posted on January 31, 2011 10:37:39 PM new
I am so flabbergasted I just had to share this and everyone else has gone to bed: I ship my postcards inside protective archival quality postcard sleeves. My buyers like them and I have only had one postcard damaged in 50,000 shipped. I prefer to invest in packaging material that can be reused rather than thrown away like a mailer. Anyhow, I got the following positive feedback tonight:
"I'm disappointed. U didn't specify that it was laminated. But the PC is nice." SAY WHAT? LAMINATED? DUH! I'd better not get a star ding for description!
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posted on February 1, 2011 07:00:15 AM new
Wow, send her a note right away and tell her about sleeves, she must not know that the card will slip right out. Dumb buyer indeed! But a note might make her realize it IS as described!!
posted on February 1, 2011 11:07:24 AM new
I did respond to the FB and also sent an email. He responded that he is not a collector and was going to use the postcard for another purpose entirely. LOL..gotta wonder what that might be!
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posted on February 2, 2011 09:01:35 AM new
If you include any kind of letter in your shipment - it might be time to add a note that you have included a protective sleeve for safe keeping of the card. You SHOULDN'T have to do this but better safe than sorry.
posted on February 3, 2011 04:38:24 PM new
My nominee is the buyer who writes with a question and when a reply is sent it bounces back with a "not accepting email from this address." More often than not they are on AOL. Is there still an AOL?
I am also dealing with a potential buyer in my online store who writes asking if an item is available. The fact that it shows on the site with a price should be a clue that it is. I reply with an affirmative and the next day there is an email "Why don't you answer me?" So I send it again and again. Sigh! -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o
“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on February 7, 2011 11:28:51 AM new
I once sold a sticker to someone, and they couldn't figure out it was a sticker until I told them them had to peel off the backing to stick it to something.
posted on February 7, 2011 03:03:34 PM new
You just need the image, a description, and determine a selling price. I did a quick check on sites such as Scripophily.com and others - there are no certificates for sale.
So, why not a tale about how the company evolved into a scam, and is now bankrupt? Most likely you should have turned in the original certificate when the chocolate company was purchased.
Don't forget to write off the value of your stock on your taxes - investment loss.
