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My Engineer Son
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My Penn State Son
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I'm not very computer literate so I keep it simple. I'm just an old retired guy trying to put my last kid through Penn State University so I can buy my dream car (not a chevy) An A.C. Cobra! I buy almost anything from estate sales, lawn sales, and stores having sales. I look everything over very well and try to describe my items accurately and honestly. I don't need the money badly enough to lie and cheat people. No packing fees, no post office run fees, no extras at all.
Well, Ebay is getting more complicated due to the fees charged by them and their fuzzy little cousin, Paypal. Ebay won't let me pass those fees on to the buyer but they do suggest that we sellers hide those fees in other charges. Now I have found that people like to see what they will be paying for shipping so I've started to use more and more flat rate shipping fees. Since I don't know where the winning bidder will be from I have to just roll the dice and pick a number for shipping. If they happen to live in Timbucktoo, I lose and if they happen to be from across the street from me I make out so I'm trying to even the field a bit with this strategy. By the way, I accept cash payments for my auctions. I bet that is a new concept! It must make Ebay nervous because they dropped 15 or 20 of my listings for saying it. I don' t know why they care if you are willing to take a chance and mail me your cash but they don' t like it one bit.
If people would check their filters and make sure they are receiving emails it would be a godsend. I ANSWER EVERY EMAIL AND SEND MANY OF MY OWN. IF YOU DON'T GET ONE WITHIN A DAY OF WINNING ONE OF MY SALES BELIEVE ME, EITHER YOU HAVE A BLOCK ON YAHOO OR IF YOU ARE A HOTMAIL USER, YOUR BOX IS FULL AND THERE AIN'T ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT! Also, if you work for the government or school districts, chances are you won't receive emails at work. Of course, since I worked for the government for 35 years I know you probably have nothing better to do then send me emails asking why I don't answer! Give me a chance to make it right if you are not happy with something, don't just fire off a negative feedback because I won't accept your credit card paypal payment or some other seller ticked you off!
I'll try to add more bits of wisdom if I ever come up with any later. Thanks for looking at my stuff and good luck with your bidding!
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