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QUILTING, GARDENING, CROCHET, CROSS STITCH, CREWEL WORK AND MORE

I SELL A LOT OF POSTCARDS THESE DAYS. YOU MAY THINK MY SHIPPING TOO HIGH, BUT WHEN YOU GET THE MAIL YOU WILL SEE I AM BARELY PAYING THE COST FOR MAILING AND DELIEVERY CONFIRMATION. I PLACE CARDS IN A PROTECTIVE ENVELOPE, THEN I COVER THAT WITH HEAVY DUTY CARDBOARD, THEN PLACE ALL OF THIS INTO A BUBBLEWRAP MAILING ENVELOPE. THE BUBBLE ENVELOPES COSTS ABOUT A DOLLAR AND IF THERE ARE A FEW PENNIES AFTER POSTAGE THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS THE SUPPLIES. I DO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR MONEY, I DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE ALL ITEMS ARRIVE SAFELY. YET EVEN WITH ALL OF MY EXTRA CARE, SOMETIMES ITEMS STILL GET DAMAGED THROUGH THE POSTAL SHIPPING SYSTEM. WHEN YOU BUY FROM ME KNOW THAT YOUR HELPING ME IN WAYS YOU CANNOT IMAGINE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED 8/08 WITH STAGE 4 MARGINAL B-CELL NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA. THE TREATMENTS WERE SUCCESSFUL AND AS OF 10/09 I AM CANCER FREE. YOUR PURCHASES REALLY HELPED AND STILL HELP ME I THANKS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU EVEN IF YOU WERE ONLY LOOKING DEBBIE

HISTORY IN BANKING, EDUCATION, CRAFTING, ACCOUNTING AND CAREGIVING.USUALLY ALL AT THE SAME TIME

PAY PAL,

I SHIP PRIORITY MAIL IN MOST CASES. POSTCARDS ARE PACKED SO WELL THEY REQUIRE EXTRA COST IN SHIPPING SO PLEASE DO NOT THINK I AM TRYING TO OVERCHARGE YOU. I CHARGE $2.50 TO SHIP POSTCARDS. THEY ARE PUT IN A PLASTIC ENVELOPE THEN THE ENVELOPE IS COVERED BY HEAVY CARD BOARD, ALL IS PLACED INTO A BUBBLEWRAP ENVELOPE, THIS ENSURES THAT I HAVE DONE AS MUCH AS I CAN TO MAKE SURE NO DAMAGE HAPPENS. AS OF SEPT. 09 WE NOW HAVE TO INCLUDE INSURANCE IN OUR SHHIPPING & HANDLING COSTS. I USE INSURANCE ON ANY ITEM OVER 25.00 OR IF YOU REQUEST ME TO PRIOR TO PAYMENT SO I CAN CHANGE THE HANDLING FEES. I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN TO PACKAGES THAT HAVE LEFT MY HAND & ARE NOW IN THE POSTAL CARRIERS GRASP. AT CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR ACCIDENTS TO PACKAGES HAPPEN MORE THAN OTHERS (LIKE CHRISTMAS SEASON). I HAVE ALWAYS PACKED WELL & YOU SHOULD READ MY FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MY SELLING. I DO NOT CHARGE EXCESS FEES & WHEN THE EXCESS IS OVER $1 I REFUND THE DIFFERENCE.

3 DAYS. NO BUYERS REMORSE PLEASE, I ONLY REFUND IF THE ITEM IS SIGNIFICANLY DIFFERENT THAN DESCRIBED OR PICTURED. MY SHIPPING COSTS ARE ESTIMATES AND I ALWAYS GIVE REFUNDS ON SHIPPING IF THE AMOUNT OVERCHARGED IS OVER A DOLLAR. THERE IS A VERY SMALL HANDLING FEE THAT GOES TOWARDS BUBBLE WRAP AND BUBBLE ENVELOPES. I ALSO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY CONFIRMATION WHICH I FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT. I SOMETIMES REQUIRE THAT YOU INSURE YOUR ITEM AND WHEN I HAVE INSURANCE LISTED AS AN OPTION, I STILL RECOMMEND THAT YOU PAY FOR INSURNACE. MANY OF THE ITEMS I SELL ARE HARD TO REPLACE AND WHILE THE POST OFFICE IS CAREFUL ACCIDENTS STILL HAPPEN.

CONTACT ME THROUGH EBAY'S EMAIL UNLESS I HAVE SENT YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS, TOO MUCH PHISHING GOING ON

ONCE A LADY IN CALIFORNIA BOUGHT A VERY NICE RARE POSTCARD FROM ME. IT DID NOT ARRIVE AND DID NOT ARRIVE. AS I ALWAYS DO WITH ANY ITEM THAT I SELL FOR A LOT OF MONEY I KEPT CHECKING WITH HER TO SEE OF SHE HAD GOTTEN THE POSTCARD. WEEKS WENT BY AND NOTHING. THANK GOODNESS FOR DELIVERY CONFIRMATION, WE WERE BOTH ABLE TO PROVE THAT NOT ONLY HAD I SENT HER THE CARD, BUT WE KNEW WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED. FINALLY THE ITEM SHOWED UP. THE BUBBLE ENVELOPE THAT I HAD MAILED IT IN WAS COVERED WITH MUDDY FOOTPRINTS. WHEN I READ THAT, I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION THE CARD WAS IN INSIDE THE ENVELOPE. WHAT A RELIEF TO KNOW THAT MY ALMOST EXCESSIVE PACKAGING KEPT THAT CARD NICE AND DRY WITH NOT A BIT OF DAMAGE. SHE HAD NOT INSURED THE CARD AND WAS VERY LUCKY I PACK SO WELL AS TO JUSTIFY THE $2.50 FEE FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING. AFTER THAT HAPPENED, I STARTED REQUIRING INSURANCE ON ANY ITEM OVER 25.00. INSURANCE MAY BE AN OPTION ON SOME ITEMS, BUT OH SO WORTH IT FOR THE BUYER SOMETIMES.

10/09. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO BOUGHT ITEMS FROM ME THIS PAST YEAR AND IN TIMES TO COME. HAVING HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FRIGHTENING ORDEAL OF CANCER, CHEMO AND RECOVERY, ETC., THE SALES I HAVE HAD, WERE SO GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED. WITH BEING A MIDDLE-AGED SINGLE WOMAN UNABLE TO WORK DURING THIS TIME (EVEN NOW I AM LIMITED TO SHORT SCHEDULES), I HAD LITTLE TO NO INCOME. THE STRESS OF WORRYING HOW TO PAY THE HOUSE PAYMENTS DURING THIS TIME WAS LESSENED SOMEWHAT DUE TO THE SALES I HAD ON EBAY. IT WAS LIKE BEING RESCUED EACH MONTH WHEN MIRACULOUSLY I WOULD HAVE JUST ENOUGH SALES TO COVER THE MONEY NEEDED TO MAKE MY HOUSE PAYMENT. NOT ONLY WAS THE MONEY I RECIEVED FROM THE SALES I HAD IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT ALSO ANYTIME ANY ONE WOULD ASK ABOUT A PRODUCT OR WHATEVER, YOU ALL HELPED KEEP ME OCCUPIED BY PUTTING MY MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE. THE QUESTIONS SOMETIMES REQUIRED ME TO DO RESEARCH, OR I HAD TO REDO PICTURES FOR YOU, WHATEVER IT WAS YOU HELPED ME. THANKS SO MUCH