eBay: Good News & Bad News

[fersakyn]

Well, the good news is that someone purchased the boots I had on auction. Yay! *flings confetti* But the bad news is that Paypal charged me a percentage of the money. *sulks* And of course this is on top of the fees that eBay charged me for the auction in the first place.

I miss the good ol' days when eBay was pretty spankin' new and didn't charge people for starting auctions. Yes, those were quite a number of years ago, but the problem is that I REMEMBER that time. I used to auction stuff without having to pay "insertion fees" to eBay, and I used to receive payment through Paypal without having percentages deducted from the money earned through the auction! Phooey.

Yes, I'm probably being hypocritical, since I am earning money, so why shouldn't they? Capitalism: its success and failures. Urgh.

Comments

Booties!

[darklady147.livejournal.com]

I think I remember this pair of boots!

Re: Booties!

[fersakyn.livejournal.com]

I don't remember if you saw them or not. They were a dark red leather, knee high. *scratches head* Yes, you were with me when I bought them! (I think...) I got them in an Aldo outlet store near Melrose. I remember I was with Noelle, her sister, and her sister's friend. Were you with us??? My memory's shot. I don't know if you were there or not.

hmmm....

[darklady147.livejournal.com]

I don't think I was with you although I feel like I remember them - must be confusing your boots with my sister's red ones. I remember the other 2 pairs of black boots especially the ones you bought from Aldos in the mall in Irvine.