Book Board Chat

Hi, All! This is Briguy's wife (Alice) again. He's off trying to catch his "pet fish" in some river, which means I have a couple of hours to get all the packaging done before he gets home and tells me what I did wrong!! LOL. Seriously though, he has already kindly offered to be the one to stand in line at the post office! Well, I already had one little mix-up; I thought I already had it set up in the system to combine shipping, but one buyer bought two dolls and paid the separate PRIORITY shipping charges. I started to print the label, saw this, and went back into E-Bay to see what to do about it before I hit the "print and pay" button. Long story short, I got charged for printing the label and had to call Paypal to see how to rectify everything. Now I need to contact the buyer, tell him to ignore the tracking number generated for that item, and to look for a refund. Yikes! So Diane, looks like I already got myself into a wad over things! I would rather do that, though, than have someone pay for two small dolls at $5 apiece, you know what I mean? Also, I learned AFTER THE FACT that I will not see any of the proceeds from my sales until E-Bay is satisfied that everyone got there stuff, which could take as long as 21 days. Hmm, don't remember that part in the training video I watched! Also, I can't sell any more items until August, because there is a limit of 10 items a month for new sellers. I mean, I understand and appreciate that they are trying to protect the buyers (I'm one myself) but there were just some things like that which I didn't know about ahead of time. Nonetheless, I hope to make a go of this and sell all the lots I have put together. I will also say this: my hat goes off to all you long-time sellers! It's a lot easier to be a buyer, for sure! Here's some info that might be helpful for you, if you find some vintage dolls to sell. There were several clones made when Dawn was being produced. Dawn dolls have rooted hair and eyelashes, and some sort of combination of letters and numbers (they vary by headmold) on the back of the head, down by the neck. Also, the words "Topper Corp." and some other stuff will be printed on the buttocks. There was another doll like them made by Mattel at the time, called Rockflower dolls. They have wire throughout, so their whole bodies are bendy. Other 6" dolls were made for JC Penney, Kresge's (KMart) Montgomery Ward, and some other companies. While I still have a lot to learn myself, I would be happy to give any info I can, if any of you ever find yourselves with some dollies to sell. I will try to stop in and say hello every now and then. If for no other reason, I can check on my hubby and see what kind of stories he's been telling about me. 🙂 Thanks again, and have a great evening! Alice