One by one, over the past 10 years, (Norb always says 11 years, because he counts the calendar years) we have listed, photographed, packaged and shipped well over 30,000 items on eBay, and yesterday, one of our buyers left a landmark feedback that gave us a positive feedback rating of 10,000!
You might see other sellers with higher ratings, but I can promise you that very few have done it the same way that we have, with unique items, each requiring a new description and photographs. It has been a lot of work, and from time to time, we have sent things to people who made a better deal than we did, meaning that we paid more than we sold it for.
It is fun to see that shooting star go with our user name, but that doesn't pay the bills by itself. Norb will be back at the computer, researching, writing listings, I will take pictures, and take care of the shipping. It would be nice to rest on our shooting star laurels, but we still have to pay the bills. I don't know if we have heard from eBay, but the last time we got a new star, they sent us an email with a PDF for a congratulatory certificate that we could print ourselves, and frame it, if we wanted. We just laughed. Can you tell that we don't feel especially appreciated?
Off to work we go! On to the next star! (That might take another 10 years or longer.)
"QUIRKY - ECLECTIC "99 Cents" ESTATE SALE ON EBAY"
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CONGRATULATIONS! If I had a horn, I'd "toot" it. You're a hard-working couple who deserve appreciation.
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