Since today was grocery shopping day, my two sisters, my son, my niece and I all piled into my tiny car to set out. I was feeling pretty good as I had taken the time to put some makeup on and that always makes me feel a little more confident. First stop of the day was Dollar Tree. I wanted to check out the hair accessories and see if they had any cute jewelry or anything. I struck out on the jewelry, but did find a few hair accessories. I scored two Goody's hair bands that retail for about $4 at Wal-Mart. I am tired of doing nothing with my hair, so I am going to work hard to incorporate different hair styles.
We stopped at Steak N Shake which is my favorite place to eat (and cheap - my meal and John's meal came to a total of $7.77). Although it wasn't the healthiest thing I could eat, I did better. I ate half of my meal and was satisfied. I am under no illusion that I am going to be stick thin (and don't know if I want to be), but I can make better choices - which I am doing!
I thought I could find some cheap fashion jewelry at Wal-Mart, and I did find a few things I liked, but they were all $10 and I decided I would wait for clearance or look around online.
While looking on ebay for some steals/deals, I ran across the following auction:
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| Ebay Highway Robbery |
Do you see it?? I almost choked on my Coke Zero. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? $60 freaking dollars to "economy ship" from within the US?? You. Can. Keep. Them! I understand what they are doing - seriously I am a seller too. They are trying to get around paying the listing fees and auction ending fees. When I see someone want $4.95 to ship a pair of earrings, I am fine with that, but $60?? So these sellers think that a pair of sterling silver earnings with a few garnets (NOT DIAMONDS or anything) are worth over $60? I seriously think that Ebay needs to put a stop to this. I am fine with paying a little to cover the packaging and the seller's time, but there is no way on earth that is appropriate! I wonder how many people get suckered into a "cheap" auction and then realize the shipping is out of the world high!?!?
