Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Its Not Much, But It'll Do

I wont bog anyone down with the depressing details, but I'm doing the best I can with what little I have. I've been unemployed since October and my sales of hand made and import items has sort of bottomed out. My popular items were a Sailor Moon Necklace and a set of Hello Kitty lanyards. My tax return is gone and there's roughly $3 in my paypal account.

I've come up with a lot of little crocheted items since then, some are really cute things like little cell phone pouches and baby hats. I'm thinking about selling them, but I need a location to do so that isn't going to charge me an arm and a leg in fees (thanks to eBay, I've overdrafted because of their flawed fees system).


Off on a little tangent, am I the only one who thinks that eBay should change how they assess their fees? I understand that there will be, but I think it would be better if the fees were taken out of each individual item's sale AS IT HAPPENS, instead of piling up fees and then they attack my paypal account at the end of the month. The month I tried to sell my Roger Federer signed tennis gear, I was charged $40 in total fees after unsuccessfully trying to auction it twice with little stuff like a reserve price and a set starting time. I wouldn't mind it if they took their fee for the auction and then paypal took their fee too if it saved me the stress its caused these last couple of months. Its baloney.

But anywho, I'm trying. I have another job fair to attend tomorrow, so I am going to make sure they notice me. Even if it means working with tourists, I will take what I can get right now. Except VoiceCurve, that is. I refuse to work with a company that claims to be local but has 75% of the company based in India. Sorry, that's very hypocritical and I don't want anything to do with a country that treats its women like properties. 

Wish me luck, if I can get a job, it means I can develop my business dream further!

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