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I wish I had first editions! If I did, I probably wouldn’t sell them.
30 listings this week! Finally (supposedly) getting caught up!
So just to give an update if anyone was interested. I found out that this was made by Plewkiewicz in Poland and it is from the early 1900’s. The company survived in various ways until the beginning of WWI. It is believed to be a Besamim (spice box) which is used in Jewish Havdalah ceremony at the conclusion of Shabbat. I have actually contacted someone that wrote a short article on Plewkiewicz because I cannot find any more info.
In this instance I was curious how people have done on Mercari. Other times I have searched for things b/c I don’t want to ask a question that has been asked several times. At least I know it is not me and I will work on how I search. Thank You
So Sorry! 10 – and I have no excuse why there isn’t more. Although I am kicking butt this week. I hope I keep it up.
No, the screw actually goes through the middle of the acorn.
Listed 5 – Which considering the family was sick this week with ear infections and colds, I would say not so bad. Picking it up this week.
Oh wow! Well it makes sense why he kind of took over the space. Personally I think he should work in the garage, but that’s just me. lol
Considering my husband hates shopping and hates shopping with me at any thrift store even more, it was pretty awesome. Let me say that he doesn’t mind shopping with me necessarily, it is that I pretty much go “ooohhhh shiny” and then vanish. LOL
Funniest Valentine’s Date – last night my in-laws took our son for the night. We ended up at Goodwill, imagine that, and then to dinner. For dinner we went to the DQ in the gas station beside Goodwill because I love blizzards and it was empty. While we were there a fight broke out on the gas station side, which was resolved without the cops. I wasn’t concerned about the fight because the employees at DQ were talking and I heard them say “Oh that’s just Mikey yelling again.” Apparently it was a regular occurrence. lol
Wait until you see my numbers this week! I am taking note of all of your suggestions. The work/life balance is very hard and still trying to figure out how to work that out. I’m just curious, what business did your husband start?
I wanted to come back to add that the hardest part for me is to not feel like a failure when I have a bad day. I don’t know if that is what you experience or not. I just try to do one thing, even if it is just researching stuff I want to list. I know this isn’t the best way to handle it, but I know if I come down on myself for getting nothing done I will be even more stressed the next day and that makes it worse. I am also a stay at home mom and with the house and son I get maybe three/four solid hours M-F to work on stuff and that is on a good day.
I have the same problem, I just try to push through it. What I mean by that is that I try to get what I can done (which some days are very little) and not beat myself up. The one thing I make sure I do is get out any packages that need to be mailed out. I would love for my husband to partner with me, but he has zero interest in the business. He supports me, but doing any part of the listing, pictures, purchase, essentially everything makes him want to pull his hair out.
I know that’s not really any help on how to do anything, I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. I am trying to figure out my own system and I can’t seem to come up with anything that works consistently. I’m hoping others will have some good tips.
Totally get that! Right now all of my sources aren’t secret (Goodwills/yard sales) but I am trying to find some others in the area. It is surprising how much the valley has to offer vs Chesterfield. RVA is good as long as you stay in the downtown area.
