Reviving My Blog

This sounds really bad, but I had totally forgotten about this blog.  So for a quick update, Yes, I still sell on eBay -- sometimes. I lead a Torah Study Group on Shabbat. My full-time focus is still Mascon, Inc. Roofing in Lockart and Austin Texas is a good business. Our famil-owned business strives to provide quality roofs for homeowners and business owners. So if you need a reliable roofing contractor to help you solve your roofing needs, check out our website masconinc.com

My How Time Flies

Wow! Time flies. I just realized that it has been a little over two years since I have posted anything. That is way to busy. I guess most of my time has been spent working as a roofing specialist in our family business MASCON, INC. and in my spare time researching the Hebraic Roots of Christianity.

I am now getting back full time into my internet business, Treasures2yourdoor. I am almost having to learn everything again because so much has changed on Ebay. I am also having to relearn how to operate my website. I have begun the storage unit auction circuit again so I should soon have plenty of items to sell on line.

Let the adventure continue.

An Interruption in the Journey

Life has a way of throwing us curves that place our best laid plans on hold. In the midst of my learning how to conduct an internet business last year, illness decided to appear. Two major surgeries in fifty-nine days changed my focus in life. Business was put on hold and time devoted to recovery. It has been nine months since the last surgery and things are beginning to get back to "normal" -- that is, if there is such thing as normal. Now to get the business back on track!

Current website work

Well, I have been writing about past events that have brought me to the present. So just an update as to where I am now. I am currently working on my website,
treasures2yourdoor . It is definitely being a learning experience. I am having to learn a on of stuff about vintage glassware, depression glass, etc. Of course the one item I am selling that I am not having to learn about is the horse tire swing. Any way check out my site and give me suggestions on how I can improve it.

Sharon

treasures2yourdoor

Roofing Specialists

Don't Be Greedy Continuation

I just realized that I did not finish my account of buying eight storage units. First off, these storage units were about an eight hour drive from my house and we only had two pickup trucks with us. Eight storage units will fill two trucks, a 20' trailer AND the largest U-haul truck you can rent.

In order to get everything packed in the vehicles, we were unable to keep the units separate and we did not think to mark the boxes with identifying marks. Therefore, when we got home and started sorting through all the stuff, we could not throw anything away that appeared to have a missing part because we did not know if that part would show up later in another box. It only took a year to to sort through and sell the stuff.

The main lesson I learned... Never buy that many units at one time. The "fun" of the project quickly is gone and it becomes plain WORK!



Sharon

treasures2yourdoor

Roofing Specialists

 

A Little More About Rocks

Now if you find yourself with a big bunch of rocks, don't be in hurry to sell them to the first person with $100. They may be getting a really good deal. Did you realize that some people pay good money for rocks -- especially if they are all catagorized, clean, and in some cases shiny.

The person who purchased the storage unit that was full of rocks learned lots of lessons on that one. He sold the rocks too cheaply not realizing that they did have value. Then he had an adventure with the box that he accidently kept. It was a box of geodes - sort of pretty. So he thought he would see if he could sell them at the flea market. This is how he related the story...

I was sitting in my booth during a lull in business. A woman walked up to me and demanded to know where I had gotten the geodes I was selling. She was rather rude and bossy acting. I asked, "Why do you want to know that?"

"Because these look like MY geodes and I want to know where you got them!"

"What do you mean 'your' geodes?"

"Someone broke into my house a few months ago and stole my rock collection. It was worth thousands of dollars. These geodes look like the ones I had. WHERE DID YOU GET THEM?"

"I bought them at an auction in a town about 2 1/2 hours from here."

"Oh, then, they are probably aren't mine. Sorry to have bothered you."

My friend now wonders if perhaps he did sell a stolen rock colletion worth thousands of dollars for a measley $100!

Watch Out for Rocks

When taking that two or three minutes to look at a storage unit and decide whether or not you want to bid on it, there are several things for which to watch. Neatly stacked boxes that are labeled usually mean that at one time someone valued this stuff. Then if the boxes are stacked in an orderly fashion from floor to ceiling, chances are you will find good items for resale.

Now about those boxes. If they are labeled, read the label. If this looks like a great unit and none of the other regulars at the auction are being a little slow in their bidding, before you jump in and shout out that highest bid, read the labels AGAIN! If the boxes are labeled "agates," etc. you had better be a rock hound. Those boxes have the strong probabilty that they will be full of ROCKS. Rocks are VERY heavy -- even if they are small boxes. Then if by chance you are having to clear out this unit and while you are loading your trailer with these back breaking boxes and it starts to rain..... well, you know what happens to cardboard when it gets wet. It has a tendency to disinegrate. Then instead of boxes of rocks you now have PILES or rocks.

Yes, this actually happened. Thankfully I was not the one who was excited to get the bid, but I did know the person who did. Now the rest of the story is..... rocks are worth money if you happen to know the right people. Don't just offer them to the first person who comes along for $100.

Next time the rest of the rock story.