Losing My BLOG Virginity .......

I don't think there's any turning back now - I'm here - I'm doing the blog thang ! What am I supposed to do here - just whitter on relentlessly until you email me into submission to stop?? LOL

This is a bit like stumbling on to a big stage in a theatre somewhere - blinding lights in your eyes, so it takes you a few minutes to realise there are, like, a THOUSAND people watching and waiting for you to say something.... couple of tentative steps forward to the microphone.... blow into it to see if it's working.... high pitch squeal tells you it is working ...hmm... now what to say *cough cough* Errmmmm... you hear a few embarrassed giggles from the audience and you feel positively mortified - a blush creeps up and beams out from your cheeks, bathing the audience in its soft warm glow !

Ok - here goes ......

Welcome - these will be the rantings and ramblings of a 37 yr old woman, residing in Brisbane Australia. I take no responsibility for your boredom or other adverse reactions to my postings - after all, it's your choice to be here! Mind you, if you like what you read and come back for more - then I take full responsibility of course :-)

For those of you who don't know me - I'm an eBay powerseller (sounds important - but means diddley squat really) and sell all kinds of things ..... vinyl " skins " for gaming consoles, CD's, books, DVD's, mobile phone accessories, posters - you name it n' I'll try selling it LOL I love eBay - it got me out of a personal crisis/rut in April '03 and, since starting to sell, things have just grown and grown and I now sell full time. Lurve what I do - but you do get the occasional truly obnoxious or difficult person to deal with. Kill 'em with kindness is my motto ;-) Sometimes works!

If you like to buy on eBay occasionally, then I thoroughly recommend the following sellers:

buymebuymebuy (ME haha)
cherry6autumn - All kinds of wonderful thangs !!
connorboy26 - GBA SP games and accessories
bridalonline - the name says it all I think !
loving-hearts - clothing
stampsoz - collectables

****** Well I started this 3 days ago!!!! I'm not sure why but actually posting this stuff for public to read TERRIFIES me - so I keep holding off on hitting the "publish post" button!

I can safely say I'm in a bit of a rut today. Have absolutely no energy and inspiration to list on eBay or work on the website.

Reason for this is a horrendous few days with eBay and Paypal. Have had a fraudulent chargeback made by a past eBay buyer of mine - so now the buyer has his goods AND has leeched the USD 38.00 he paid for the items, from my Paypal account as well GRRRRR That makes me sooooooo mad. On top of this I need to whinge about my one and only truly NIGHTMARE transaction on eBay. A buyer purchased a jewel skin from me. She bid on and won the auction, she paid (yayyy) and I sent out the item. All smooth so far, you might think? Nooooooo.... about 2 weeks after sending the jewel skin to her I get this nasty email demanding to know where her item is and threatening to leave me negative feedback.

I sprang into action - genuinely worried that she hadn't received her package but a little pissed that she was so damn rude about it. What's wrong with a friendly email to ask about the postage status?? *sigh* Anyway - to cut a long story short - after a few emails back and forth (trying to get information out of this woman was like getting blood out of a stone!)I was finally able to establish that her package HAD arrived....... but...... *drum roll*....... SHE HAD THROWN OUT THE JEWEL SKIN WITH THE PACKAGING !!! BOOM-TISH!

*silent scream*

Of course the buyer left me a neg and tried to use that as leverage to encourage me to send her a replacement Jewel skin (i.e. send me a replacement and i'll remove the neg). BAH ! NO WAY, HONEY! Perhaps if she had been more courteous about it all - and admitted she'd stuffed up - I'd have gladly sent out a replacement at no charge. You'd think that would be the end of it, wouldn't you? Noooooooo - she started emailing me again yesterday !! Now she's muttering something about how I should notify eBay of her payment or something???? I think she's received non paying bidder warnings from other sellers she's purchased from (but obviously not paid!) and ... well....... WHO GIVES A RATS ! I give up on that one LOL Hopefully the nightmare buyer from hell will just go away eventually.......

See? I'm developing the eBay seller's nervous twitch ! LOL If my bad eBay run continues - I'll be in the eBay Asylum in no time... bouncing around that eBay padded cell, rocking back and forth muttering things like "must list..must list" and "nooooo not another npb... please GOD.. not another npb!" When the nurses come to give me my pills I will be backing into the corner screaming "NOOOO... YOU'RE A ZERO BIDDER !!! GET AWAY !! "

Well, after that little vent - I suppose I should get inspired and do some eBay listing so I can sell stuff in order to obtain $$'s to eat this week *grin*

OH OH... before I go ! Have any of you tried those "find your old school friends" site thingies yet?? I registered with www.schoolfriends.com.au last year and have had a few emails from kids I remember at school (and some I don't!!). The weirdest thing is knowing what to SAY to someone you last spoke to as a 17 yr old 20 yrs ago!!!! Mind you, it's fascinating to find out what people are doing with themselves these days. The people I thought would be mega-millionaires or working as high-flying lawyers, doctors etc AREN'T .... yet the kids we all thought were dumb at school are the ones doing really well. Funny how life turns out, isn't it??

Well... on that rather boring observation... I'll see if my quivering wimp of a finger can make it to the PUBLISH POST button and press it!!

Talk soon !!! Jo xxx