoor gear. I check every now and again on eBay using a misspelled word search because its very common to get the brand name wrong.
Elizabeth
Hi all! I’m a military spouse, so can probably answer a question or two on the military family perspective. First off though, awesome interview with Flavio. It is interesting to hear his unique perspective on inventory management and doing this while also being active duty. So cool!
SilvanaS, I agree with what TiffyKaye stated. Sometimes its not that they make so little, sometimes its the surprise unknowns of being military whether those surprises are good or bad. My husband and I lived in base housing for a long time and got to see how quickly some of these families outgrew those bonuses and paychecks. Now add in moving often and quickly, forced downsizing, families being apart during deployments, raising kids, etc. It can be overwhelming and the divorce rate of military families is high. Plus, you have to remember that many members of the military are very young. My husband always calls new members in his shop “kids”. That’s certainly not meant to be patronizing, its that to those of us in our 40s, a new recruit at 18 is still technically a teenager. Most of the staff my husband works with are closer in age to our 13 year old than to us. We learned after a while to stop inviting the new families moving in to base housing for drinks, since many of them couldn’t legally drink.
As far as my eBay business, this is the only money making venture I’ve found that is portable, can be done no matter where we move, and can be turned on and off easily. I’ve sold on & off eBay since 2005 and have full-timed it since 2014. We thought we were moving last year and at the last minute, the Air Force changed their minds. Had I been working a regular full-time job that I had already quit because of the impending move, I would not have had a paycheck the last year. But with my eBay store, I just turned the listings back on again and everything with my store was back to normal. Now that we are preparing to move again this December (the Air Force is certain this time), it will be time to scale back the store and turn everything off during the move. So I’ve started downsizing older inventory that I probably wouldn’t buy again, clearing out supplies that I won’t need, etc.
Elizabeth
