Selling my life away on Ebay
In order to keep up with all the bills that come in, in between therapy, cardiologists, dentists (to repair a broken tooth ...... in a long story kept short, it was basically all because of my eating disorder and dissociation), gas (driving to and from all these places)... I have been having to sell so many of my belongings on Ebay. And I hate doing it. But thank God for Ebay. Every time a new bill comes in, and I'm short on cash, I have to go looking through my house to see if I can find things I can get rid of. I absolutely hate doing it. For instance, I used to collect dolls. Most of them are gone now. I've sold my books back to the thrift stores and sold DVD's and videos on Ebay too. I keep thinking there has got to be MORE I can get rid of. I'm so desperate to get ahead on my bills for once.
One of the biggest problems areas is that I'm still paying off my student loan from college. My dad had promised to pay for college for me, so I went to a private university instead of the state one. But by the time graduation came along, my dad and I weren't getting along. He was ready for me to get out of the house. He took me on a walk one night and chewed me out. He threw some money at me and screamed at me to never ask him for anything again. That left me with a gigantic student loan that I never knew I had to pay. If I'd known, I would have gone to the state college at 1/4 the price. So I still have a couple more years to get that paid off.
I've tried selling everything from computers to shoes on Ebay. Right now I'm selling dolls. I wish so much that I could just get ahead of this money thing. Just for a little bit.
Posted by pilgrim | Filed under:
I love dolls. where is your ebay store? can you send me the link? do you have an ebay store and do you accept paypal?
sunflowersNstone@aol.com
if you belong to any groups mention your ebay sales. if you are on any message boards leave a link to your ebay store, leave it at any public web place where you talk. you could have it in your signature. this way your store gets more exposure.
also, i wanted to say that it is probebly very upsettting to have to sell your stuff. i think i would resent having to sell things that i loved just to pay the bills. i know it's neccessary but i dont want to overlook the inner termoil it causes.
i wish you peace of mind,
Aussie
hi i hope you didnt sell raggedy annie yet? im so sad that you have to sell your dolls. its not fair. as you know i collect dolls too. Ebay is great. Ive sold a couple of my dolls now. Maybe five or six. How about selling your craft things on Ebay? you need something thats easy to post and pack. You can always buy to sell but it takes a lot of work. I wish i could sort your money problems out.
oh ps. always make sure you look in completed items to see how much items go for. its useful tos earch by Highest Price first too. then its better to put things buy it now at the high end of the price range as many people just buy it now rather than waiting and you are guaranteed top end money rather than risking theres more than one bidder.
this is true about the ebay thing. I always look for a buy it now option. If i see something I want I want it then not in a few days when the auction ends. as a matter of fact most of the things I buy are buy it now type things. If you have hard to find items I'd certainly put a buy it now option on it.
Is it okay if you send me the link to your ebay store? I wouldnt put it on my journal but you can email it to me.
I was thinking that it would soo be good idea for someone to do kind of a friend of friends type selling thing where we can list our ebay sites on that page so that when we buy something we can buy from someone we know needs the money. I was thinking of maybe doing something like that. If I actually get that site up and running I'll send you an invite to it. No pressure though.
the email address provided is correct. It's my personal email address instead of the email that address listed on my journal page on wordpress. also, if you'd like to write sometime the invitation is open.
smiles to you,
Austin
Hello,
I was looking for information on multiple personality disorder via google and I stumbled across your website. I'm doing a project in biology about multipl personality disorder and one of the requirements is to get a "contact." Just glancing over your blog, it seems like you do have this disorder... so if there's anyway you could email me (sonja_thalheimer@caryacademy.org)that would be great.
Thanks so much,
Sonja