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My Appeal for John Donahoe to Go on Undercover Boss or He can just Come to My House…

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There’s a new TV show that has TOTALLY got me hooked.  It’s call Undercover Boss and it is on CBS on Sunday nights.  The premise behind it is you take the CEO/Owner/Boss of a company and give him a make under.. put him out in the trenches with his workers and see how he handles working in the field.  They’ve done it with the CEO’s of  Hooters, 7-11, Church Hill Downs, Waste Management and White Castle.  I think they should do it with eBay and their CEO, John Donahoe.

Instead of going undercover at eBay in San Jose.. he should go to Sellers and Buyers houses to see how we work.  I would love to have him come to my house and see what a normal day is like.

I can imagine #1 being nervous about him there checking out how she wraps and ships.

#2 would be so excited in his own nerdy way.  He would be telling everyone he

knows that John Donahoe is coming to his house… and is friends would be like..

“John Dona Who?”

#4 would be totally up in his business.  He would talk his leg off,

and want him to sit by him at lunch.


#3 would give him a piece of her mind about DSR’s and American Girl Categories. (John, if your reading this, don’t be afraid of the 11 year old with socker boppers.. she’s really quite nice as long as you give her what she wants 😉 )

#5 would be impressed with his height (he’s like 6’6″ or something) and see if he would play Batman and Robin with him.

I would love a chance to tell him how I feel about eBay. I would tell him about  how the DSR system shouldn’t have all the power it has and still maintain it’s  anonymity.  I understand why they do it; so that the buyers feel they can be honest without repercussions from the seller; but what’s going to happen to the buyer? They can’t receive negative feedback, (the worst thing I can do to a buyer is block them).  Most importantly it will help me as a seller know there was something wrong with the sale.  Isn’t that what the DSR program is for?  Make us better at customer service?

I know there are other sellers that could show him a thing or two about selling on eBay.  I truly believe that if he walked a few hours in our shoes, he would see more than just the numbers of eBay, he would see the people.  I believe he would also realize that SOME of the new rules are not helping the community.  They are actually hurting it.

The CEO of 7-11 learned why the number one selling coffee store was really number one… it was the community that made that store sell more coffee than any of the others.  When the COO of Waste Management went to work as just a trash guy.. he learned that the rules and regulations they put on the Waste Management workers were not only unfair, but they kept them from putting their best foot forward for the community.

Come on CBS and eBay.. Let’s do this.. get John, or Lorrie or maybe even Todd to go and meet the sellers where they work.  I double dog dare you…  I’ll even make you this if you come..

Check out Undercover boss on the Link below..

Undercover Boss

Listing Listy.. Strikes Again

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I love the “It’s so easy to stick to your diet!”  Especially when the table is for one

and there is already someone occupying it!  See the look on the husbands face?

That’s how The Man looks at dinner time at our house every evening 😉

1. 30 minutes on the Wii

2. Get crafts, snacks and food ready for Girl Scout Valentine Party Thanks #1!

3. Leftover cookies in the car.

4. School the monkeys

5. email Intern the verses he needs

6. POWER POINT for church eBay Fund Raiser

7.  pick up Cadets at Junior High

8.  Try to use my kitchen sink as little as possible (some pipe has a huge hole in it)

Tabled Items

  1. Write up 10 eBay things
  2. work on the Cooking Blog
  3. stretch and block my friend’s needlepoint
  4. finish #1’s Coat (make button holes)
  5. make lining for the felted purse #1 gave me
  6. Buy Valentine stuff for The Man and the monkey’s
  7. Take pictures of charity eBay Auctions

Why Didn’t This Sell? Vintage Christian Dior Compact

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I’ve had this thing for quite awhile.  I found it in the bottom of  a hat box I bought that had some quilt pieces in it.  I sold the quilt pieces, but never sold this.

It even comes in the original box!

It has the case to keep the compact from getting scratches.

I’m not sure why this didn’t sell.. except maybe people don’t use compact?

Here’s what I wrote about it:

Up for auction is a very nice vintage Christian Dior Compact in the original box.

  • This has never been used.
  • It comes with box, black case and the gold basket weave compact.
  • This has the original puff.
  • About 3″ square
  • Box has some condition issues..
  • Free shipping
  • Back of box reads: Poudrier Damiers Dore Compact Checkered Gold Ref 2121
  • Made in France

I haven’t listed it for awhile. I’ll try it again sometime soon..

The Christian Harp or What is a Shape Note Tune Book

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If you saw this book at a library sale would you buy it?

Does this make you want to buy it even more?  It’s ok..

If you say no.. Don’t worry, I probably wouldn’t have given it a second glance either.

A friend of mine asked me to sell this for him.  I agreed to do it, but I was a little skeptical about it.

I’ve never see an song book sell for very much money.

Here’s my write up on it:

Up for auction is an antique book titled: The Christian’s Harp, Containing a Choice Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes suited to the various metres now in use among the different religious denominations in the United States: designed for the use Public and Family Worship by Samuel Wakefield, Esq.

  • This is in great condition, especially considering it’s age of 175 years.
  • Leather bound, and there is some wear around the edges of the cover, and a few marks on the front on the leather as well.
  • The previous owner wrote their name on the outside cover: The Property of Alexander Still, 1833.
  • The pages do have some discoloration and tanning – please view photos.
  • There is a bookplate on the inside cover that reads: The Property of: Alexander Still, 12th of July, 1833.  It has a preface, a chapter regarding the Rudiments of Music, and is full of musical scores and the words to the hymns.  This is copyright dated (entered into the act of Congress) 1832, published by Johnston & Stockton 37 Market St, Pittsburgh, 1832.

Here are some of the emails I received on the book:

  • Shape-note singing became popular in churches in the South in the  mid-1800’s. It was a way for congregations to more easily learn to sing and be able to sing in four-part harmony because it’s more visual.  Instead of having to know notes by where they fall on the staff, you can know what they are by the shape, making it easy for even illiterate people to be able to join in congregational singing. It is still used today.
  • Your book is a nice early example of a shape-note tune book and I’m sure there are people who regularly search for this and have it in saved searches. Contrary to the title, it has nothing to do with harp playing.
    It’s a nice piece of Americana.
  • I’ll give you $350.00 to end the auction now.
  • Nice book, do you know they are talking about it on the book boards?

The book sold for $580.00.  My friend was ecstatic, and the buyer was happy.

Which really when you sell for other people, that’s all that matters.

I did have one hitch with this shape note tune book.  The buyer asked me to use his FedEx number to send it to him.  I didn’t have any problem doing that.  I made sure I checked off  “signature required” and insured it for the full amount.  The buyer however, has on his account “signature on file” and they left it at the door and it was stolen/left with someone… etc..  I filed the proper paperwork with FedEx and the buyer left positive feedback.  BUT…

This could have gone completely wrong.  How you ask?  If the buyer would have notified PayPal.. and since there was not a signature confirmation on delivery of an item over $25o.00.. I would have been out the money and the item.  AND to top it off.. it wasn’t my item to begin with.