Hi to all my cyber space folks, people, and or aliens that are reading this message that I Stan am posting personally. Firstly let me tell you this, my account is actually my wife's EBay account which she has had for ten plus years without problems, and or bad remarks. ( Except for one regarding a jerk ). Now me I am old and I don't like change, I don't watch new Television shows, Why you ask, simple they plug in twenty minutes in commercials in a half hour show. And just when you start to like a show, for example Boston Legal, and third watch. My wife got me to watch these shows, and of course I liked them and what happens either commercials after commercials, and or they stop the show altogether. I love to watch All in the family, Mash, King of Queens, and all the dirty Harry movies all old movies. Back to my point about honesty. I have made some mistakes when selling items, honest mistakes. My first mistake was just to mail out the item someone bought. But what proof do I have that I have sent them the item. None whatsoever. So here is now what I do.
For example if I am selling a silver bar that weighs 1 Troy ounce I have purchased a scale and I take a picture with the silver bar on it. Secondly I put the proper postage on it at the post office I send it the cheapest way possible but still have a tracking system on the package. I even take a picture of me putting the package in the mail box.
I even go one step further now. I advertise shipping and handling charge is 15% or less just enough to cover what I have to pay EBay and Paypal. And if the shipping is less I will within two business days send a refund to the client. I ask people outside of Canada and the United States to send me a note where there address is and I will tell them what the shipping charge will be.
I take pictures, I take notes, I do all this just to sell a couple of items is it worth it? I sure enjoy buying crap on Ebay and at times selling items. In general people are honest but I have found that not to be the normal its the crooks that know everything, and we know nothing or not as much as they do. I have talked to a lot of real nice people on EBay and yes even I have made mistakes. One good mistake I always make is I can't figure out how to take a picture and put it on the computer and then find the dam picture I took. So at times I find one on eBay perhaps not exactly as what I have so I always say not exactly as shown in picture. I don't like that anymore so I have hired a kid to teach me things and lets just say its been a week and about ten or fifteen hours and I now know how to scan things from my printer. STill having problems finding the items I scan but starting to enjoy it more so.
In closing I really enjoy talking to people from all over the place on EBay and finding out other things about people, their country and lifestyle. So to all you new EBayers there are a lot of old ebayers that do help you out, you just got to ask .And to all the Ebayers that have helped me, gave me information, and how to do things and helped me Thanks to you all or all of you. We all do stupid things in life, but we dont need to be reminded of it every day.
last but not least be careful of what you buy, read the fine print and watch out as soon I may launch my own Canada BAY and its side kick called PayMeNow. Anybody know how to run or make this program I have regestered many different names. No just kidding I am not going to start another one. I am thinking about putting a kidney on EBay **bleep** I got two of them and for the right price I would sell one. L.O.L.
I am even learning computer lingo.
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