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In 2006 I quit my city job of 20+ years to remarry, move and become a "farm wife". For the most part, I am a stay at home mom.

As of the 2007 school year, we are a homeschooling family.

We also farm. Our farms include a large garden, haying, horses, cows, geese, chickens, ducks, pigs, rabbits, 2 stocked ponds, small vineyard and an orchard.

We live at the main farm (the one with the animals) and our other farm is currently growing hay, nuts and firewood to harvest this fall.
In the spring we will be adding sheep, and turkeys.

We have 5 daughters, (including 2 sets of twins) 3 who are still at home.

I love to camp, travel, garden, fish, bake, do needlework, sew, genealogy and ride horses. One of my favorite places to travel to is Northern Indiana (LaGrange county), where I have Amish cousins and to learn about my ancestors.

My goal is to help this family stay on track financially and to stay out of debt, other than our mortgage.

I don't understand ebay people...

January 14th, 2009 at 12:18 am

I sold 2 identical pairs of boots. One brings $18.75 and the other $8.50. Why such a difference?? Same boots, same condition....Same shipping fee....

I just don't get it.

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5 Responses to “I don't understand ebay people...”

disneysteve Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 12:32 am 1231893164
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Same boots, same condition, same fee, but different buyers. One person was willing to pay $18.75. Another was only willing to pay $8.50. I've dropped out of bidding on auctions when the price got to be more than I was willing to pay. In many cases, I later found the item for the price I was willing to pay. That's how auctions work.
creditcardfree Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 02:57 am 1231901829
1231901829

Yep...out of all the people bidding for those two items only one was willing to pay $18.75. Crazy stuff though, huh? Enjoy the proceeds!!
mom-from-missouri Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 03:03 am 1231902201
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I expected them to go around $9 or $10 a peice..So, went above my expectations. Oh well.
Actually I did ok, as I only paid $12 each last winter, so about made back what we paid for them.
And, selling these came to the same price that I just paid for a windsock for our weather station on ebay. Got it off ebay for $30. To get the same one elsewhere, the cheapest I priced was $42. So, I can't complain.
lizajane Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 03:49 am 1231904969
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You just never know. I had 3 or 4 keepsake ornaments. Last year when I sold them before xmas, they brought between 15 and 20. I had one left this year and they were bringing around the same money, so I bravely (stupidly) started it at 99c. Wouldn't you know it, that's what it brought!!! I learned a valuable lesson... Glad yours did better than expected.
North Georgia Gal Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 01:48 pm 1231940937
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It is the luck of the draw! I have something listed that usually bring $20-50...and with 6 hours left they are at .99!

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