Tales From The Geek Side

I’ve almost completed my first Ebay sale.  The auction has ended, I’ve received payment, and I’ve shipped the item.  Due to the holiday season the item has not arrived at the buyer’s address yet.  Overall I must say that I’m pretty impressed with how easy Ebay makes the whole process.  I currently have 4 auctions in progress.  I’m selling a printer, a SCSI controller, a bluetooth headset, and a sound card.  All of the auctions except the bluetooth headset are bundles — I’m selling a bundle of related items instead of single items.  So far I’ve got bids on everything except the headset.  I’m kind of hoping that auction ends with no sales.  Instead of selling it I could give it to a family member.  Had I been thinking I would have done that in the first place.

Tonight I put something for sale on ebay for the very first time.  Yeah, I know I’m a newb.  I’m too embarassed to say how long I spent crafting my listing.  The listing isn’t even for an expensive item.  I’m using a less expensive items to get my feet wet and then I will sell one of my guitars.

I must say that I’m disappointed with Ebay.  Their picture upload tool did not work with Firefox in Linux.  Come on!  Uploading pictures should not be browsers specific.