eBay Favorite Item of the Day - Erector Sets
Favorite eBay ‘blast from the past’ Item of the Day
This will be fun…We are going to start a new daily section of the newsletter. It is called Favorite of the Day. I fortunately, or unfortunately (depending upon which side of my checkbook you are on) am a HUGE buyer on eBay – a PowerBuyer. Because of this I find many fabulous items, great deals, very cool sellers and products that I hadn’t even thought to buy (or for that matter, sell) on eBay. Many of you have asked to see My Favorites list – well, here you go…(this will also give you great ideas on ‘what to sell’ as well!)
I have chosen to feature the following favorite ‘days’:
Monday: eBay Store
Tuesday: Deal of the Day
Wednesday: Etsy
Thursday: I just have to show you this…
Friday: Blast from the Past
Saturday: Seller
Sunday: Charity
Let me know what you think at www.onlinesuccessinstitute.com – Click ‘leave a comment’ to share your favorites and ideas.
Ok, ok…quit fussing about the ‘all girls’ stuff I keep picking – I am a girl after all. I especially chose today’s Fav for the boys (although this is one of my favorites too!) Remember those great Erector sets for all budding architects? What about Tinker Toys? And remember the Bill Ding Balancing Clowns?
Hi Janelle,
I don’t think it is wrong to sell Bibles. I am a Christian and have sold a couple of my kid’s Bible’s who had outgrown that version. I was glad to see someone, who probably couldn’t afford the prices in the Christian Bookstore, able to buy something for a reasonable price. I don’t know that I would sell the Hitler items, even if they were allowed on EBay.
I also think things like a piece of toast that looks like Jesus or things of that nature are ethically wrong to sell, but I don’t know that they should be banned. I just personally think it ruins your credibility to sell something that is so gimmicky!
Janelle, I’m glad to hear you are a Christian. It worried me to hear you were interested in “The Secret” because it seems like a lot of the wealth sermons or things like the Prayer of Jabez focus on praying to God for wealth. While I don’t think that in and of itself is wrong, because you can give a lot of money away to good causes, I feel it focuses on the wrong thing. We are wealthy even if we have nothing because we have God’s grace and forgiveness. No amount of money can buy that! And I also feel that God blesses me when I do the right thing and that he knows my needs and will provide. So I don’t pray for wealth as much as that he will show me what he wants for my life and hey if that’s wealth, I won’t begrudge him.LOL But I worry that people tend to view him as a genie with these wealth seminars. I mean, Jesus certainly spent a lot of time with people who had absolutely nothing. The parable of the rich man talks about how he couldn’t enter the kingdom of heaven because he couldn’t let go of his material possessions. So wealth can also be a bad thing. So it makes me uncomfortable when pastors preach the wealth sermons. Do you see what I mean? I think it is better to pray for God’s will in your life. For some, it won’t be wealth! I think of the Fiddler on the Roof movie. This is a man who prayed god would smite him with wealth, but it wasn’t God’s will! Then the best part of this is that he still had faith without wealth!!! Now that is true faith–that when things are at their worst you can still see God working in your life.
I think that people are made in the image of God and so we are restless until we find him. So I’m glad you found him Janelle! So I would pray for you that God keeps you successful and that he will bless you. I think you will get just as much wealth praying that way as to pray for wealth and then you can see God’s blessings even when things don’t go right!
I also think there is nothing wrong with using your God given talents to make money. Like you said, you use whatever talents God gives. Some of us are sellers, some marketers, some accountants, some lawyers. But everyone needs to use their talents in a God pleasing way and God will bless you for it. So you certainly are helping people and giving away a lot of it without any reward through this website.
I have a life insurance company–Thrivent, who I buy life insurance and also buy stocks, etc. from. I buy from them because they are always giving back to the community. So I see my checks protecting me as well as doing something. Like I said, we have recently opened a brokerage account with them and they are there to make money and they are Christian. So, again, I don’t think there is anything wrong in making money, I just think that praying for wealth is not a good mindset.
Here is another quandary I’ve been thinking about. Do religion and business go together. Here is my little conversation I have with myself. I know that I treat people in an ethical way which comes from my religious values. But should I talk about my Christianity on my About Me Page and turn people off because they aren’t religious. But on the other hand, Jesus suffered a lot more than loss of sales on EBay! On the other hand, if people get mad at me for whatever, they can say, “See how that Christian woman treated me” which wouldn’t be a good advertisement for God. But then again, aren’t we supposed to spread the word? Also wouldn’t other Christians feel better about doing business with a fellow Christian? Then I wondered about putting in some little Christian tract or just a Bible verse in each package. But then if I got a package from someone with a Buddhist track inside, would I really want to return to that seller since I am not Buddhist? So I haven’t figured all of that out! And you thought you were opening a bucket of worms with the ethics?lol
Janelle, I thought you were busy!! How are you going to have time to read all these ruffled feather letters!!!!LOL
Blessings to you! Marlene