Featured Listings

Sometimes when I'm searching for inventory I come across something that makes my heart jump into my throat. This Armani Collezioni jacket was one of those things.

It's a deep dark gray color and OMGosh that fit! It makes me wonder what kind of life it's had before and what kind of life it will continue to have. The woman who wears a jacket like this has just got to be special, right?

And speaking of fabulous jackets, this navy blue summer jacket from Barney's New York surely deserves a mention.

I just love jackets like this one. Perfect over a dress or even a more casual ensemble, this jacket is just one of those pieces that makes a woman look put together.

It's so exciting to be able to find these amazing pieces and offer them to the world!

Featured Listings

Of course, I love everything I have listed. I mean, I've hand selected every one of them. However, there are always a few things I find that stick in my head, and I'd like to feature them for you!

The first is this little jacket from Chico's. I've actually had it in the store for a while, which is surprising since it's really just so cute!

It's a cotton blend with enough spandex in there to really give it a nice comfortable movement and I can't even begin to say how versatile it is. I mean, you could throw this on anywhere, over anything, at any time. Not only is it awesome, it's brand new with tags in a Chico's size 0.

The next listing I want to point out is newer to the store. I just listed it last night and I don't imagine it will be around for long.

It's this lightweight linen jacket from Eileen Fisher.

Not only is it a great size (2X), but it's in excellent condition and such a perfect shade of almost snow white. I can't think of a more perfect summer jacket. If this is your first piece of Eileen Fisher, it's surely not to be your last. The sleeves can be rolled up, left down, it can be worn closed or open. It's really a GREAT piece and what a great time of year to have it in!

The final listing I want to feature today is more for the funky customer. :) One of my favorite designers, Betsey Johnson, has made this awesome little dress and I'm thrilled to have it in my store.

How freaking cute is that? Black chiffon silk accented with HOT PINK lace appliqués and a HOT PINK lace bust. This dress says fun fun fun to me! I just love it when I find such awesome Betsey stuff to put in the store.

That's it for featured listings today. I've got SO much awesome stuff in the store, though, so be sure to go check it out!

Here's to another 10 years!

2010 has so far been a surprising year for my eBay business. I, truly, didn't even expect to be running it by now and had planned on moving on to different ventures. When 2009 started, I made a plan to sell off all of my inventory and close up shop by the end of the year.

But here it is, nearly halfway through 2010 and I'm still plugging along with eBay. :)

And I'm glad to be doing it. Instead of closing up shop this year, I've decided to pump inventory back into my store and keep doing what I've loved doing for the past 10 years.

It's hard to believe I've been selling clothing on eBay for over a decade now. I can remember so clearly making the decision to really sell full time with eBay. Before I made the decision, I had been selling a few things here and there, but it was in 2000 when I found myself laid off from what I had hoped would be the job that would start me out in a great career in Marketing, a new mom to a baby boy, and getting no phone calls back from any of the interviews I had gone on, that I knew I had to take matters into my own hands.

Back then eBay was a different place. I worked more closely with my customers, sending personalized emails to all of them. The site was auctions ONLY and I would sit at my computer as a batch of auctions were ending watching the bids go up and up as they closed. It was exhilerating!

And selling on eBay these days, though different, can still be so much fun. Sometimes I feel like eBay has forgotten about the smaller sellers, like me, who put so much time and effort into each individual listing. The one man (or woman) operations who search high and low for the best inventory, lovingly photograph each item, check them over for flaws, measure accurately, describe as best they can, package with care, and ship in a timely manner. Sometimes it seems like eBay would rather we fell off the site so they could focus on their big dollar sellers who list thousands of the same item and ship from a giant warehouse in another state.

But the buyers still want us around and that makes all the difference in the world. Our buyers like knowing they're purchasing from a real person, who really cares about their product and their customer. I'm proud to keep going into this next decade to serve those wonderful buyers. And who knows? Maybe I'll still be doing it until 2020. :)

XOX,
Beth
aka Jayde