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My sister just gave me a neat wooden floor cabinet that has a small pull-down ironing board in it. The cabinet can close up the ironing board and there are shelves on the other side. The ironing level is almost chest-high, much better for my back, and this can be kept in the kitchen. I no longer have to haul out the big ironing board from the broom closet. While I gained that, I'm bringing the old one to the exchange center at the town dump. Someone will be glad to have it. This seems to be the way things are going for me...toss one thing out, but bring in something else at the same time.
So how hard is selling on eBay? Because I've got a hoard AND a stash to sell!
Not hard to sell, BUT packing and shipping can get hard and expensive for large, heavy, bulky things. And remember that Paypal and eBay take a large amount of 'fees' from you, including the fees on the shipping, so you can end up in the hole, if the item sells cheap and the shipping is high.
And remember that both cater to the buyer, so if they say they did not get it or something was wrong, you lose the money, so ship with insurance and proof of receipt.
That said, I have sold a camping trailer and stainless steel cabinets and desk, so to avoid the shipping cost and the fees, I had pick up only on those things.
Does anyone ever just mend things anymore? My mother always had mending going, and even darning with a darning egg; can you imagine??? Before we had such a wasteful, throwaway society; heaven help us if the stores ever close!
Does anyone ever just mend things anymore? My mother always had mending going, and even darning with a darning egg; can you imagine??? Before we had such a wasteful, throwaway society; heaven help us if the stores ever close!
I have a good sewing machine and I mend everything. If the hi-quality cotton sheets (rarely) get a snag or tear, I mend them with cotton iron-on fabric or zigzag stitch them. One good towel wore a hole; I hand-stitched that, darning style. I've mended all sort of clothes. The only thing I don't do/don't know how to do that well is mend socks....but I should learn. "His" hi-quality socks get holes in the heels constantly. It's getting so that mending is now cost-effective.
Some things are worth hoarding, like good quality linens and towels, and duplicates of anything good found on sale. There are items I will never have to be replace in my lifetime.
Does anyone ever just mend things anymore? My mother always had mending going, and even darning with a darning egg; can you imagine??? Before we had such a wasteful, throwaway society; heaven help us if the stores ever close!
Nope...I have first world problems, I know
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