i-like-rrrrrrrrobi.. wrote:

SD~

 

Tina/Frank/China is rude to everyone.  She doesn't play favorites.

 

Bubblewrap on the other hand ... I'm not sure what his problem is, except that my Armchair-psychology Spidey-sense tells me that he thinks he is OR he wants to be COCK-of-the-WALK and feels threatened by anyone with a bigger ... uh ... mental capacity then he's got.

Hey, is this the same person that claims to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bicycle parts every year?

Is this the person that always says, "Smart sellers.......  ?"

What I'm saying is that I can see no where, where it says that a Seller CAN NOT list identical items ... one in Fixed Price and one in Auctions (as long as the Auction listing does not have BIN.)

Or to say it without the double negatives:

A Seller CAN list identical items  ... one in Fixed Price and one in Auctions as long as the Auction listing does not have BIN.

I realize that this new Policy went in effect on May 28, but to me nothing has changed.

Almost everything new is just basically clarifications, for Sellers who will try anything to get around the Duplicates rule.

The one and only thing, which isn't intuitively obvious is the new rule about Fixed Price and Auctions with BIN (in purple at the bottom) ... the only rule which crosses between the two types of selling.

Dang, girl, one of these days you gotta show me how to do that!

So you say I should upgrade my PS Elements? I'm on 5.0 now, and I haven't begun to scratch the surface on what I can do. I manage now and then to make it do what I need to do. The only thing I never could figure out was how to make a couple of hundred tiny price tags all on one page. I got Picasa to do that, though .

I should go see if I've been pinked again.... nope not today! I was busy though. I hemmed my new pants, made another jeans "grocery bag" for the meat - toss it in the washer if it gets messy! I have about gotten it to a science. This is my fourth one. I only have 2-3 dozen pairs of old holy jeans as raw materials! I am thinking of selling them on Etsy. I have not checked to see if anyone else has something like them.

Going to turn my A/C back on tomorrow I think. It looks like all that 90-something weather than y'all have will get to me then. I think we hit 86 today. The air smelled so fresh too! But my sinuses are all buggered up now .

Is the morale improving around here yet?

SD~

There's something I just learned this weekend ... kind of.

I was trying to contact you through the eBay messaging system, and was having problems.

By accident I clicked on a button that said "Subscribe to SnipeDog."

I only had a vague idea that it would somehow let me follow your posts, if I wanted to look them up.

Much to my surprise, I went to my e-mail about a 1/2 hour later, and all of your posts were there.

In amazement I opened 5 e-mails and it took me directly to each of your posts.

It was kind of creepy.  I felt like a stalker.

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ANY WHO!   I realized at that point, people could have subscribed to me without me knowing it.

And that if TinyToons or BubblyRap had subscribed to your name,  it would be really easy for them to see every post you've made, and  to follow you around ... even on other Forums ... even here.

Pleasant thought!  

burnsville*babe wrote:

Dang, girl, one of these days you gotta show me how to do that!

 

So you say I should upgrade my PS Elements? I'm on 5.0 now, and I haven't begun to scratch the surface on what I can do. I manage now and then to make it do what I need to do....

Slices is a function in PHotoShop, that I don't think is in PS Elements.

What it is for is ... well it's hard to explain in words.

You know how sometimes when you go to the homepage of a website, and you can see that the graphic is loading in sections?

Well that is because if the graphic was just one big piece, something bad would happen.

I don't know what.  Maybe it would take a long time to load, or your computer would crash, or it would take up too much bandwidth, or elves would go crazy in your computer.

So what the Slice Function does is allow you to automatically cut up a page into smaller sections.  And then it saves it in a way so you can display it seamlessly on the web without having to tax your brain too much.

And the reason why I wasn't sure if it would work here, was because when I viewed it in Preview, it didn't look like it was supposed to.   Some of the sections weren't the correct size.

I decided to take the chance that it was Lie'v Whirled's software which was screwed up, and post it anyway.

And voilá!  It worked.

SD,

If you have questions about stuff on eBay or Paypal and you do not want to go to SC to get answers then you should pose them right here.

I think that cumulatively we have about 60 years of experience... AT LEAST right here on this thread.

I also think that we have all listed stuff on eBay at least a couple of times in the last 12 months and most of us tend to keep up on what is going on even if we are not actively listing right now.

Besides that there is the trust factor.  Lucky is such a gracious host here that none of us even considers getting out of line just out of respect for her and each other.

No one who regularly posts here will stalk or harass you and no one will intentionally make you feel foolish.  And if it so happens that you accidentally feel foolish from somethig one of us says then there will be lots of hugs and apologies to go around.

Besides that and not to insult you in the least but if there is something that needs further research outside this thread we have enough of us here that are savvy enough and thichk skinned enough to swat the troublemakers on other threads so that we could do some research for you if needed.

We will be your friends, researchers, confidants, brothers and sisters, protectors and defenders when, where and how you need.

All the resource you can ever need is right here if you do not wish to go to the other threads for help.

Oh, and if you ever find yourself backed in to a corner on another thread just mosey on over here and let us know and we will be more than happy to send in the cavalry!

Of course I can only really speak for myself but I would imagine the rest of us here feel the same as I!

SAM... yes, SAM!  I get a little confused about the players sometimes.

So does anyone know what Chinagirl's problem is?

deltamaster wrote:

...Oh, and if you ever find yourself backed in to a corner on another thread just mosey on over here and let us know and we will be more than happy to send in the cavalry!

 

Of course I can only really speak for myself but I would imagine the rest of us here feel the same as I!

Yee Haw Delta!

Let's go get those slimey bastads!!

burnsville*babe wrote:

I went from DOS to W2000 to VISTA. Never used XP or 98. I'll probably end up skipping Win7 and go to 8, lol! I've never had a bit of trouble with VISTA. My system has some odd directory locations that appear to be from having VISTA overlaid on top of an original XP machine. I was able to get drivers for my scanner and my printer, and if anything, they all worked better than the old drivers. The scanner has a whole new suite of tools!

I started out on DOS in my administrative career.  Went  through every incarnation since--from Win 3.0 through XP.   I actually still have my XP desktop.  It still works, however, the modem died on it, which created a computing emergency, since I am an internet retailer. Kind of difficult to get anything done, without an internet connection.     I had to run my business from the public library for a few days.  So, I have a back-up computer now. Though it is soooo slow, compared to my laptop, all my tasks take three times as long to accomplish.  I never did repair the modem, since I later got a USB Broadband, which I can switch between computers if I need to.   

So, I was looking to get a laptop, so that I could  monitor my business, without having to be cooped up, in an itty-bitty office.  It sits right on my couch, next to me.   I got a great deal on my present Compaq system, and like you Burnsville, I have never had any troubles with Vista. Other than software compatability.  The only software I actually HAD to purchase was a new graphics/desktop publishing system.  I purchased Corel, since it has a photo editing software--Corel PhotoPaint, as well as Corel Draw, in the bundle. 

  I was doing a bit of research earlier, on the difference between the Windows 7 Home edition, and the Professional edition.  As a few of the machines I have been researching, are business models, with Win 7 Professional already loaded.  Interesting, with that edition, you can run XP Mode--a partitioned XP Operating System-and it comes complete with a licensed edition of XP. 

I checked out Fry's online, as we don't have them in Colorado.  I found some similar "value priced" models, as you mentioned at Best Buy.  But the processor's don't have enough juice for my needs.  I'm a big multi-tasker, so, I've got to have a minimum of 2.3 Ghz, and I really like my full-size keyboard, with the 15.6 screen on my present system.  

Those Win 7 reviews, said many users noted that they experienced quicker transitions between tasks, than on Vista.   I'm pretty adaptable, so I'm sure I'll get the hang of it, when the time comes to switch.  

Perhaps I can procratinate a little longer, with the external mouse.  We'll see how it goes....   

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~ Harold Whitman

Good Morning (((All)))

Moon - I emailed my nephew last night with your post.  Here is his response:

Acer is so variable they had to change their name (they used to be known as Packard Bell), also E-machine and Gateway was purchased by them.

Lenovo C, D ThinkPad L*** series should be avoided, for the most part the ThinkPad X and T line-up is excellent across the board.  (Note netbooks are netbooks and unless that is the class of system they’re looking for the x1** should be avoided, they (x1**s) are very good compared to other netbooks though)

HP has been having issues with heat lately if they get an HP should avoid systems with AMD CPUs or dedicated Video.  The elite series is a good system but maybe outside their price range.

Toshiba Satellites like Acer are all over the place in quality and performance, but unlike Acer it is model by model and they sometimes make an epic system.  If they see one they like, they shouldn’t buy it outright but lookup reviews and Google key words like problems + <<model>>, issues + <<model>>, or “how to fix” + <<model>>.

A good place to check the current systems available is http://forum.notebookreview.com/what-notebook-should-i-buy/# .

Hope this helps!

Some people are clinging hideously to their idiocy!

'Mornin' Evbody.

After a very restless night and little sleep, I'm here to get my heart started and to strategize about how to get myself removed from TRS status.

ILR, I agree. I'll probably be removed from TRS soon, but not because of 24-hour shipping (I've always shipped in less than 24 hours - that's what happens when you are a puny seller).

I don't care about the TRS "icon" at all. That's just fluff. It's being an actual TRS store that bothers me. Because all I see on SC are people who have had their TRS ripped out of their hands unexpectedly, and the hardship and heartache it causes them because they have become reliant on the perks.

While I tossed and turned, I tried to think of an example of why I have my attitude about TRS. Suppose I won a brand new, extra fancy Cadillac with ALL the goodies. But when they gave me the car, they said "You can have this car, tax free, but you are only allowed to get in it after you have wiped your feet. And you must never put more than 1 gallon of gasoline in at a time." If you do not follow these rules, the car will be repossessed within 10 seconds." So I go to the filling station every 30 miles or so and I'm doing fine and then one day there is a torrential downpour and I run to my new car with a newspaper over my head and get in it as quickly as possible. Ten seconds later the car shuts off by itself and there's a guy standing at my window with his arms folded across his chest telling me he's taking the car back because I didn't wipe my feet first before I got in.

I would rather never have TRS than to have it be snatched away from me because of some arbitrary rule (policy) that is impossible to adhere to at all times.

I really, really don't understand how I was awarded this TRS status. I have done absolutely NOTHING to deserve it. I DO NOT have a 14-day return policy (I've only had one return ever, but I'll go into that some other time), and I cannot and WILL not adhere to the DC part of the policy because some of the items I sell are less than an ounce and fit very nicely in a #10 business envelope, so I'm not going to spend $1.64 in postage for a bubble wrap envelope with DC, when I can get away with $.45 or $.65 to send an item (w/o DC).

I'm just like everyone else in that if I keep the TRS, I'll get accustomed to having that nifty discount and all the other perks and just about the time I feel like I'm safe, ZAP!, they'll tear it out of my hands without a by your leave, 'cause my business model will never be in compliance with all their rules at all times.

Well, enough crying and whining. I'll be calling them later this morning to find out how to get it pulled now UNDER "MY" TERMS, not theirs.

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ILR, I just would like to know EXACTLY what vitamins, minerals, and supplements you take that give you SUCH extraordinary graphic and explanatory skills! Like Marvin the depressed H2G2 robot, YOU have a brain the size of a planet! I SWOON at how creative and smart you are!

sd