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Bill and Patti!
Glad to see your both here.
Patti I peeked at your store....looks nice...
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Cash -
Thanks for that. There is only a little over 100 items there. But I have plenty to stock the shelves with, lol. Now just finding the time ....
~Patti~
Quote:Hi Christine -
Thanks. I've sold 4 things from ecrater so far - two have paid and two haven't
Hopefully in the next week or so I will have over 300 items in my eCrater store. At least that is my goal. That's about 30 items a day. I'm hoping my girls will let me (2 1/2 and almost 1).
I still plan on selling on eBay - only things I know that will sell. Need to really clear out my Store Room so I can have my DH go in and give me more shelving.
~Patti~
I am doing the same thing with ebay, and plus every shipment gets a magnet and business card for my ecrater store. Â Did you sign up for google check out? Â If not you may want to consider it, I am getting a lot of sales that way! Â Again good luck !
Quote:DB -
I don't see it as a waste of time. I was one of those sellers that actually made money on WP for awhile. Then came the "Grand Opening". That's when sales took a nosedive for me.
I promised myself that I would stay until sales dried up. Well they did.
I guess that depends on what you mean by "waste of time." I had sales, as did most everybody else here. What drove me and many others away was the bad-business practices, lies, deceit, hyprocricy, and more from management and staff. Every time I caught staff flatout lying and deceiving Poppers yet turning around and praising everybody for having such an honest, open and friendly community, I wanted to puke. And the cheerleaders' loyal support of KaRay's lying, conniving, deceptive con made me want to puke some more.
Although sales on WP never came close to eBay's for me, I did have sales and was money ahead, but being treated like a 2-year-old toddler and told to keep my mouth shut unless I have something "nice and positive" to say, is not the way REAL businesses operate. Real businesses rely on criticism to highlight weak spots and fix issues while they are small and correctable. My business doesn't grow by ego-stroking. It grows by customers pointing out to me where I'm failing and in what ways I can improve. For me WP was a waste of time, simply because the time I spent there would have been put to much better use elsewhere. I even LOST customers by being associated with WP and the non-professional way staff treated some of them.
Quote:I can't blame the sellers for trying everything in their powers to make sales at a site that isn't helping them. All they want to do is make sales. And there is no harm in that.
No, there is no harm in wanting to make sales. But there is harm in banging your head against the wall, which is what Poppers are doing, and have been doing, for nearly a year. All you get is a big headache and a wombatpoopoo load of frustration. Ray is a con man. That's a fact, and that fact will never change. I am simply amazed by the inability of Poppers to see the obvious. Maybe they've been banging their heads against the wall for so long, they're simply brain dead.Â
But, as Adolf Hitler said, "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it."
[quote author=cash1381 link=topic=3775.msg49266#msg49266 date=1176305361]
Bill and Patti!
Glad to see your both here.
Patti I peeked at your store....looks nice...
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Me too... lookin good...
When you get your permanent logo, PM me and I'll put you on my link referral page.  (Didn't you have a different logo??)
I just opened my own site, still on eBay and need to get to work listing/making more stuff for etsy.  A sellers work is never done...
I just ordered a laptop in the hopes it will keep me from having to switch back and forth 'tween puters... our house is networked (it's nice to be married to a Professional..LOL) but I still think it'd be easier to have one computer to use all the time. Also the kiddies are annoyed that they can't get on the computer. I watch them like a hawk when they're on so they're only allowed to use the puter in the living room.
Anyway... Bill ordered the laptop for me and it's supposed to come today.  He got a great deal and it's OS is XP Pro NOT Vista... YAY!!
Bill... did my laptop come yet?? tee hee (I've called him 20 times today already...  :oops: :oops
Patti,
Coming out feels sooooo good.Â
Many of the original poppers have left, and it is pretty obvious if you look at the mood on WP. In my humble opinion, the best sellers have left and many are leaving. However you are all still connected either here or other places. It really is a small community.
I really believe that for a very small group left at WP, they are staying because they are generating income. Even though it may not be big dollars, when it comes to your pocketbook it is hard to let go of that.
Eventually when the sales decline, and the BS is more than they can handle, they will leave. If someone stays and has no sales, it is hanging on for a pipe dream that will never manifest. It happened on WP1 too. The diehards still defended Ray to the end, and some followed him for round 2. There will be a few of these people this time around.
:twistedevil:
This banana could use some donations for adwords. Please send donations to
1-800-I need cash
10's and 20's gladly accepted.
Since I have no dinero, I gave you some karma my fruity little friend..Â
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Since I have no dinero, I gave you some karma my fruity little friend..Â
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Thank You, I will go spread some love to you and the gang.
Quote:This banana could use some donations for adwords. Please send donations to
1-800-I need cash
10's and 20's gladly accepted.
I could use a few, myself. I think I'm going to hit Ray up for a few $3 bills.
Quote:xxxxxxxx Wed 04/11/07 5:50 pm  Â
Here is something to ponder...
Faith is the bird that sings in the dark knowing that dawn will come.
Wisdom is knowing that the sun has just gone down!
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Quote:xxxxxxxx Wed 04/11/07 5:50 pm  Â
Here is something to ponder...
Faith is the bird that sings in the dark knowing that dawn will come.
Wisdom is knowing that the sun has just gone down!
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