24 Sep
2005

EBay Newbie Experience

I have purchased a few things on eBay, but I just listed my first item.  This
was a dry run to sell something bigger ( a car ) just to see how eBay works and
all I can say is, “What a pain”.  I understand why the process is SOOOooooo made
for people who  don’t get the web, but man this was just excruciating. 
I think maybe after doing it once or twice, it’ll take less than 30 minutes. 
For this first listing, I am including the download time for Paint.net and the image
edit time.  Turns out that images have to be 400X400 to scale properly without
an additional fee.  Man, what a great racket these eBay dudes have.

I looked around the kitchen and found the first thing that I knew I didn’t need or
really use and I picked 1 of my 3 atomic clocks from the top of the fridge. 
I have a real thing for atomic clocks (another discussion) and I really don’t need
six of them now that my wristwatch syncs via the Ft. Collin radio signal.

Check out my ad.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Seiko-Global-Radio-Wave-Atomic-Alarm-Clock_W0QQitemZ5812400040QQcategoryZ50612QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem