I bought a ton of cool stuff for Jiejie from the Doll Hospital. I bought Beanie Babies?????, Muffy Vanderbears, Madame Alexanders.
For Mimi I bought Blythe , Dawn dolls and Sonny and Cher, all with the intent of selling them on Ebay????.
Whenever anyone said,"Dont take them out of the box" "They will be valuable someday"
I usually said nope , "They will just play with it".
I recently, went into the Ebay world to sell a ton of stuff that was building up in my basement.
My dear friend was enthusiastic about helping me out. She had an Ebay shop, she knew the business.
I told her that I was reluctantly selling a modern dollhouse that I had bought for Terry?Just before Mimi came home from China.
I also listed a fur.
The fur sold for probably five times what I had expected, delivered promptly.
The abuse then began.
"My fur wasn't odor free", "My fur had wear", "My fur wasn't sent "UPS fur storage?"
I felt terribly about my friend suffering so much Ebay and email abuse from someone. I told my friend to let the coat go for free. I wanted her to keep her 100% rating, I felt responsible.
I got a call from USPS, my coat is back, my friend has a 99.6% rating on Ebay.
I wrote a letter.
Dear Ms. Dominique,
You have just bid upon, spent moments of your life obtaining a fur jacket.
Let me tell you a little story;
My grandmother was given this fur jacket as a gift by my grandfather John Dean. His family owned a small business in Pontiac MI.
The fur jacket was a dear gift to my grandmother and lent out to my aunts, only on special occasions.
My mother (who was the most attractive of the three), was asked to a Dance. My mom was seventeen years old and needed to be dressed accordingly for the occassion .
My grandma loaned her the jacket,with of course , the caution of taking care of it.
My mother was at a dance at Cranbrook Manor, with a Saarinen boy.
Years later, at Christmas time, I was standing at the front of the tree, giving out presents to my children. I made it a tradition to wear my grandmas mink by the tree.Considering its historical significance , why wouldn't you?
I reached in a little secret pocket and there were fifty dollars.
My mind raced? so did my sisters(I have four) what could have happened?
My mother would never tell.
In an effort to rid my mother of the question, I thought that I might put it on Ebay.
I asked a sweet friend to do it and she took a chance for me
I find it unusual how people treat one another and what people think is valuable.
Regards,
Julianne
I am shameless and never going back to sell on Ebay. (for now).
The dollhouse didn't sell.
