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Jul. 16th, 2009 03:40 pm
prog: (Default)
Here's a letter I just sent to ephotodiscounters.com, reprinted for your amusement. I did not P.S. this xkcd, but now wish that I had.

Howdy,

I just received a green screen and lighting kit that I purchased from your store via eBay. First of all, it seems great so far, so thanks for your prompt shipment!

I have a suggestion, however. I see some potential danger in the spring-loaded telescoping rods that make up the frame's side-stands. When I first unpacked one of these, I took it to be an ordinary telescoping rod. So I was quite surprised when I flipped down one of its fastening levers, and suddenly the inner rod - tipped with a thin metal screw - shot upwards rather dramatically.

Because I was standing to one side of the device, I simply jumped a little, and then laughed about it. But then I thought: oh boy, with a clumsier person, this could be a lawsuit waiting to happen. And so, to you, I might advise including a note or sticker with this frame that mentions these springs, and advises caution when loosening the levers.

That is all. Thanks!
prog: (Default)
Just took everything but the Wii game down from eBay. In the early part of the decade I was quite comfortable with eBay but I clearly don't understand this system any more; after four days my PS2 games each had zero bids but several "watchers". I am not sure what that means - I assume they were using an internal bookmarking service? - but whatever these "watchers" were doing they couldn't be bothered to make a $1 opening bid on any of the games, and that's just odious. No game for you. (Present company excluded, of course.)

The Wii game has nine watchers but three bids so that's OK. Seriously, though, is it just sniping? Has it advanced to such an art in the last few years that nobody bids like normal anymore?

This system would be less broken if any bid extended an auction's cutoff by an hour. I have been saying this for years. Bah.
prog: (galaxians)
Because YOU asked for it (assuming you are [livejournal.com profile] toonhead_npl or [livejournal.com profile] aspartaimee) here is my ebay selling page.

It does not terribly surprise me that I so far have bids only on the game that came out a couple of weeks ago. If the PS2 titles don't sell I'll try again by packing them all into one lot, I guess.

I also wanna sell "Return of the King" and "Twisted Metal Black" but they have stickers covering their UPCs and I am very very lazy.
prog: (galaxians)
I don't feel like working today so I'm doing some money stuff, including putting some PS2 games I haven't played in years (or DS games I haven't played in a year, or Wii games I just don't like) up on eBay.

It's been two years since I last sold anything there, and they've made some nice improvements. My favorite is that you can punch in the UPC code for media like games, and the item-selling form will fill in a lot of stuff for you, including back-of-the-box copy. You can still add in your own description, and the two pieces of text will display distinctly and separately in the final listing. That's very good!
prog: (tom)
All LLC-creation paperwork filed, and pound of flesh paid. (And I'm not convinced I'm done yet; the state can basically charge whenever they want for however much they want, like the completely unexplained $20 "expedited service fee" that attached itself to the base $500 filing fee. Man, I hate these guys.) Now I guess I just wait for a response.

I guess in the interim I could start thinking about what else I want to accomplish this month besides filling in paperwork and writing painful checks.



Andy Looney sold a single friggin Magic card for $519 [eBay link will die in a few days]. And that's just one of a bunch of cards he's been selling, one by one, for months. I can't believe I let my whole collection go four years ago for $100 or something, and it had some beauts in it. (Shivan dragon, sigh.) I guess I needed the money then, but... if I had known that I could peel 'em off one at a time just a few years later to help fund my own startup? Man. Good for Andy & Looney Labs, though.

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