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06/12/2020 at 1:00 am in reply to: Trippensee planetarium, Atomic floor lamp, Polaris gun boot, hats, Linemans belt #78352
LOVE that clock!
06/12/2020 at 12:58 am in reply to: Trippensee planetarium, Atomic floor lamp, Polaris gun boot, hats, Linemans belt #78351Sharyn,
The geometrical ring you sold
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184274193803
looks like opal to me, not turquoise. Is there a type of turquoise that has that type of opalescence to it? Great sale either way.Yikes – that’s crazy. Wish I had heard about this before I completed that long ebay seller survey I got a few days ago. If it were me, I would contact the ebay facebook people to complain. But there’s also plenty to be said about just moving on.
Just be sure not to charge for your ebay logic course! LOL.
Yeah, definitely don’t call it crewel.
I would call it a “vintage owl rug wall hanging”
I might even put “latch hook?” in the title – even though some consider that to be keyword spamming since it’s not latch hook.Interesting one, debitsandcredits. What is it about this item that makes you say that it is NOT latch hook? Like Sharyn, that’s what it looks like to me.
I have also heard of something called “punch hook” rugs, but I’m not sure if this is what you have
https://woolery.com/complete-punch-needle-kit-planet.htmlAlmasty,
I offered no criticism of your initial post.
As far as the picking on Suzanne Wells goes, you don’t have to purchase anything at all to learn from her teaching store. You can watch plenty of the free videos available and see what sold from that store, and how accounting is done, what purchases the seller regrets, what worked out well, what her goals are for the store and how she’s going about achieving them, etc etc etc. If her store and offerings are not to your liking, or you disagree with her minimalist “condition notes”, that’s fine, but that doesn’t make her a problematic or scammy reseller.
“Good? What does that mean? “Good” could mean anything. Why isn’t it more descriptive?”
Those are great questions. If you watched her FREE videos, you might find out. If you don’t need to find out, then you are clearly not her target market.Same goes for J&R. They used to be super descriptive in the description section. Now they are super minimalist. If I were coming to their listings for the first time right now, I might also think “Who are these bozos who don’t even take a few minutes to describe what they are selling? Why should I listen to their podcast?”. But they explained all this in great detail on their podcasts, which a lot of us learned from.
So can we please just stop picking on this poor woman? Like most of us, she works really hard and does her best. She has a lot of big fans (I’m actually not a huge fan – I just don’t think she should be picked on), and if they want to pay to have lunch with her, good for her and them! Everybody walks away happy.
“Random thoughts” and “Brain dump” are not the same thing.
Despite my rants about positivity, my brain generates a LOT of pointless sarcastic criticisms I could dump out on this forum, but I make a big effort not to do so, in large part b/c of the early podcasts, which talked a lot about how this community is an escape from the dark depths of negativity on the ebay forum.
Is there really a good reason to pile on the criticism on a woman who is just trying her best to make a living? I’m sure that if any of us semi-anonymous people made our stores public, there would be lots to criticize there, too. Glass houses, etc.
A teaching store is one that she shares publicly, and discusses in her videos. It doesn’t have anything to do with golf, at least not anymore. She might have another store that she does not share.
Personally I find many of her free videos useful – the “what sold” videos.
“good pre-owned condition” is very similar to the often-used “minor wear” in J&R listings. Very vague, but it works for them. I myself try to include a lot more information than that, but so what?
If you don’t like what she’s selling or how she’s selling it, don’t buy it. I don’t buy anything she sells either, and frankly her style isn’t always to my liking, but she is an experienced and successful reseller.
I love scavenger life b/c of the overall positive and inclusive tone that J&R have cultivated – for all styles of sellers. This thread is veering in the opposite direction.
Different strokes for different folks – that’s my point. I wasn’t trying to say that my definition of “side hustle” is the only correct interpretation, but simply to share my contrasting view point.
I would never call something a gew-gaw (except maybe on this forum!). I would also not use the word “pop” when referring to a canned carbonated beverage. Also, words evolve with time. My mom would never consider something she likes to be “cool” or “sweet” – to her those are words that refer to temperature and taste. “Wicked cool” would definitely not have positive connotations for her, but it does for me. Just like “side hustle” is negative for you and positive for me.
The way you have described how hard you worked when you guys first started – just listing listing listing all day long with construction work going on all around you – I would call that hustling. And not as an insult or criticism.
When I read the term “side hustle”, I don’t think of swindling. I think of hard work – rushing about to make extra money.
Thanks Rhianna!
Thank you so much!!! This is really helpful.
yes
This is what the International Shipping section looks like in my listings – I only use GSP and do not ship direct.
definitely flowers, not wheat.
05/28/2020 at 6:01 pm in reply to: Whoa, what? Walmart to start selling used clothing and accessories online??? #77898ThredUp has been selling on ebay for a while now.
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