Entries Tagged as 'journal'

Monday, June 8th, 2009

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Keeping your Ebay Customers Happy (20)

Keeping your Ebay Customers Happy!
We just went through a few days of boxing up items for Ebay and shipping them out – it’s quite a task for the uninitiated.
As we were going through the process, I noticed that many of the customers who bought from us shared the same concerns, and asked the same […]

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - The Big Auction – Ebay Sales ( 27)

The Big Auction – Ebay Sales
A week ago, I wrote about our auction experience where we were able to purchase all of the following items at unbelievable prices:
White Mountains Ice-Cream Maker: $40
A Western Electric Antique Telephone Ringer: $25
Longerberger Basket: $30
Antique Pressed-Steel Toy Car: $10
English Child’s Record Player: $5
With these purchase prices, Cindy posted all […]

Monday, April 28th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Internet Marketing and Selling Other Stuff (26)

Internet Marketing and Selling Other Stuff
 Cindy has been spending every night this week posting items on Ebay (www.ebay.com) and we realized something – if Ebay can be used to sell items, then why can’t it be used to sell other stuff?So I decided to spend some time to take a look around ebay to […]

Monday, April 28th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Gas Prices and Food Prices are Hurting (25)

Gas Prices and Food Prices are Hurting
I wanted to touch on the subject of Gas Prices.
When Cindy and I were coming back from the auction the other night, we had to stop to get some gas. I was absolutely appalled by the price. I took a picture – have a look:

I honestly don’t recall ever […]

Monday, April 28th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - The Big Auction (24)

 
The Big Auction 
Well…this week was it.  We tried going to our very first auction – and what an experience.  Since we’d never gone before it was an eye-opener.  There are a lot of rules you have to follow (I’ll get to those in one of my future posts).

But in this update, I just want […]

Monday, April 21st, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Affirmations and Finances (23)

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Affirmations and Finances
This weekend, Cindy and I were watching television on Saturday night and we came across a sort of documentary/infomercial of a guy who claimed that “positive affirmations” can completely change your life.
I couldn’t find him online, but I found a person who was saying basically the same message like this […]

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Website Design Software (22)

Website Design Software
As Cindy and I were working on our latest batch of Ebay posts, we realized that it would be nice to have a website template, or an HTML template that would let us put together good-looking Ebay posts.
We realized that this is hard if you don’t know html already – so I did […]

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Ebay Customers Happy (21)

 
Keeping your Ebay Customers Happy!
We just went through a few days of boxing up items for Ebay and shipping them out – it’s quite a task for the uninitiated.
As we were going through the process, I noticed that many of the customers who bought from us shared the same concerns, and asked the same questions. […]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - How to Sell for More on Ebay (20)

Last week when City sold all of those items, I noticed that a couple of items didn’t sell. She had started all of the items at $9.99, but out of 10 items, only 6 sold, and the other four went unsold.
I started to poke around and look at other, similar items on Ebay – […]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

How to survive 2008 in the world’s richest country - Ebay – One of the Best Sources of Income in the World (19)

Ebay – One of the Best Sources of Income in the World

This week – ten items that Cindy was selling on Ebay finally sold. Most sold for about $9.99 and up, but considering these were items just sitting around the house, it really adds up!