Me at Halloween-time :)

I know what you're thinking. What the heck is my username about? Well, Kitsune = cool japanese were-fox creatures, and kitsch = stuff. Hence, I am a cool fox selling stuff. Tahdah!

I'm in my mid-20s, selling things I accumulated from sales, bargains, and working for a cosmetic company, among other things. My poor long-suffering fiance is tired of navigaring through the walls of boxes, so it's all going up on eBay.

I work hard for, above everything else, integrity, honesty, and doing the right thing. If something's amiss with your order, you never have to worry about hearing "tough luck" - I will always make sure we're both satisfied with a sale, whatever it takes.

Below is info about my selling practices. I realize that most people would find this boring and probably won't read any further. There's a funny bit at the very bottom if you scroll down, but for now I will leave you with some helpful free cell phone gadgets that make life easier:

800-555-TELL = An awesome free phone number that gives you verbal mapquest directions, lottery results, horoscopes, a verbal blackjack game, headlines, and stock quotes, among other things. Fun number to have in your phone if you're stuck in traffic or at the doctor's office or something. Keeps you entertained, and if you're lost, it's great for directions.

800-FREE-411 = Don't pay for 411 through your cell phone provider. Seriously. They not only give you the number you need for free here, you can have it texted to your phone for free.

800-GOOG-411 = Google's direction/411 service. This one even texts you a map!

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I ONLY SHIP USPS PRIORITY MAIL - I have the pre-printed boxes sent to me for free, it's a fast and reliable service, and they send you a free delivery confirmation number when I print the postage out. I respectfully request you don't ask that I send an item a slower method so you can save a buck or two...anything but priority means I have to physically travel to the post office to send that item, and the cost in gas pretty much kills my profit.

I DO NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY. I've had nothing but issues, there's no way to track a package, perfumes and liquids can't go airmail, and customs delays items more often than not. I'm very sorry if you liked something I had up, but I don't ship out of the country, plain and simple.

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The Seller is paying a lot of fees to eBay/Paypal. Please keep this in mind while shopping.

1.) It costs me .35 to list an auction on eBay. eBay also takes 8.75 percent of the final bid on my item. I take paypal, so if the person pays me via paypal, paypal charges me .30 to receive that payment and 2 percent of the amount besides.

So, for example, say I sell an item for $19.99 with $5 (actual charge) shipping.

• LISTING FEE: (.35)
• FINAL VALUE FEE: (1.75)
• PAYPAL BASE FEE: (.30)
• PAYPAL % FEE: (.50)

While $2.90 might not seem like a lot to most people, bear in mind that I may have bought that item for $15, and I'm hoping to make five bucks on it - there goes half my profit! Paypal also charges me to take out my own money at an ATM, so after I get charged the ATM fee and Paypal's $1 fee, I have less than $1 of profit to show for my work :-/ There's also tiny costs for boxes, packing material, tape, label paper and printer ink that really build up over time!

Buyers don't tend to consider what sellers go through to get their items up, sold, and shipped to their customers...we're not all big super-sellers, and we do have compassion and willingness to listen as long as we're kept informed! Nothing is worse than a buyer who drops off the face of the earth and doesn't return messages and emails....you bid it, you bought it folks!

Hope this gives you some insight on what it's like on 'this side'! :) 

I like being funny. Here is my requisite wit for this profile:

(A "humor" version of a Balsamic Chicken recipe that nailed me an A in creative writing)

Balsamic Chicken is the poultry version of Ambrosia – that is to say, in the mythological sense, translating as “Food of the Gods”.

If you do not enjoy it, obviously you are a communist.

It features Balsamic Vinegar, Mushrooms, and Chicken in a sauce served over egg noodles, which are also heavily suspected of causing immortality and greatness to all who consume them.. Additionally, this recipe has garlic, onions, pepper, and whatever else is in easy reach on the low shelves of the spice cabinet/fridge.

1.) Get all the icky stuff off the chicken. If you didn’t Start with boneless/skinless, well, then, obviously you have a stronger stomach than I. If you’re doing it right, you should start with about 2 pounds of chicken and end up with roughly half a teaspoon of “chicken”, and 1.98 lbs of “icky”

2.) Pound the living…you know what…out of the chicken with one of those neat little metal mallet thingies. Mm..stress relief.

3.) Realize you need flour. Wash chickeny stuff off hands and get down flour. Stand in kitchen staring blankly at various containers and figuring out how to do this with the least mess. Give up. Coat chicken with flour. If done properly, kitchen should look like a 1970’s party gone a little overboard by the time you are done with the flour.

4.) Realize you don’t have any oil OR Balsamic Vinegar, both of which are sort of crucial. Dig through cabinets, sigh with relief once a plastic bottle of Balsamic Vinaigrette is unearthed. Tactfully ignore the “best by” date. Pour half of it into a saucepan over high heat.

5.) Curse. Turn down heat. Put burn cream on various afflicted portions of oil-burned hands.

6.) Throw the chicken, half a pound of sliced portobella mushrooms and half a diced onion in the sizzling mess. If you are doing this correctly, both the oven hood fan AND the window should be open, out of necessity. When the whole thing turns kind of brownish, put a can of chicken broth in there. Let the thing bubble while you open the noodle bag from the wrong end.

7.) Curse again. Sweep up noodles. Realize you have no more egg noodles. Spend a long moment contemplating the 30 second rule. Use a conglomeration of random elbow, spiral, and lasagna macaroni leftovers from half-empty boxes. Sigh tiredly.

8.) Everything is done. Pour the sauce and chicken over the noodles and serve artfully on mismatched plates after sweeping everything that was on the table into a box.

9.) Stare icily at spouse until he nervously extols the godlike virtues of your cooking, while choking on an overdone mushroom.