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January 23, 2004
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I feel that I should clarify my decision to pull the Toffee Hearts auction. I don't normally pull auctions once listed - in fact this is the first time I've ever done so. I'm still fairly new on eBay and am working my way around it. I don't expect everything I post to sell, in fact I've had sets go unsold, so I realize not every set suits everyone out there. My concern with this set was that after 70 views and 24 hours of being available, no one had bid on it. Even at the starting rate of 49.99, which I think is pretty reasonable for that set. So, I concluded, perhaps incorrectly that folks were not interested in it. I also made the mistake of seeing another beadmakers auctions who posted 3 at the same time Toffee went up. Her's were listed at 45.99 or so, and all 3 had bids within minutes of being listed. So again, I figured folks were not interested in this set, right or wrong. I try not to view other people's auctions too much because I don't want to be influenced by their colors, style or anything else - i want my beads to reflect me and what I like. Forgive me for being impatient, impulsive or wrong. I'm still learning, still figuring out what people expect from me, what they want from me. While I've been making beads for me and selling locally for awhile, most people haven't gotten to know me on eBay yet, so we are still trying to figure out each other. I DO appreciate everyone who has written saying they are bummed that I pulled the auction - so what I've done is create a NEW set in different colors (pictured at left) and that will be listed on Friday as a Featured Auction and I'm running it for 10 days as advertising - so folks will see the set for awhile and get to find out who I am. I'm also offering the set of lentils FREE to the winner, as a way to say 'thanks' for bidding and supporting me. Please email me with feedback if you have a thought about this. I don't plan to pull auctions int he future unless something catastrophic happens, like I drop and bust the set into a zillion bits. Thanks for understanding and bearing with me as I snowboard down the eBay mountain and hit a few mogals along the way...bump bump bump...
Posted by Donner at January 23, 2004 09:35 AM