eBay Confusion

Barb brought a lot of things with her from Canada to Florida to sell on eBay while she was down here because the shipping costs are more reasonable.  However, she was afraid to try.  I got her a couple books on eBay for Dummies but she didn’t read them.

Finally, she broke down and just learned herself.  She listed a couple of items and they sold.  She had some trouble with the shipping labels because they were American and her account was in Canada.  So she printed out her own labels and mailed them.  The mail service is great here.  The mail lady picks up the mail right out of our mailbox.  It couldn’t be more convenient.

Barb thought because the Canadian dollar was low she would be losing money on her sales.  Then I explained that no because the Canadian dollar was low, she would be making even more money.  She would be selling in US dollars which were worth more than Canadian dollars.  That got her even more excited about selling on eBay.

Soon she had sold a whole lot of stuff and was an expert on eBay selling.  She was sad that she hadn’t started sooner.  But she was excited about bringing back even more stuff next year to sell.  She is selling things that she bought many years ago that she is never going to make.  So they are just sitting on her shelves.  It is like free money.