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1. witness the end of IE
1 entry . 3 cheers 743 people
2. Beat my depression
14 cheers 1,641 people
3. be more like the ocean, no talking, all action.
1 entry . 7 cheers 5 people
4. ditch the psychic vampires
9 cheers 6 people
5. forget
1 entry . 3 cheers 139 people
6. get my shit together
6 cheers 89 people
7. be more confident
6 cheers 9,839 people
8. To live instead of exist
4 cheers 10,629 people
9. subvert the dominant paradigm
1 entry . 5 cheers 8 people
10. evolve
5 cheers 49 people
11. be happy
4 cheers 21,147 people
12. stop procrastinating
3 cheers 26,233 people
13. stop wasting time
3 cheers 3,480 people
14. kick ass and take names
7 cheers 12 people
15. divest myself of material & emotional crap
5 cheers 2 people
16. sell my stuff on ebay
2 entries . 6 cheers 49 people
17. teach the world to sing
4 cheers 24 people
18. free tibet
6 cheers 87 people
19. Take more pictures
4 cheers 13,982 people
20. Make new friends
2 cheers 12,214 people
21. Launch my web site
3 cheers 7 people
22. master flash
2 cheers 39 people
23. Become a Photoshop expert
2 cheers 98 people
24. Master dreamweaver
1 cheer 9 people
25. be a better designer
1 cheer 160 people
26. become known as an expert in my field
4 cheers 101 people
27. Become Financially Independent
2 cheers 5,151 people
28. Drive across the USA
2 cheers 2,147 people
29. go to burning man
1 cheer 1,399 people
30. go to the beach every day
3 cheers 3 people
31. travel the world
2 cheers 17,806 people
32. see the northern lights
2 cheers 16,374 people
33. Watch a space shuttle launch
3 cheers 949 people
34. go back in time
2 cheers 323 people
35. go forward in time
3 cheers 1 person
36. be able to fly
2 cheers 54 people
37. make a smaller ecological footprint
3 cheers 1,044 people
38. find my soulmate
4 cheers 3,029 people
39. fall in love again
2 cheers 1,680 people
40. walk on the moon
1 cheer 141 people
41. be at peace
5 cheers 229 people
42. take down corporate america
1 cheer 26 people

43.

have 43 people (from 43T) help my Garden Gnome on his trip around the world
1 cheer

22 people

Recent entries

forget

i am... 3 years ago

...7/9th there!

Feb 26, 2006, 07:21PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments

transcend time and space

(a few times) 3 years ago

Only briefly, but it changes the perception of what is termed ‘reality’.

Feb 24, 2006, 12:28PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments

sell my stuff on ebay (read all 2 entries…)

update on my ebay experience 3 years ago

OK. I’ve cleared ~$800 now. Less my past storage unit fees, it’s about $550. Found out yesterday that I got a free month on the storage unit when I paid a year’s rental, so I have ‘til the end o’ March to, hopefully, vacate the unit, which is good because I’m further behind than I thought I would be at this point. My place looks like ‘Sanford and Son’ at the moment. Have given away other stuff & plan to list some stuff on the local freecycle group.

Probably sell more items in the next few days. I find values of collectibles are down 50% over a year or two ago. I imagine this is the economy. You can only really expect to snag a third to a half of the real value for collectibles. Some things I’ve done better on. Ebayers tend to set the market price lower than the real value, which sucks. Sucking, also, is the slices ebay & paypal take. They do add up.

I’ve had one deadbeat ‘winner’ (I don’t get that???), but I’ve had some super interaction with some great people. It would be cool to plot the loci of all my buyers on a 43places-style map. International sales are a PITA. Just an extra Customs form, but the shipping is so expensive. Cheaper methods are incredibly SLOW.

Still have 100% feedback & hope to keep it that way by fully detailing the items’ condition. I have found about 1/3 of buyers don’t bother to leave positive feedback, which I find semi-annoying. I know it’s not item quality issues. Having firm and prominent selling, shipping, and return policies is crucial. FYI: CYA. No problems, yet.

I have a continually-evolving Dreamweaver template, but I find the ebay API renders the code a tad differently, and it takes a few tweaks & previews to get it the way I want it. Another time consuming process is researching items to find the proper ‘value’ range. I’ve had a few things, apparently, never sold on ebay before, but, once you find the appropriate Community chat room, you can generally get enough info to google it & pin it down.

I have been using imgboot.com as my image host, with GREAT results. It is FREE, with no bandwidth or image number limit. There is a file size / image resolution limit, but that’s everywhere.

This is a rather time-consuming endeavor, but, if you want to get rid of your junk, this is a great way to do it. I endorse doing it. Good Luck!

Feb 17, 2006, 03:14PM PST | 0 comments

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