#ebayvalet

Being on ebay all month feels like a reddit thread; unending and ultimately after all that time sifting through thread after thread, item after item, you realize that none of it was quite satisfying. It’s like hiring an escort; time spent enthusiastically at first but no money in your wallet and tons of regrets over time. So, that’s it! I am capping my efforts here. To be completely out of the closet, I may have created this ideology after my shoegazing sesh this morning in the closet. I’m going with don’t ask don’t tell on this one. 

Final items listed for FSBO and final labeled FSBEBayValet items headed out the door today. Burned through my entire morning and the early part of my afternoon. Grrrrrrr. Perhaps this time next month however, I will be dancing around with my new laptop. One can only hope. But ebay you and I are finished, and not because you were founded by an immigrant from Iran. Desire is dead in this hooker now, but thank you for the yucks and the bucks. 

Final evaluation on this month’s journey-- I win overall. Not too much work, don’t really know the financial gains yet as these things take time. Which begs the question, would it have been easier to just fence the stuff at a pawn shop? I will never know. I find pawn shops terribly depressing and have stepped inside only a couple of times and refuse to go again if I don’t have to. All the engagement rings just lined up in the cases feel like the ultimate blvd. of broken dreams. You wonder if they replaced their lovers for a love of drugs or just a bunch of hustlers of hearts out there. Maybe there was a prostitute involved?

I have decided to donate my organs. Moving forward with a teaching clinic to get the implant and the prosthetic. It costs half as much to have the OSU Dentists do it. Insurances don’t pay for these “cosmetic” procedures so I either pay 5K with the pros or 2.5K with the students supervised by the pros. I am sad to do this as I was actually looking forward to having this done at my friend’s clinic; but in keeping with this month’s theme and the fact that I want a Mac Pro and tickets to Greece, it is my only choice.

Still munching on hummus for meals and my jaw started to hurt because I wasn’t using the one side to chew. Kind of like when you are sedentary your legs hurt all the time. I corrected that by chewing on my toothbrush handle behind the broken molar and that helped tremendously. Let this be a lesson! Our bodies are designed to move, chomp, shred, crush, lift, walk, run and sweat. If you aren't breaking a sweat almost every day, then you are doing it wrong. 

Selling on eBay continues, knocked out three more items today. Seems like chump change to me now. Also took apart our Roomba and realized the rechargeable battery was leaking acid and ordered that up from Amazon. Had some credit there for returning some other items that I found around the house that I was not using and that ended up being free. Another resource allocation win. 

With the sure signs of Spring around such as flower shoots and the return of annoying insects, I spent yesterday drinking beer and reading books in a rocking chair. Kids away, momma plays. Took a break from selling which is totally justified because I am 15 items out and we are not even at Valentine’s Day.

Today, I have prepared another 8 items for eBay valet. No money returns yet. The valet service has sent messages to its users that they are 2-4 weeks behind due to overwhelming demand. I totally get it too. Time is the most precious commodity. Having someone take your stuff, take photos, write descriptions, think if price points, put it up for sale, collect the money, ship the product, and deposit the money into my account is priceless. I don’t care if they do give me only 60- 80 percent of the sale amount. All I had to do was slap a postage paid label on it and drop it off at the post office and listen to the sounds of cha-ching.

Hubby and I had a great weekend and gratefully he is not on the frugal plan so we ate out, drank out, saw shows, danced and overall had a ball. But it is Sunday night and I am transitioning back to “work” mode and getting my next batch of goodies ready for drop off in the morning. 

So the dishwasher stopped draining. Had a lovely dinner party last night, and woke up to clean dishes but a washer full of water. So it has to be a clog I assume. What is a woman to do? In keeping with this month’s theme, the answer is to take it apart and get ‘er done!

So I did. And it was no easy task. Multiple bit parts and one obscure one for the screws. What kept me going was thinking of all the money I would save that I could blow on going out to dinner and seeing a show tonight. Pro-tip: Do NOT straddle your dishwasher to get a better look of what is going on in there when the floor is wet.

Found glass shards in there and imagined that was what put a stop to it working and got excited. I put it back together and realized I had left something out; I screamed. Put it back together and realized I had left something out again; commenced chugging salsa. Yes, you read that right-- salsa. I would have chugged that glass of wine I could not finish from last night, except my cleaners today didn't know that I was saving it (being thrifty means drinking day old wine from a glass; don’t act like you have never done it either), and they threw it out or drank it. I would be much happier if they had done the latter honestly. 

Did it work after all was said and done? No. Am I disappointed? Not really. I lament the loss of two hours but that’s about it. Can’t be upset with today anyway, because I found out all I have to do is use another email address to create another eBay account and I am back in the valet business baby! 

In keeping with the madness of evaraythang, I packed my light SUV with monitors and speakers this eve and was also denied from making more refugee asylums for my electronics to the nation of eBay. I guess they can only handle so much.

Today’s world brings me much relief from the relentless agony of an exposed nerve thanks to my friend Scott. Still, can’t munch on much and when I do contemplate, I do not dare. The quiet from relentless pain is enough to keep me from eating. Yay! Yay?

Anywhoo, more stuff in the hatchback of the car. More things unearthed. I really urge all of you to do the same. Bag it, send it, don’t think again about it. Period. Even if you only get a “fraction” of what it is worth, it is taking up your energy sitting there in the bowels of your home. Time for an expulsion.

And that what this is about. I got this.

I have taken this game to a ho. notha. level. (for reference see Mad TV- and can anyone please tell me why that show went off the air!). eBay valet has given me wings. What is eBay valet you ask? It is the greatest invention since Amazon Prime Now. And if you don’t know what that is, even I may not be able to help you. ;D

I took the PS3 from the basement and proceeded to click around on eBay. I started looking at prices and the process and within 5 minutes I said to myself, “F this Shiz! Ain’t nobody got time for that!” That is when I noticed the “New!” symbol above the words, “eBay Valet”. Has a cute ring to it right? Well it is AMAZING! Here is how it works:

* You click on eBay valet * You put the description of the item in a search bar * They tell you the range of how much they can sell it for * You agree (or not). I said, “Hell yeah!” * They send you the postage in a printable document (insurance included) * You slap it on your package * Drop it off at USPS (some places even have free pickup) * You tether your PayPal account * You wait for your money to come in

Folks, I am in heaven. Today’s item that is being sent off is my Apple Watch. I don't really use it. And although it is cool to talk into my wrist like Dick Tracy did, other than nav taps and apple heartbeats, it isn’t really useful to me. 

What I really want and can use is a new MacBook and I can give my kids my MacBook Air. With this new service, that should be able to happen by the end of this month. I am pumped.

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