The last couple of days have been moderately productive. I've listed all of my books on Amazon now, as well as Half, to try to reach a wider selling audience. I plan to list my CDs on Amazon next. Denise said she'd be concerned about doing that due to the risk of two people buying the same item at the same time. That also occurred to me, but I think the risk is probably pretty low. And if it does happen... well, I'll figure something out.
It does have advantages. When I was listing my CDs on Half the other day, as I mentioned, I found out that one of my CDs, "Good For Your Soul", by Oingo Boingo, is a highly desired collector's item. I listed it on Half for thirty dollars (along with several other listings), then I checked it on Amazon and found that it was scarcer there and going for a much higher price, so I also listed it on Amazon for fifty dollars. It sold on Amazon yesterday morning -- to someone who wants it shipped priority mail, too, no less. So in this case, at least, the cross-posting gave me an extra twenty bucks.
I thought about going to the post office today to mail the CD, but I decided to wait until tomorrow to get some more stuff done around the house and also to see whether any more items would sell, so I could take them all with me at once to the post office tomorrow instead. So far, it's paid off... getting a lot accomplished around here, and two more books sold today. *bounce bounce*
I finally worked up the nerve a couple of nights ago to rebox some of my old memories (such as my papers from college, souvenirs from my trip to Great Britain, and so on) in new, sturdier boxes. The old boxes go into the closet to wait to be used for shipping. Going thru those boxes was a rather unpleasant experience... I have memories in there of all kinds of stuff, going all the way back to early childhood, and looking back on those things can be rather distressing. Fortunately, I got it done, and the closet now looks a lot nicer.
I just got a call from Social Security, telling me that they've received all my forms and paperwork, and that now it's just a question of sitting back and waiting. They said a decision on this kind of thing typically takes about four months. Bleah.
I've ordered some candlemaking supplies on eBay. My little glass apothecary jars got here the other day, and my other supplies are in transit. I'm looking forward to trying my hand at this... I think it should be fun.
Posted by Zathras at July 8, 2004 02:48 PM