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Are is the link to the bay listing Brian. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1968-Omega-Constellation-564-35mm-New-Leather-Alligator-Style-Band-/252988225965?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT I had a new leather band put on, it is genuine cow leather that looks like alligator.
Thanks, yeah its working and is 1968. The inside is just awesome, almost looks rose gold. The crystal needs to be replaced and it should be serviced but that is $200 I don’t want to invest myself.
Good Week, found my first Omega Constellation the other day. I actually just got off the phone with eBay to discuss a piece of feedback. I called yesterday and talked to one Rep. who told me there was nothing they could do, I then asked for the manager and same result. So I called again today and walla no more negative feedback. I am super appreciative to understand the system but somedays it is almost just one big headache. It would be awesome if there was a more cut and dry scenario, or if they looked at how much business you do without involvement and they just took your word since 95% of the time we all know more about their site then they do. Also, I know we are not getting the bottom of the barrel when you have the direct connect line but perhaps it was people that CLEARLY knew the rules and regulations. It is beyond frustrating sometimes just knowing that you have to call and explain and then explain some more just to get the obvious outcome. I have to remind myself though that things could be so much worse… I could not know the system (thanks to all of you)… or worse yet, I could have a BOSS. So glad those days are gone. Heres to owning our time. I can’t tell you how thankful, especially during the summer I am to be able to literally do what ever I want. Like now, I think I am going to take a nap while the little ones take theirs. Then it is off to the park and a walk in the forest preserve.
A little late in the wee but it has been kind of busy as I bought a bunch of Littlest Pet Shop toy and have been listing a lot of them which is super time consuming. I probably won’t buy them again. But I did want to stop in and show off a big find I got this morning. I already to it to my watch guy and had it cleaned and a new band put on. I paid $24.99 for a vase and this is only one of the cool find in it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1968-Omega-Constellation-564-35mm-New-Leather-Alligator-Style-Band-/263015348759?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
I know it might be over priced but someone will talk me down anyway. Another cool find was a set of WWII dog tags. Keep up the hunt. The dream is real.Yeah Jay, but around my area all the goodwills are now sending their jewelry to a warehouse and putting it online. I actually have since then switched focus to more porcelain plates, flatware, and sunglasses. I was thinking about breaking it down further but since I won’t be filling it as fast anymore and the armor is only so big it made since to stop there for now. But if the necklace bin fills, you are right I will have to do that. On the note of the gold and silver, it is weird, gold is such a hard sale. I sell so much more funky brooches and costume jewelry like Chico’s then gold. People seem very reluctant to buy gold which doesn’t make much sense since it can’t be a money thing. I just sold a Blondie poster for 425 to someone in the UK. Maybe there is just so much competition in the jewelry arena. Any who, I have a question that I have been meaning to ask, Since you both live in VA have you ever thought of metal detecting your property for relics. Talk about cheap inventory. Plus, it is similar to thrift store hunting, I just find less metal detecting but it is quite addicting especially if you were to find a CS buckle. But back to the sunglasses and eyeglasses, the vintage ones are like an untapped market around here. I sell a few every week and some go for great money and they sell here for $1.99, I remember you sold the square Dennis Hoppers a while back, not sure if you are still buying them.
Just my 2 cents: Selling can be emotional. That is, if you allow it to be. Being small time sellers, even one fraudulent attempt can hit the pocket books. But I do agree with eBay that the vast majority are honest, or are only dishonest for a little money, i.e. trying to dodge the restocking fees. I can honestly say that I have only had a handful of cases where something fishy was going on and none of those have I lost. Well maybe 2 of those which is why I no longer buy tape, cd players, or electronics for that matter. I just don;t want any hassle. But for the most part, those few “scammers” are easily absorbed by the fact that I have NO one I have to answer to. I would, and do look forward to the inclusion of the pilot program to everyone. But the article seemed to paint eBay in a worse light then I think most sane, emotionally distancing individuals would. It is true that eBay can not see what we are sending and if they just took one side over the other then it could become overrun with this but roles reversed. And if we think about it, the most important thing is buyer confidence. If we lose that then we stand to lose more then a few bucks on a single listing. Nuff said, but thanks for sharing.
So I was just listening while taking photos this morning and I thought I would share phase one of my inventory revamp. I sell tons of items but the majority of what I sell is jewelry. Every morning for 2.5 years I would come down stairs and I would have to go through my jewelry to find the pieces that sold. This was fine when all the items fit in 34 plastic separated arts and crafts boxes. But for the last year I had amassed so much that they where located in the boxes and 18 1 gallon ziplock bags. It was taking me over an hour every morning to find them since it was not organized. I had been told I needed a better way for some time but I am kind of hard headed. Finally I bought 6, 12 gallon bins. One is full of necklaces, another brooches, then bracelets, the rings. The last two are in the basement with sunglasses and action figures. I keep the jewelry upstairs since it is the vast majority of what sells and I can find the items while the kids eat breakfast and then I can head down to the dungeon during nap time. Finally after my oldest son gets home from school I can go to the post office. Not the best system but far and away better then mixed bags. Instead of over and hour it takes about 15 minutes and that is mainly because the necklace bin is almost full. I was able to fit them in an armoir we picked up off craigslist a few years ago before we finally made the leap to ditch the bubble back tv (only about 10 years after everyone else. Here are a few pictures. http://imgur.com/a/DI6dA
http://imgur.com/a/DI6dAYes Jay, I work alone. My fiancé is a nurse which is really great. Her schedule allows us to hangout and go to gymnastics with are two youngest. I try to list when she goes to work. Not sure how we would have done it without eBay. Ebay has allowed us to forgo paying for child care which around us is near 900 a week for two small children. I know it isn’t quite as much everywhere but we still live in suburban Chicago in one of the highest cost of living areas around. We would like to love but she really loves her job and as a person that hated his job I totally understand not wanting to leave a place of comfort. But as far as how I work around watching kids and listing is I try to list one day a week and then me and the kids go out in the mornings till 11am then we have to be home for naps and lunch. But when my fiancé is home and go out for a longer day but am still home by 12:30. It is funny when I think about it but I can remember (my first job after college was downtown Chicago)being on the train coming home from my job in the city early from work one day, and I over heard an older man say “if you can’t be home by noon your doing something wrong”. I have since looked for that and now it’s kind of like my mantra. Thanks you two.
Sorry for all the grammatical errors… I am still riding the high of the outcome of the eBay events.
