Going, Going, Gone!?
I am exhausted. This getting up early thing? I don't like it so much and my body appears to be rebelling. The last couple days I've been able to work for about 4 or 5 hours before my brain shuts down and I start to feel that bone-crushing fatigue thing. It just feels like... well, I can't even explain it. It's like my entire body just wants to shut down completely, starting with my head. Those of you with MS (or other auto-immune-type disorders) know, I'm sure, of what I speak. Thank GOD I don't have to work this shift next week! As it is, I'm planning to sleep in Saturday morning and, if I'm lucky, for most of the day... I'm sure my crummy eating habits this week are not helping matters.
But anyway... when I get like this the hardest things become even more difficult and the easiest become a challenge. So it was not exactly surprising to me that the process of listing a couple items on eBay completely befuddled me. I tend to sell most things on Amazon.com and I love doing so because it's easy to list items, it's easy to track them and it's easy to get information when needed. It's also super-easy to get paid. For selling items that Amazon sells, it's great. But for items like jewelry or other collectibles, eBay seems the better choice.
But it is not, sadly, terribly easy to use. It's not entirely clear to me why it was so difficult for me to list these two items, but I must have spent 90 minutes fiddling with everything, trying to figure out the difference between the selling tools and this option and that option and whatnot. Maybe it's just me but I found it completely counterintuitive to use and I had a hard time finding the customization and various preference options I was looking for.
Has anyone else had this issue? (I'm desperately hoping it's not just me. I suspect it is, but hey, hope springs eternal... :)
So my two listings are up and I'm going to see how they go before endeavoring to post anything else. And I'm also thinking I'm going to create an online store over at Etsy (or somewhere equally nifty) to sell my knitted items. (Well, all of them except this sweater, because I just love it.) I mean, I enjoy making them and right now they're just sitting in my living room, so why not get some cash back for them?
Anyway, that's where I'm at today. Thinking up ways to bring in more cash and battling my own body for control over my brain. Woo! What fun!



Comments
i have sold a few things on ebay, and found it difficult to use. so it's not just you!
Posted by: stephen | November 9, 2007 12:05 PM