future college grad just out of highschool

Ellen from Huntsville, Alabama, headed off to The University of Georgia in August of 2006 to begin her Freshman year of college in Athens, Georgia. She had received quite a few duplicate graduation and birthday presents, and also discovered many very good quality shoes and clothing she had outgrown. Some still new with tags! With these things and some items from around the house, we began with a collection of great, high quality items to sell to help with college expenses.

It's amazing how time has flown by. Ellen will soon start her senior year and we're overdue for an update to this summary. We should call this ellensauburnfund now because she has since transferred to the University of Auburn. But we've kept things the same to avoid confusion. We've had a good ebay experience. Many listings have been gifts or spur of the moment purchases teens have. She still once in a while has these types of things to sell, along with a seemingly endless turnover of cd's, books, and the occasional Happy Meal toy culled from her back seat because she'll still pick one up when she's in a hurry! We've also listed some things from my parents vintage home because they are getting to that place in life where they cannot take care of as many things anymore.

Please be assured we will point out any known flaws a listed item may have. We make every effort to describe items to the fullest extent. We want to know if anything about an auction doesn't seem right and welcome any and all questions. We are trying to understand why we have ratings for "Shipping Time" that are 4.9 because we almost always ship the next day and if we cannot ship within two days we notify the buyer by email. And we are really working on the 4.8 rating for "Shipping and Handling." That's a hard one to figure out because we usually always end up paying more for postage than we charge. The few times that the actual postage cost is less than estimated it is usually by a very small amount. So we're trying to figure out what could possibly be going on there. We do welcome requests for different shipping methods if we don't have a desired method listed. We add no charges for packing materials that we spend a lot of money on. Thanks to all who have supported our auctions. And a big thanks to buyers who are patient and seem to always have a kind word when emailing. It's been such a joy to find out there are so many kind-hearted people on ebay who are honest, understanding and willing to be helpful!