Wow, the days just get away from me! All of a sudden it's October and I haven't posted an entry in 2 weeks!
I have been so busy getting new items up on eBay and shipping orders, that's it's hard to find time to do any thing else (aside from spending time with my family of course) - including clean my house!
So, aside from neglecting my house, eBaying can be a dirty dirty job. From sourcing the items in the store or at a garage sale, to cleaning them and then shipping them with packaging materials, (I use newspaper, which is cheap, but nasty) at the end of the day I am longing for a hot shower.
Though there can be several dirty steps to the eBay selling process, I want to make sure to mention the messiness of the initial sourcing step. More often than not the phrase, "you get what you pay for" stands true - and generally in thrift stores, the cleaner the facility and the items they sell, the more you are going to pay. So - since I am cheap, I prefer to shop at the dirty ones!
Now I am not going to single out locations, but there is one thrift store I frequent that is just dusty, dirty and dingy. AND if you get a "RIPE" customer in there, it's 10 times worse! Like today for instance this fellow smelled so bad he basically dusted the entire store with his unfortunate body odor. Even if he had left the aisle, the smell lingered and was so potent I could practically see it! - ok that's getting mean and I digress, but it's so distracting!
Anyway... if I know I am going to this certain store, I am sure to pack loads of handi-wipes (my mother in law would be so proud). I literally get into my car and wipe down my hands, arms and my steering wheel!
The moral of my story is this - it's a dirty job, but if it means finding a $80 teapot for $2 or a $240 set of dinner plates for $6, then I'll smell body odor and handi-wipe down my entire car, any day!
