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If you have a fireplace, you can stick a little end table in it and use a task lamp, then take photos like this one just with your phone: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-heavy-wood-india-Buddha-meditating-seated-lotus-position-/263071380702?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
It’s not the all-white background some people love, but it works any time of day or night and doesn’t require special or dedicated equipment. It might also work against a solid-colored wall.
What’s the photo on the back? Would love to see it!
Ooops, got editing. Thanks.
So, these last few months have been a little crazy. Sorry I haven’t been checking in. The kids are home for the summer, I’ve been obsessed with politics, I’ve developed a minor medical issue which is affecting both my attention span and my overall functioning, I haven’t been listing or sourcing very much, and my sales — predictably — have slowed. I’ve also lost top-rated status due to late shipping times (see attention span, kids, etc.)… I’ve had a few big sales here and there, so I’m still making a little bit of money, but I need to regroup and get things under control.
The attempts to dismantle Obamacare (not getting political here) have also had me scouting around for a job with health insurance. With three kids and a handful of medical issues in the family, we can’t be without care. A few of these issues will be new “pre-existing conditions” if we have to get a new plan, and we were paying over $1000 a month before these conditions developed (before anyone had ANY non-standard health needs) pre-ACA. I’m frankly terrified.
Good sales recently include a rare glass vase (over $900; paid $8, thinking it might be worth $50) and some paintings for $200 and $400.
Total n00b question, but how do I get to the bulk editor? I want to change my handling time. Thanks so much.
Kate
Is it definitely an original painting and not a print? Is it on canvas or board?
Really interesting. I’ll get to work on it! Can you add a picture of the back?
07/20/2017 at 10:18 pm in reply to: Help identifying small ceramic chicken statue with no identifiable marks #20573Is there metal or rubber inside, or is that just unglazed pottery? It sort of looks like it could be some kind of finial, although it’s awfully tall for that purpose.
Some people, thrift store employees included, believe that thrift shops exist solely to provide low-cost goods to the community. This is certainly part of the mission of thrifts, but if people buying for personal use were the only shoppers, the stores would quickly become overwhelmed with donations/inventory.
People holding yard sales are probably irked because they know that with a little more work (<– actually, a lot more, but they perceive it as a little) they could get more money for an item, and you’re reminding them of that by buying it… or because something they perceived as having no value suddenly seems to have more when a reseller buys it, and it feels like they’ve been had (even though they set the price!)
06/08/2017 at 1:32 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 313: What’s your Backup Plan to eBay? #19180Linda,
I don’t know if you saw the recent article about faith-based health care sharing ministries on Buzzfeed; it’s an interesting read for sure. https://www.buzzfeed.com/lauraturner/christian-health-care?utm_term=.jxMNJj63P#.obmKAPM0E It really gets into the ins and outs, the pros and cons. It seems to work for some, but I don’t think I’d call it “the best way to provide health insurance,” not least because its members have to find alternative routes (often government programs like Medicaid) to coverage for excluded conditions (up to and including all medical care for adopted children.) (Side note: mutual aid socities have existed for hundreds of years, and Roman soldiers even pooled their money to pay for burial of the fallen. So the overall idea is neither new nor a solution.)
Speaking of Christianity, it’s been many years since this atheist has been to church, but gloating over thosands of people losing food aid doesn’t seem in line with any Christian teaching I ever heard. I’ve looked into the Alabama situation, and there isn’t even clear evidence that there are sufficient jobs to employ all the people kicked off the rolls. It’s not that 85% of the people refused to work, it’s that they became ineligible under the new law and haven’t found employment yet. That’s thousands of hungry people and it’s tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars no longer going into the economies of those counties. In the long run, it’s going to do more harm than good.
Matthew 25:35-40New International Version (NIV)
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
And as for the ACA, the Republicans have had YEARS to come up with at least the broad outlines of an alternative to Obamacare. YEARS. So what’s their big, beautiful idea? “Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.” Jesus wept. (John 11:35.)
Sue, I totally trust your gut, even if you don’t! 🙂
That’s a great find (I would never have know what it was, or why it was so special), and even though it can feel tough to counter a $525 offer — if it’s worth more, it’s worth more. Simple as that.I think it’s called “Oliv” / olive.
I watched the series over the course of a few weeks while listing.
In the end, I think I’m more team Gail than team Sophia. 🙂Maybe some kind of mold?
I get that a person who sells things quickly (for a lower price) has more money back in hand to go out and buy *more* things that sell quickly, and so they’re turning each $1 into $10 many more times over during the course of a year than is the person who buys one thing and sits on it, waiting for it to turn into $50 over the course of that same year. I get it. That’s maybe the “compounding interest” analogy. $1 becomes $10 quickly, $10 becomes $20 quickly, and then $20 becomes $40, and then $40 becomes $80 as you re-invest, and buy and list and sell more and more.
But that method requires vastly more time and energy. More time sourcing, listing, and packing. Vastly more time. It’s a model that works for some people, like the friends I mentioned above. But for people who are essentially part-time, like myself, or people who are also running other businesses and pursuing other interests, the long-tail method works perfectly well. Different needs, different methods. I don’t think there’s the “one true way” here. Find your niche, figure out what works for you, monitor and adjust as necessary.
I shoot my photos on a trash-picked teak table. I pushed it part-way into my fireplace and have a home-depot task light clamped to a floor vase shining on the items. For the most part, I get good photographs, with a warm wood tone underneath and a deep black background. Very inexpensive setup and the family gets used to having a table in the fireplace pretty quickly. 🙂
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