The world is a stage

The stage is a world of entertainment.

That’s entertainment!

—lyrics from That’s Entertainment

The season is upon us! To help kick-off the 2009 Holiday Season, we are pleased to announce a Free Listing Day for all Ruby Lane Shops. The promotion begins Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and ends 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. This means that for items that you add to your shop during this period, you will not be charged the normal 30 cent listing fee (15 cents for Charter Shops). You must have a positive balance of at least $1.00 in your account to take advantage of this promotion.

Have you come across those times when your item sold too fast and you are left wondering if you priced your item too low and in so doing, cheated yourself; or were you just lucky that a buyer saw it and wanted it no matter what the price??

While I'm more experienced at this now than I was years ago, sometimes I still wonder.

Mistakes happen. It is how one handles that mistake that makes the difference between good sellers and bad sellers. Sometimes a mistake is a good thing. I collect, buy and sell glass. Sometimes other things, but primarily glass. Unless it is new in the original box, there is likely to be some wear, scratches, stains, rough spots, tiny chips, etc. I expect older glass to have a few flaws, but I also expect those flaws to be disclosed.

Do I Sell or Keep It?

The auction is over and that excitement is transferred to the items I bought, which can lead to a tough decision. Sell or keep?

Do I keep the special item I’ve been looking for, for years, or sell it? Or do I keep the unique cool piece and start a new colleciton!

So I start to unpack my auction wins with anticipation of what I should do. I will carefully unwrap the items and place them on a shelf.

I remember as a child anxiously awaiting the arrival of the latest Ideals. Ideals, for those who never had the pleasure, was a sort of magazine, sort of gift book publication with beautiful photography and full color art interspersed with poems, stories, quotes, recipes, and reader contributions for every holiday and season throughout the year.