I’m pretty late to the eBay selling experience but I’ll have to say it was pretty darn amazing. I had a battery charger and two batteries from my Konica-Minolta digital camera that was stolen on my last trip to the Philippines. Neither work for the new Sony digital camera I bought as a replacement so I decided to sell them. I’ve had an eBay account for years and have occasionally bought something on eBay so I set up a seller account and listed the charger and batteries.

The listing process was very straightforward. I was able to look up the model number of the charger in their database and see what others like it had sold for. There were some small fees for listing, all of which were clear and very reasonable. In total I paid much less for selling on eBay than I would have for a newspaper advertisement (which probably wouldn’t have sold these items, anyway).

The standard selling period is seven days. I might choose a shorter period next time, depending on where the weekend falls. The first bid appeared on the first day. The last day saw several bids and the final bid was at a very reasonable price … more than I had expected for a used battery charger and two batteries for a digital camera that isn’t manufactured anymore! Then the amazing part happened. They buyer (from Los Angeles, California) sent the money through PayPal about a half-hour after the bidding period closed! Nina and I were in Idaho Falls when the bidding closed and the money was in my PayPal account before I even knew what the final selling price was.

Shipping turns out to be simple as well. In PayPal I was able to print a shipping label and pay for shipping at the same time. All I have to do is put the items in a box, attach the label, and drop it off at the post office (or call them and they’ll pick it up!). Voila! Done. Amazing! What else can I sell….

So, I wonder how it is that I ever had time to be working? I probably will start a new adventure in the next few weeks, so I’ll need to get a little bit less busy so I can work that in! I needed to do some rearranging in the computer room so we would have a bit more space and less clutter so I built a couple of tables to go into the room to replace an outsized card table and a computer rack that wasn’t being used anymore. The yard work that I started before the Big Road Trip needs to get finished and it takes me about five hours to mow the yard. I’ve been working on a couple of things in the motorhome that I should be able to finish today. We spent Wednesday in Soda Springs and yesterday in Idaho Falls. What should have been a routine dental hygiene visit turns out to mean several more trips to the dentist as a crown has a cavity underneath it and another bridge has come loose. Being in a dentist chair is a significantly unfavorite activity. The crown will be worked on next Tuesday with several possible outcomes: (1) everything works out OK, the cavity isn’t too big and the crown can be replaced, or (2) the tooth requires a root canal but then can be salvaged and the crown replaced, or (3) the tooth has to be removed and then the bridge expanded to include this tooth. While we have good dental insurance, the options all have a price and the third option would be rather expensive even with insurance. So that’s the option that I’m expecting to happen.

Nina got the canning bug (see her blog) and we now have a delicious two-year supply of canned peaches. I am very happy. Life is very good!