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Here are a few of my thrift-shop BOLO items. I might have mentioned these before, in the old format:
Monroe Salt Works Pottery: I found my first piece of this discontinued pottery at the dump, and have since found several other pieces at various thrifts. http://ebay.to/2iWZZLz
Old Spouter Pottery: I mention this because although a lot of it looks sort of kitschy and therefore might not catch your eye, it’s got a rabid following: http://ebay.to/2iWRUqg
Marblehead Pottery: I’ve only found one piece in the wild, but it’s a good name to know: http://ebay.to/2iuDCMr
I listed three items from my death ‘piles’ today. I put ‘piles’ in quotes because I’ve really got more of a thin layer of inventory spread all over the house than a specific, organized pile. Three items listed, and hoping to squeeze in two more before everyone is home from school.
I thought your story was going to be about impatience, immaturity, and unwarranted negative feedback (all issues I associate with buyers of videogames) — but instead it’s about harassment and misogynist/anti-Semitic abuse. If the reporting system is anonymous, I’d report this buyer. I think goading him would be hitting a hornet’s nest, and even though I guess it’s sort of funny to see someone blow up like that, I think the safest thing is to block (which you’ve done) and report. This person seems really unhinged.
Edited to add: That said, I love Whiskey’s idea!
I’ve got to start scrolling to the end of the thread before I start researching!
Nice work!I’ve just done some research and I believe that style/make is the Coach “Sammi” boot, although it’s hard to tell if the heel is the same. The “Sammi” seems to have a kitten-style heel.
So, basically useless lesson for the day: A similie is a metaphor that uses a word like “like” or “as.” So…
Metaphor: “Listing items is shoveling coal into the engine of a steamship.”
Similie: “Listing items is like shoveling coal…”All similies are metaphors, but not all metaphors are similies.
As for my own shop, it’s got an engine that runs roughly and occasionally sputters out, as I’m inconsistent with both the shoveling and the quality of the fuel.
You probably already found these pages, but here are a few links:
http://fountainmania.weebly.com/pan-pens.html
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/161367-pan-fountain-pens/
The shop looks great from here! Photos are bright, listing titles are long and descriptive. I didn’t see your store before the suggestions, but it looks really nice right now.
I’m definitely going to be reducing thrift trips, working on death piles (some items will be listed and some will be donated) and improving inventory management. It won’t be a total true “no scavenge” month, for sure, but I need to get more things out (sold or donated) than in.
I found this vintage mascot for a South High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. It closed in 1988. There’s a wikipedia page for the school, which contained this information about the logo:The mascot for South High School was a Bear Cub, and South High students were usually referred to as Cubs. The moniker was given when a local newspaper article about Dr. Devoe Woolf, South High’s principal at the time, metaphorically referenced the South High students as his “Woolf Cubs”, alluding to the newness of the school. It was not long before the mascot was a Bear Cub. Some of the sports uniforms worn by South High teams, especially by baseball teams, used designs similar to those found on the Chicago Cubs’ uniforms, which also uses a bear cub mascot. Although always popular, it would be some time before the cub moniker was official. Pre-dating this change was the official “Rebel” and “Southern” theme of the school, linking references to the Antebellum US south to the school. Throughout the history of the school, depictions of the Cub mascot typically showed the bear cub wearing a Civil War-era battle cap, often colored grey and presumably Confederate. Carrying on the southern theme, the school’s spring dance was called “Plantation”. South High’s colors were Yale blue and white.
I think South High is your source.
Where is the signature? Do you feel like it’s an artist signature or an owner signature? The name, to me, looks like it reads “John Sein.”
My whole eBay existence has sort of fallen apart over the last two months. It’s my inventory system has utterly imploded, it takes me forever to find items, and I’m feeling depressed by the flotsam and jetsam of uninteresting items that have cluttered up our house. Furthermore, I don’t seem to be finding anything really decent when I’m out there sourcing. Sales, predictably, have also fallen. Perhaps it’s a biorhythm trough? 🙂
In any event, I’ve closed my shop for the season so I can focus on what needs to be done at home for the holidays. After the new year, I’ll re-group and see what I can do to improve sales and make this fun and profitable again. This was my best year financially since I started selling online in 2007, so I’m not throwing in the towel just yet, it’s just that I’m in a super rough patch at the moment. Mojo = lost.
Edited to add: This isn’t meant to be negative re: eBay generally. I don’t blame eBay or think that selling eBay isn’t a sustainable business, or anything like that (and the solid sales others have posted clearly bear that out.) I’m just in a slump for various organizational and personal reasons.
