bjboswell
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posted on November 11, 2005 06:48:44 PM new
I JUST RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE EBAY COMMUNITY
"I collect these Santa figures and can't fathom how you start your bidding at $85??? Is this a typo? Please explain"
AM I TIRED OF THIS ABUSE .... THIS WEEK
GOL DARN IT I CAN PRICE MY MERCHANDISE ANY OLE WAY I WANT ... I WROTE BACK AND SAID:
#1 IF YOU THINK ITS TO MUCH DON'T BID
#2 IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT DON'T BID
#3 OOPS #1+#2 PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT!
Thanks for listening I swear I am going to go get a job for someone else!! What can you do to make $ and not have to take this
abuse?
[ edited by bjboswell on Nov 11, 2005 06:51 PM ]
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jackswebb
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posted on November 11, 2005 06:58:11 PM new
Hahahahaha... just tell them the START at $9.99 days are LONG Gone,,,,,E bay is NO longer an AUCTION, it's a PAY whatever the seller believes he can get. PLUS that SAFE packing fee and whatEVER the Postman wants THIS week.
Keep on keepin' on.
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sparkz
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posted on November 11, 2005 07:01:04 PM new
Look at the bright side. You were held in the same high esteem thas some of the most successful and wealthy businessmen in the country were this week. I'm referring to the 5 oil co CEO's that were grilled by the Senate this week about gouging consumers. You need to email her back and tell her there is a temporary price spike in your merchandise because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but you expect the prices to level off in a couple years 
<<What can you do to make $ and not have to take this abuse?>> Bank robbery. Tellers are seldom abusive when looking down the barrel of a Glock.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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jackswebb
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posted on November 11, 2005 07:09:55 PM new
Something came of that cause gas at ARCO is/has dropped to a VERY comfy,,,$2.43 a GALLON!!!!!! They would make ALL Americans VERY happy if they dipped it back to $2 bucks a galloon......36 cents would be a prayer Answered....GAS WARS!!!!!!! GAS WARS!!!!!! Remember those days???? .25.....
Makes me want to drive around the block just to FILL up again! $2.43......YES!!!!!!!! YES!!! YES! Sorry, I Thought I was Having SEX.......
Keep on keepin' on.
[ edited by jackswebb on Nov 11, 2005 07:13 PM ]
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sthoemke
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posted on November 11, 2005 07:10:21 PM new
I'd feel *obligated* to respond "how much SHOULD I start the bidding at?"
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bjboswell
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posted on November 11, 2005 07:28:40 PM new
OH fellow thread watchers. Thanks so much for the understanding and the laughs. I really needed it! Say what do ya say we make this person a living example of un-necessary assholeness... I will post his/her email here and we can all write to him/her and take out our ya yas on the BUTT!
I am kidding SORTA! A whipping post we all need one
SPARKZ....
temporary price spike in your merchandise because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but you expect the prices to level off in a couple years
I love it!I think I'm going to put that as a header in all my templetes.... a new auction starter... EXXON MOBILE and ME baby!
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mcjane
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posted on November 11, 2005 07:37:05 PM new
Tell this member yes, it is a typo & thanks a million for calling my attention to it.
I meant to start the auction at 185.00
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on November 11, 2005 08:26:59 PM new
bjboswell, I honestly don't know how you or any of the other surviving antique dealers on eBay stay alive. I dropped out a long time ago; it was too hard to get inventory consistently, what with other eBay sellers running up prices at wholesale auctions.
There *is* that one shooting star antique dealer who, last I looked, was hawking quite a few 10k and 14k gemstone (read: made in China) rings with oh-so-vague descriptions. Guess an "estate piece" these days means "we took it out of the cellophane and kicked some dirt over it before listing".
Best of luck to you; hope things improve before the holidays.
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parklane64
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posted on November 11, 2005 08:33:55 PM new
Fluffy has a sense of humor! 
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Roadsmith
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posted on November 11, 2005 09:23:38 PM new
McJane: Thanks for the out-loud laugh this time of night. I needed that!
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
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bjboswell
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posted on November 12, 2005 04:57:32 AM new
Fluffy isn't it the truth!!!
"There *is* that one shooting star antique dealer who, last I looked, was hawking quite a few 10k and 14k gemstone (read: made in China) rings with oh-so-vague descriptions. Guess an "estate piece" these days means "we took it out of the cellophane and kicked some dirt over it before listing".
I was looking at oyster plates last night and was stunned to see that some "antique dealer" has about 30 of them listed ... nice looking ones... at $35.00 with $10.85 shipping. I looked quickly and thought is this person nuts or did she fall into a large pot of good luck... I read on. They are all good looking for a reason they are new not one back shown but in a casual notation these lovely new plates are sure to please.
Your right I don't know how we survive. I am exhausted from listing this week only to have a VERY lack lustre return on my time and investment. What do I do? Become a seller of the new stuff... good looking of course? Do I buy a pile of Chinese somethings and become an off shoot of the Chinese economy. I really feel myself at a cross roads. When I received that letter last night it sort of tipped me into rage...I list a real-vintage- excellent condition- book value $200 - not easy to find even on ebay- piece of holiday hard plastic for $85.00 and get blasted by someone who paid $45 for a common piece 2 weeks ago that I would not even buy anymore!
I'm grateful for this... I know my merchandise, I am honest and especially today... I am the chair person of the Roast Pork dinner at church tonight and will spend the day and evening with people who like me. My real name is Mikey!
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classicrock000
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posted on November 12, 2005 05:14:15 AM new
"Makes me want to drive around the block just to FILL up again! $2.43......YES!!!!!!!! YES!!! YES! Sorry, I Thought I was Having SEX."
you probably were
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Beauty is only a light switch away
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