The magic of the word “SALE”
This morning we had a clearance sale on closeout Schlock merchandise. Mostly I was tired of having it cluttering the basement, but I couldn’t bring myself to just throw it out. I’m glad I didn’t. I’ve gotten multiple emails from people who are excited to have it and thrilled at the low prices because now they can actually afford it. This makes me happy.
Naturally the endeavor has not been without headaches. I am mystified by the ebay combined shipping calculator. Sometimes it is right on the dot. Other times in charges almost twice what the actual shipping costs are. I ended up checking all the orders and issuing refunds when people were overcharged. Also my enthusiasm for answering emails and filling orders left the rest of the house neglected. This wouldn’t be such a big problem, except that I spent most of yesterday doing accounting so it was all neglected then too. I really need to tear myself away from the electronics and go pay attention to house and kids. Otherwise I will have overtaxed the goodwill of the other people living in my house.