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03/15/2018 at 1:02 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Rolodex, Owl bookends, Clocks, Desk lamp, MCM trash bin, Zenith Trans Oceanic radio #35218
Idahoarder,
Great sales, and I’m jealous of your fur boot sale. I found a pair very similar to that (salvation army $5), though in worse condition, and after doing all the research, learned that they are seal fur boots. Unfortunately, the term “seal fur” got the listing flagged & removed really quickly, and when I opened an etsy account specifically to sell them, I got the same result there. So now I have this pair of boots sitting around unlisted. I guess this is one time when doing a lot of research was a mistake! Maybe I will re-donate, since I’m too lazy to try facebook or craigslist.Sounds to me like you should accept the return, and when they don’t ship it back, get ebay to close the case.
“Someone put up a junk lot, sell it for $50, and tell us about it.”
Isn’t that what someone already did – meaning, the guy who called in once or twice?
03/13/2018 at 10:55 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 351: Being Frugal Is Not A Secret Club #35109Marjean28,
The treatment you got at Harvey Mudd is surprising and very disappointing. I know someone whose daughter has dyslexia and goes to one of the other Claremont colleges and gets really good accommodation. Anyway, didn’t mean to butt in. Sounds like you’ve got all the bases covered for your daughter’s college selection process. Hope it goes well!
Sonia03/12/2018 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 351: Being Frugal Is Not A Secret Club #35003Marjean28,
If your daughter is high school valedictorian and taking college courses, does that mean her SATs, AP scores, and other application aspects are good enough for her to consider applying to an Ivy League or similar-rank school? Although they likely will not accept her minnesota credits, they will be a big bonus on her application, but more importantly most also provide ALL financial aid in the form of direct grants, and NOT loans, not anymore. So you wouldn’t have any financial reasons to worry about the minn credits being accepted. Princeton was the first to start doing loan-free aid in the 90s, and many (most?) have followed suit. Stanford has a pretty good deal, too. This of course, depends on family resources – they only do this if you qualify. Worth checking out if your kid is such a superstar and has serious academic interests and wants to be with other academic superstars.“Under the new policy, Stanford will expect no parental contribution toward tuition from parents with annual incomes below $125,000 – previously $100,000 – and typical assets. And there will be zero parental contribution toward tuition, room or board for parents with annual incomes below $65,000 – previously $60,000 – and typical assets.”
Here’s a similar chart for Princeton:
https://admission.princeton.edu/who-qualifies-aidI hope I’m not being too nosy here. I just find that few people know about the fantastic deals available at the top universities.
I wouldn’t lie on a customs form, and I would tell the buyer to cancel the transaction if she’s not okay with that. If she doesn’t cancel within your handling time, I would ship it.
03/12/2018 at 8:02 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 351: Being Frugal Is Not A Secret Club #34985“College is a financial transaction. You are paying for an education to get you a better income.”
Yes, it’s a financial transaction, but you are paying for more than just a better income. I certainly got a lot more out of it than that. Friendships, broader world view by meeting so many different types of people and being forced to take subjects outside of your major, independence, how to think about and approach many different kinds of problems, the list goes on. That said, I completely agree that it is not for everyone and has been over-pushed on people, and that blue-collar jobs and training have been under-rated.
I checked out your store and looks like you are off to a fantastic start with items that sell for decent prices. I remember when I started out and the first time I sold something for over $10, I was so excited! lol. Enjoy the ride.
KatieScott, Congrats on your St John trifecta! Sounds like you have the best thrift store down there in FL. I don’t know what Rag & Bone is – will have to look that up.
On the non-clothing front, I got FOUR of these Marimekko elephant airplane plates today for $5 total! Mine were Delta airlines though. Love me some Marimekko.
whew! Glad you weren’t insulted by my comments. Sometimes comments I write very late at night that I think are funny don’t seem as funny during the light of day. 🙂
Anyway, I can’t think of any clothing terminology resource other than google. Like if you type “types of coats” you’ll get charts with pictures of many different types of coats. But I just did that, and there are way too many there than you need to know. Most coats are just “coat”. The special kind of coats to know are pea coat, duffle coat, trench coat. Sometimes swing coat – but that’s more advanced :). And for men, overcoat. you can google all of these to learn more about them.
So, to summarize, if you have a terminology question, just google “types of [coats/dresses/necklines/skirts/hems/shirts]”.
Also under Active listings, in the item’s drop down menu for that item that is on the left side (first column – at least usually), there should be an “review all offers” option you can select.
welcome!
Re: “MBAs behind desks”, I’d like to add a little clarity as to what actually goes on, as my previous life was as a product manager in silicon valley, which means I was one of those people deciding what software features get built next. But I didn’t work for a consumer-facing company like ebay. My customers were datacenter managers.
Anyway, those MBAs are absolutely NOT behind desks. They are on planes and on conference calls. They talk to customers constantly. Typically the big customers. They understand what these customers want and try to get it for them. One of my big customers was ebay, and we spent a lot of time with them, hearing how they use the product, all their ideas for improving it, etc. I had regular biweekly calls with a small group of large customers to go over our plans and get their feedback. I have no doubt that the product managers at ebay are doing the same.
So the problem is not that they are behind desks coming up with ideas out of thin air, but rather that they’re focusing on users other than us. Or, perhaps not enough of us attend their user events? I don’t know how to get them to focus more on us. We know they run focus groups – are those just for buyers?
Now, there IS definitely pressure from the very top (ie, CEO and board), to come up with “big things” that “move the needle” – ie, move the stock price up. And none of our wishlist items fit the bill. So you’ve got that part right. I always hated that b/c I really wanted to just fix all the little problems once and for all before building the next huge feature, but it’s hard to keep the super smart engineers at the company if you’re just working on usability fixes. I could go on. But I’ll stop myself.
Interesting. The way I look at the listings beyond 250 (I have a basic store), is not that the extra listings are 20 cents each (for now), but I average out the listing price across all my listings and my subscription fee. So if the fee is $20/month for 250, and then I have 100 listings at 20 cents each, thats 350 listings for $40, or 11.4 cents per listing. Less than $1.50 per year per listing. That’s not bad at all in my book.
I know it’s going up now, so it will cost more, and that sucks. But maybe that means the cutoff point where it’s worth it to get a premium store will be lower, and it will be a good reason to upgrade.
Did I mention that you have to stop using “trench coat” so much?? 🙂
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