Pit Falls of reselling

 Of course there are the usual set backs of not having enough postage on your pre paid label. There is the disgruntled buyer who does not like the item once it's delivered and returns it, not in a box, but the item with a return label slapped on the side. Certainly it is a problem with the USPO right now not delivering the Priority Mail in a timely manner.  Happens quite often! I have one item sitting somewhere with no movement since Nov 20th. Obviously lost. I got paid, but am I going to have to return the money? How do I request a return of my money if this happens? It is no fault of mine if the item is "lost", misplaced. I suspect it will be either delivered sometime or returned to me. I can only hope.

Then there is the damaged item. I learned the hard way twice that its all in the packing! If you are going to offer and sell breakables, you must be willing to spend the time to ensure that item arrives intact. that means extreme caution when packing. Lots of bubble wrap, insulate the hollow areas, double box. The pool noodles are not in season and the only place I can find them is at Lowes. They are not marked down, so a long fat pool noodle is approximately 4$

Twice I have screwed up the address when I buy from Pirate Ship. the first time I got very anal about checking and double checking the address. I slacked off and this week sent off a 65$ 23$ shipping 19$ investment to an incorrect address. I put Station instead of Sullivan as the last name of the road. Like Frank Station Rd instead of Frank Sullivan Rd. Gosh, I hope the PO in Franklin is excellent and the Mail Route knows the name and matches it up to the correct address. Just maybe. I'll find out.

The there is the disgruntled buyer who did not read the description and says that they expected real turquoise!! for 12? I think not. I have learned to emphasize FAUX a lot. And to emphasize PREOWNED. And to make certain that I take a picture of something to show scale. Like a coke can, or a quarter, or a campbell's soup can.  Measurements are important. Is something relaxed, regular fit, skinny, boot cut etc. etc. etc.

There is th fiasco of the library being closed! First in the beginning of the pandemic and now due to lack of sufficient staff. I print my labels at the library because my computer is so old its difficult to find a printer compatible with a 2011 desk top. I am too old to try and master blue tooth technology or something similar. Hell, I bought a new lap top several months ago and could not figure out how to use it. Well, I did mess it up somehow....returned it and stiff upper lipped it with this this dinosaur. 

But after all of that, the most insidious of them all is checking FB MKT place and inadvertently turning of a video mode that last 37 minutes of you driving around Louisville.

I'm humiliated and ever since I was alerted that I had this video on FB.  I have played over and over in my mind what Joe and I talked about and the conversation, the radio, the singing, observations, statements, and other absurd stuff you do in your car when you think no one is watching or in this case, listening.

Oh Boy. This morning I remember tuning in a station that was playing "your a mean one Mr. Grinch" and singing along. I can not sing.

Another blip is that Joe wants to go with me now. Why is this a blip? He is a distraction. Ergo, the 37  minute video recording of doing nothing yesterday.