Last week I took up the task to set up a spread sheet to see just how much money I'm really making selling stuff on Ebay. This took me all day and I really did track every little penny that is going out and coming in. It's a large spreadsheet. Reality shock! After taking into account the fees imposed by both Ebay and Paypal and the final price of the items I've sold, after 5 months my take is $478. Of course, this doesn't take into account the gas to drive to the post office or UPS store - or the cost of materials I use to pack my items. I'm very disenchanted at this point to say the least.
Then I find out that a buyer challenged his purchase on Paypal via a credit card. He did send me a money order, but then Paypal charged ME $10 for the chargeback fee. This is ridiculous, I mean why do I have to pay when he is the one who initiated the process? I find that selling things this way - at least on the small scale that I'm doing is not worth it. I think I'd be better off just having a yard sale advertising crafts and be done with it. Frustrating day here, I guess.
We are packing and getting ready for our move. At this point in time, I am so anxious to get into our new home and have some room to spread out. We are picking colors to paint some of the rooms, went to do some furniture wishful shopping and are generally putting things in high gear.
I've still got a retirement party to continue to plan so that can't fall by the wayside. I've got several things to do as far as that is concerned as well. Not the least of which is to get the tables and chairs taken care of. Seems like the days get away from me and the time I think about calling the party supply place is now - after 9:00 p.m. Better start writing these things down before I get so close that I won't be able to get them. Geez, so many things on my mind.
The process continues and I continue to march onward. Fairly soon the upward part starts and hopefully things will turn around. I want some normalcy to return to my otherwise crazy life. Time will tell!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Here we go again...
Time is really moving fast now. It is so hard to believe that our move is looming in just a few months. So much is going on and I try to keep up with all that is happening. Trying to go through things, pack, list items on Ebay, take care of the dog...just a lot to keep my hours full. I have sold lots of things on Ebay lately, but seems like I've hardly made a dent. Think most of it will have to be sold after we move. I'll just mark the boxes with an big "E" and will know that it can be stashed out of the house and not come in until I'm ready for it.
My husband is getting so much closer to retirement. The months are quickly passing. He has only 72 shifts to go before he retires. Wow...this is really happening. We went to a retirement seminar and it was quite interesting. We had gone before but didn't pay that much attention to it as we weren't really there yet. Well, now we are and we have to make some serious decisions about our financial future.
We are continually discussing the changes we want to make at our new home. Mostly paint and carpet changes. Only one structural change, but that won't happen for quite some time. We are excited about the prospect of having a nice new home that is clutter free and where we can entertain and not be embarrassed by all our "stuff" all over. With our new home, we will be able to keep our stuff in our offices and close the door to the main house. That is going to be really great! Now we are constantly tripping over everything since I long ago gave up trying to keep this place neat. Our new house is over twice the size of this place so you can imagine the fun we're going to have.
Our beautiful dog Darby is doing very well since we had to put her sister to sleep a couple of months ago. It was so hard on me and if I think hard enough about it now I'll still cry. Hannah was my baby and I really miss her. But who would have ever thought that Darby would turn out to be such a wonderful and sweet dog. We had so many difficult times with the two of them and it seemed that Darby was always the troublemaker. Now that she has my undivided attention, she has really shown us how sweet she is. It's such a surprise and sometimes I'm amazed that she has become so attached to me. She follows me everywhere I go. Sometimes I almost literally trip on her because she is thisclose. Oh well, she's adjusting to being an only dog and she's indoors a lot now. We take her for small rides and get her out as often as we can. She's lovin' life.
Time marches on and I must get more photos taken of stuff to list tomorrow. We are just trying to keep it all together until we can really get serious about this move. TTFN
My husband is getting so much closer to retirement. The months are quickly passing. He has only 72 shifts to go before he retires. Wow...this is really happening. We went to a retirement seminar and it was quite interesting. We had gone before but didn't pay that much attention to it as we weren't really there yet. Well, now we are and we have to make some serious decisions about our financial future.
We are continually discussing the changes we want to make at our new home. Mostly paint and carpet changes. Only one structural change, but that won't happen for quite some time. We are excited about the prospect of having a nice new home that is clutter free and where we can entertain and not be embarrassed by all our "stuff" all over. With our new home, we will be able to keep our stuff in our offices and close the door to the main house. That is going to be really great! Now we are constantly tripping over everything since I long ago gave up trying to keep this place neat. Our new house is over twice the size of this place so you can imagine the fun we're going to have.
Our beautiful dog Darby is doing very well since we had to put her sister to sleep a couple of months ago. It was so hard on me and if I think hard enough about it now I'll still cry. Hannah was my baby and I really miss her. But who would have ever thought that Darby would turn out to be such a wonderful and sweet dog. We had so many difficult times with the two of them and it seemed that Darby was always the troublemaker. Now that she has my undivided attention, she has really shown us how sweet she is. It's such a surprise and sometimes I'm amazed that she has become so attached to me. She follows me everywhere I go. Sometimes I almost literally trip on her because she is thisclose. Oh well, she's adjusting to being an only dog and she's indoors a lot now. We take her for small rides and get her out as often as we can. She's lovin' life.
Time marches on and I must get more photos taken of stuff to list tomorrow. We are just trying to keep it all together until we can really get serious about this move. TTFN
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