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Wishing You A Happy Holiday Season

To You and Yours . Best wishes For a Nice and Safe Holiday Season . weavers

RE: Ask Andrea and Rob

Velocity (dollar amount) and consistency (# of transactions) are both parts of that coin. The word "velocity" has nothing to do with dollar amount. It refers to speed. This is the worst kind of jargon.There are several perfectly good and clear words ...

GMail

I don't seem to be able to connect to my gmail account today.Which is the one I use most with eBay, but also personally.Anyone else? I'm using Firefox as a browser.

November 11 2019. The 11th Month 11th Day 11th Minute Thank-You

With Great Respect To those who lost their lives, The many Veterans over the years and to those in Active Service today that allow us to live the way we do You are all in our Thoughts and Prayers with Gratitude Thank-You weavers

Think of this as one of the problems with dropshipping...

In this case a murder...https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450

Zellers masters of hockey

Why do sellers insist on stating that an autograph signed card from Zellers in the 90's is rare and worth an amount way more than what it is. There are 1000's of these cards available. If you want to sell your card than be honest and quit playing on ...

Free Canada Post October Shipping Suggestion(s)

Hi. Sorry for the super long post. Please give this a read and see if you can help. Copied from an eBay Canada FB posting. Thanks for your time. For the past few years, Canada Post has offered free shipping for one package each week in October for Sm...

eBay to Begin Forcing PowerSellers into Managed Payments

And it begins in the USA https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2019/8/1566613342.html

Facebook to stop stalking users off facebook ... but only if you ask ...

One part of the internet spiderweb of info ...https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49410371

Maccleaner.pkg - malware spawning from eBay member area misclicks

Why do I see windows opening for malware/spyware when I click in certain zones across the site? I just had one where it did an automatic download of maccleaner.pkg?

New feedback page.

I was just looking at the new FB page and boy....No dates (not even 3 months, six months, a while back) which was a useful way to spot hacked accounts.A lot of emphasis on the meaningless DSRs -- which are not used by eBay to assess member accounts."...

Americans love a lawsuit.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/8/2/20751775/ebay-amazon-lawsuit-poaching-sellers-anti-competitive?fbclid=IwAR3EtHGjSIFU9HE6se26vaNXDESTJyXQnSRkx9cMixQDTN3-84wWoOZu_Ho

Things You See When Driving in The Heat

Yesterday I did a Antique Market In The Niagara Region about 2 1/2 hours from where I live. The Market has been in existence over 40 years and has outside vendors. Usually do it 4 or 5 days a summer A Beautiful drive down got there at 6:30 am and sta...

Resolved! MANDATORY PARCEL RATE FOR COINS

I was surprised this morning when the postal worker told me that she could not accept my letter containing coins ( 85 gr.) in total to be shipped to the USA as I had place stamps to pay for letter to USA Under 100 gr. for $2.95She said that the lette...

Amazon workers protest on Prime Day

Grumbling over on the A-river:https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48990482

The A-river turns 25

45% of online sales is claimed by A-river (about half is from third party sellers)In second place is eBay with a 6.8% share (100% third party sellers) https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48884596

US threatening to leave the UPU may have implications to us....depending what happens

Something else to keep an eye on...(UPU = Universal Postal Union) https://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/postal-strike-trump-threat-to-abandon-postal-treaty-could-hit-canadian-small-businesses

July 1: Mexican ice storm leaves drifts up to 1.5 metres deep

Good old climate change...https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48821306 Cause: too many air conditioners running?

Show off your shipping station!

Happy June - hopefully the weather is slowly trundling more towards a semblance of Summer for you! I sold something over the weekend (a 'Much ado about Nothing' DVD) and when I went to pack it I realized I had created a mess for myself: my tape wasn'...

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

New Seller Hub orders download report vs. File Exchange Sold CSV downloadhttps://pages.ebay.ca/seller-centre/selling/seller-hub.html#m17-2-tb3 Old proverb: The more things change, the more they stay the same.As applied to 33 and 37 spot the differenc...

sellers/buyer's let's talk

Hi, I'm a new buyer. I'd like to meet new sellers, my goal is to build a small community of legit buyers and sellers on Ebay within canada and beyond, No specification on what you're selling or what your looking to buy.

Summer Weather Is Coming

Hi Folks thanks for the 15 year badge if I had known about the community boards on eBay when I first signed up with eBay in 1991 - I'm pretty sure I would have learned a lot more that I do right right now now- So thanks again for my Badge : Pat Gordo...

Gordon and Pat Murray with 1 year old Dylan Gordon Murray.JPG

What’s your must-have work accessory?

It's somehow May already - can you believe it? I'm looking forward to warmer weeks to come and thinking of maybe breaking out the shorts sometime soon. As the weather changes, so do my work accessories: mittens get swapped for sunglasses, and my 'eme...

Knockoff Lego company shutdown

The knockoff company was selling under the name Lepin.Playing the name game in an attempt to avoid counterfeit attention.For example, selling Lepin Star Wnrs instead of Lego Star Wars https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48076505 -..-

How did you come to eBay?

The internet was new, and I was much, much younger when I heard about eBay - a fabled place where all the Star Trek action figures I'd wanted for my young life came together in a very, very slow-loading portal of opportunity (seriously, do you rememb...

How the ultra-rich view Chinese workers

Wealthy employers in China call workers slackers if they work less than 72 hours per week.Minimum of six 12 hour days per week. Otherwise you're a useless slacker.https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47934513

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris France is Burning

This is for everyone that has ever been to Paris or has thought about architecture, history, artwork, church music, religion and religious artifacts...... many items that sell on eBay. Watching TV is my way of working on eBay with a background of "no...

Very Funny

https://youtu.be/MVHGvReyRfY

Something You Really Want But Know It's Not Realistic How Many Ways Can You Spell Disappointment?

On our way to a area we visit every year or two there is a abandoned Restaurant in a Small Community we pass through. The building is boarded up and looks like it has been for years . May or may not have items of interest inside but that's not what a...