Saturday, April 21, 2012

My Streak Continues! :)

Yay! Someone bought a denim skirt at 11:30 last night! So my sales streak lives on. Still no $0 days in 2012.


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My husband and I decided today that this business has likely given me the beginnings of carpal tunnel syndrome :(  I'm on the computer most of the day, but it has never really bothered my arms. Then about a month ago, I was clipping last year's dead flowers from the flower garden. Even that didn't bother me, but the next morning I woke up and could hardly move that hand without excruciating agony. I took some Motrin and thought that would take care of it. It's been more than a month and my wrist STILL isn't right. I can go most of the day without it bothering me, but then I'll forget and lift something wrong and re-injure it. When I roll over in bed at night, because I'm not completely awake, I forget and use that hand to push myself over, and I hurt it again. And every time I re-injure it, it takes that much longer to heal. So I guess I'm going to have to be more careful with how I spend my computer time. Less time browsing and Facebooking, and more time actually being productive with listing and photo editing.

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I was out shopping most of the day today. Retail shopping. Not even clearance. Current season, retail prices. And I lived to tell the tale. Not that I care to do that often, but once in awhile it's okay. My daughter was desperate for clothes that fit her properly, and Goodwill just wasn't cutting it anymore. I'm excited about her new outfits! She's almost never had a new-clothes shopping spree. I've always either sewn her clothes or gotten them at Goodwill or yard sales. She had fun too, I think.

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About a month ago, my brother-in-law asked me to try to sell his old analog police scanner. He said he wanted $75 for it. I took one look at active and completely listings, laughed, and told him that wasn't going to happen, but that I would list it for $74.99 for a month. After a month, I was going to raise the price a bit and add Best Offer to it.

I also posted it to my local Facebook selling group. Someone immediately posted that it was useless because it was analog, and that our county had recently switched to digital. It annoys me when people interfere with Facebook transactions.

But wouldn't you know - it actually sold today for $74.99. So I had to humble myself and tell my brother-in-law that he actually got his asking price for it. It was a fun surprise. I never dreamed! I was also sure to comment on the ad on my FB selling group that it had indeed sold. So there. :-P


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Sold another American Girl outfit today. Time for an update! Initially paid $31 for the lot 15 days ago. Currently up to $358.91 in sales from it.


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That's pretty much it for today. I am clearly in a sales slump, so I don't have a whole lot of eBay activity to talk about...

7 comments:

  1. Jessica, you can buy wrist braces to help keep your wrist/hand in correct position while still being able to use your hand. Here's a link to one I just found by searching. http://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Wrist-Brace-splint-Black/dp/B000RZHPOM. I've found that Aleve works well for me. Hope this helps!

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    1. Thanks - I bought a similar one at Target this afternoon. It doesn't have that hard piece though - it's just a soft wrap-around. I'm hoping that because it doesn't hurt me through the day, I don't need a real sturdy one. If I don't see much improvement after a week or so, I guess I'll have to get a rigid one.

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    2. You can wear it when you sleep so you don't accidently use it to turn over. I had tendonitis when I was younger (from scooping too hard ice cream at a summer job) and I wore a hard brace for a while.

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  2. I hate when people butt into your sale on facebook as well. Fortunately for me, I am one of the admins and can remove their dumbass comment before it deters my sale

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    1. hi jessica, what is your email address? i have a computer that everytime i click on your "email me" on the top it opens the previous owners email which i don't use, so i need to type it in manually. thank you.

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    2. jacalhoun [at] centurylink [dot] net

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  3. Jessica I wear the ones with the metal piece in it. I am not that bad but I figure if I want to keep my hands from getting worse I better take steps now to prevent it. I recommend a stiffer model. The have different types you can try on and find the right one for you. And you do get used to wearing them. Now it feels weird when I don't have them on.

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