Thursday, July 20, 2006
Chasin' that neon rainbow
(That subject line is actually the title of a pretty good song by Alan Jackson.}
It's a little after 1 am, and temps OUTSIDE have dropped to a refreshing 80 degrees. The frog on the wall says it is still 88 in my computer corner....
I haven't been posting too much because I finally decided to bite the bullet and do an inventory of all my books that are for sale online. It's only been, like, a year and a half since I did it last....
Yeah, I know, it sounds easy. Print off a report from the database software and start checking the shelves....
There are things in the database not on the shelves. There are things on the shelves not in the database. There are things that I not only do not know WHERE they are, I have no idea WHAT they are!
And just to gig it up to a more challenging degree of difficulty, I decided to shift a whole bunch of books to a NEW set of shelves, plus also pull and donate many books which no longer sell for a reasonable sum at Amazon.com.
See, Amazon's used seller system works like this. I have a book and I look it up. Jolly, the going rate is $7.77. I price mine at $7.76. Someone comes along the next day and sets their price for a comparable quality (maybe!) at $7.75. So when I go through and check current prices, I lower mine to $7.74. And we all keep playing this game until OUR copy sells....
My personal low ball amount on Amazon, after which it no longer makes sense to offer a book or video or whatever, is $2, and I really probably ought to raise that to $3. But for now, once something is below $2, I take it out of stock and give it to our Friends of the Library bi-annual book sale.
So. I have been busy staring at my computer screen going blind, carrying stacks of heavy books here and there, sitting in front of shelves checking off titles and generally going mad, mad, mad.
And now that I am finally getting towards the end of this task--eBay has decided to have a Special Price Listing Day--THAT LASTS TWO DAYS!
Like I always say, if you DON'T have the Meanest Boss In the World, you shouldn't be self-employed!
It's a little after 1 am, and temps OUTSIDE have dropped to a refreshing 80 degrees. The frog on the wall says it is still 88 in my computer corner....
I haven't been posting too much because I finally decided to bite the bullet and do an inventory of all my books that are for sale online. It's only been, like, a year and a half since I did it last....
Yeah, I know, it sounds easy. Print off a report from the database software and start checking the shelves....
There are things in the database not on the shelves. There are things on the shelves not in the database. There are things that I not only do not know WHERE they are, I have no idea WHAT they are!
And just to gig it up to a more challenging degree of difficulty, I decided to shift a whole bunch of books to a NEW set of shelves, plus also pull and donate many books which no longer sell for a reasonable sum at Amazon.com.
See, Amazon's used seller system works like this. I have a book and I look it up. Jolly, the going rate is $7.77. I price mine at $7.76. Someone comes along the next day and sets their price for a comparable quality (maybe!) at $7.75. So when I go through and check current prices, I lower mine to $7.74. And we all keep playing this game until OUR copy sells....
My personal low ball amount on Amazon, after which it no longer makes sense to offer a book or video or whatever, is $2, and I really probably ought to raise that to $3. But for now, once something is below $2, I take it out of stock and give it to our Friends of the Library bi-annual book sale.
So. I have been busy staring at my computer screen going blind, carrying stacks of heavy books here and there, sitting in front of shelves checking off titles and generally going mad, mad, mad.
And now that I am finally getting towards the end of this task--eBay has decided to have a Special Price Listing Day--THAT LASTS TWO DAYS!
Like I always say, if you DON'T have the Meanest Boss In the World, you shouldn't be self-employed!
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