I have stuff to sell on eBay. Quite a bit of stuff. Stuff that I sorted out and earmarked for getting rid of almost two years ago. Packed it up in boxes and everything, just never actually posted it online.
It’s…hard for me to do that for some reason. And, it’s not hard for the reason you might think, which would be that I’m going to have a hard time getting rid of the stuff. I sincerely don’t think that’s it. I think it’s that I don’t want to fuck up the process of posting it on eBay and getting as much money for the stuff as I possibly can. That’s intimidating to me for some reason!
I’m not really good at money, and by that I mean running a business as a business. I’m too willing to pay top dollar for quality, I think; I don’t have a natural nose for finding a good deal. And I’m not very good at negotiating. I’ll give away my services or products for too little, just to have the deal done.
I’m trying to get better at that. It’s not easy for me, but I’m trying.
Listing shit on eBay triggers that kind of “deal” and “business” anxiety for me. But…I want a couple new things for my office and for our living room, and I can’t get those things without selling this stuff. Not without blowing our household monthly budget—something we’re focusing on this year—so…sell that shit I must.
I posted one item on eBay today. Went through the whole process, beginning to end. I wanted to post ALL my stuff. I got one done. But…I think it was an important step. I know what information I need to have, now. Gonna post a few more items tomorrow. Then maybe the rest of them next week, or the week after once I see how those ones went. Probably a good idea. Not go all at once, liable to make a mistake that I won’t realize until it’s too late for those auctions. If I just do a few, I can learn from that mistake for the rest of them.
Wish me luck.