Good News

Good News everybody! The Monday Night Football Computerized Game auction ended very successfully. The final bid was $25.99. A real boost to the kitty. The book and manuscript did not sell so I have relisted it. As I mentioned on several occaisions last week, I think I listed it in the wrong category and this week have listed it in a more general category that may get more attention. I will be looking to invest my $25 windfall this week. I have a couple of ideas, but I will see where my journey takes me. I am in cold blustery Ohio this week, as opposed to just plain old cold North Carolina. I had to drive in snow this morning which I've learned over the years to detest. I'll take the cold sunshine of home anytime.

On a note of interest, I discovered that it is important that you do your home work when conducting an Ebay auction. When my wife went to the post office to mail the MNF game to the winning bidder in Tx., I discovered that it was an odd size for mailing. I had put a $5 price tag on the shipping, but discovered that because of the size it cost over $12 to mail. A valuable lesson to learn as I get back into the swing of things with Ebay. Next auction I will checking shipping first before posting a price. Fortunately I did well on the auction.

I will be posting a spread sheet next time, so you can "follow the money" as they say. I will try to keep it as up to date as possible. My dilemma now is to decide if I will invest the the $25 profit into one larger item or stick with the original strategy which was pretty much dictated to me by the meager sum I derived from the sale of my cans. It could be a lot of fun trying to decide which $2 items can be converted as easily and as profitably as my last purchase. I have a couple of days to decide since the next few days will be devoted to family matters and the Holiday. I will post as developments occur.