Attention Online Sellers and Buyers!

I would like to bring to attention an auction going on at www.plunderhere.com, it's one of those auctions that doesn't come around much these days. All proceeds go to Martha and Harold. Martha was diagnosed with cervical cancer and has no insurance.
This auction keeps growing! It started out as an auction for a Ladies Nascar Hat and stuff keeps getting added, check out this list:

Ladies NasCar Nextel Pink White Mesh Hat

Buyer's Choice on any Awareness Hat from our Store

$15 Starbuck's Gift Card

$50 Gift Certificate for Arcane Sanctuary

$50 Shopping Spree at Globug's Cottage (Shipping Covered by Globug)

$50 Gift Certificate for Gifts Galore & More

The "stuff" that is being added has been donated by a group of generous, caring, online friends. Other "stuff" that has been donated is money, time, love, support and prayers. This thread at The Crabby Host has all the information you need and if you need more just ask in a comment!

We Call Ourselves Crabs

I have been selling online since 2003. I've been a member of various online sellers message boards, bouncing around getting and giving advice. I bounced into The Crabby Host this past summer and found my second home. We call ourselves crabs. I've made friends there, I've learned there, shared, laughed, cried there, I have a friend in need there.
One of our members is facing cancer without insurance. Her username is flying high and her husband is also a member, he's The Pet Guy. Together they are facing uncertainty and mounting medical bills with grace and a dedication towards each other that you just don't see every day.
Led by Deb and Joe over at The Crabby Host the members have rallied! We have a support/donation thread in the works. There you can find out how flying high aka Martha and The Pet Guy aka Harold are doing, they post often. You can leave some supportive words, stories or poems. Hey guess what? You can also make a donation! Here is a direct link for those donations.
Whether you make a donation or not, whether you visit us or not, that's up to you. But I am asking you to say a prayer for Martha and Harold. Every little bit helps. I have a Sellers Helping Sellers Blog ribbon/widget on my right side bar. I couldn't get it in my post for some reason. I'll keep working on that! Thanks for reading one of the most important post I've written in a while.

Stuff Those Stockings With Sunglasses

Some of you Southerners may think us Northerners don’t need Ray Ban sunglasses in the winter. Think again. That snow can leave a glare that will blind you! Along with a snow scraper in my car, I make sure there is a pair of sunglasses within reach. The sun occasionally makes an appearance here in Northeast Ohio. Sunglasses can also fit nicely in a Christmas stocking. So continue your online, stress free shopping at OpticsPlanet.com and check out their Best Sellers page for some stocking stuffing ideas. They are offering free ground shipping on all orders of $29.95 or more. Gotta love free shipping!

More Stores Added to Coupon Chief

Coupon Chief added some new stores with promo codes! Music Notes and Team Store are where I’m headed first. I can get some online shopping done for the guitar player and the jock. This is great that they are adding stores, now I have to check CouponChief.com every day. This site is getting to be a regular stop for me. There is a coupon for everything imaginable.

Wear a Beige Dress and Keep Your Mouth Shut

I use to work at a printing company and never had to worry about getting things like wedding invitations done. But I quit that job. I have a wedding and a graduation coming up this summer, so when I run across a site that has modern and contemporary invitations, I make note of it. Being the mother of the groom I know I’m suppose to wear a beige dress and keep my mouth shut, but if asked I’m ready with information. The future daughter-in-law is an online shopper, you go girl, and will be checking out invitations online I’m sure of it. Now I need to go search beige dresses.

Blog About This

This is what we woke up to Friday morning! I can't believe I forgot to blog about it. I posted the picture in a thread at my favorite forum, The Crabby Host, and then said to myself, "Blog about this." See what happens when I don't write things down?

See how the snow is covering the leaves we haven't raked yet? Isn't it pretty? All that snow is completely gone now. That's the way we roll in Northeast Ohio. If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes and it will change.

Cyber Monday

Today is supposedly Cyber Monday. For those of us that avoided the crowds on Black Friday, today is the day that retailers are offering online shoppers big savings. This is a new one for me, never heard of it, but sound like a great idea and I'm going shopping. But first allow me to shamelessly plug my online stores:

Farvel Cargo: I have a large inventory of tools, you can find a lot of Stocking Stuffers here!
Farvel Clearance: New and gently used items in this store. PokeMon Trading Cards to Glassware.
Farvel T-Shirts: These t-shirts are blank on the front but on the back it looks like someone has pinned a note on it.

Contact me here if you have any questions, I'll be checking in between purchases!

Shopping in my Slippers

I met my friend from grade school for dinner last week and I asked her when she was going to be back in town. She says to me Thanksgiving, she’ll be here the whole weekend because her sister and she always go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. They have it all planned, getting up at 4:00 am, going to breakfast. I tried not to look at her like she was one brick short of a load. I’ll probably sleep in that morning. But that’s just me. I have thanksgiving ads being emailed to me. When my coffee is done brewing, I’ll shuffle over to my computer in my big fluffy slippers and shop. I’m guessing it will probably be around 10:00 am. I always start with the little ones on my list. They aren’t as picky as the older kids. I can easily get the great nieces and nephews done at one sitting at ToysRUs. Before my second cup of coffee. I didn’t tell my dear friend this because she has done this Black Friday shopping thing for years and she looked really excited about it. There aren’t very many things that would get me up at 4:00 am. I can think of one or two, a crying baby back a few years or to go to the bathroom. But never to go shopping.

The Day After Thanksgiving

They are calling the day after Thanksgiving Black Friday now? I never go shopping on that day. And if they are calling it Black Friday, it’s worse than I thought. I hate crowds. That’s why, as I’ve said in previous posts, I’m doing as much of my holiday shopping on line as possible. While searching the net I found a site called Black-Friday.net. Hah! Check it out, here is an ad for Kohl’s. All you do is submit your email address and they notify you when new Black Friday ads are posted. Here is a store list. There are quite a few stores.

Imagine doing your holiday shopping with a cup of coffee in your hand, sitting in front of your computer, listening to whatever music you like. As opposed to grabbing a lousy cup of coffee at the food court and not being able to take it in any stores, standing in line with a bunch of short tempered shoppers and listening to piped in holiday music.

Here’s the Circuit City ad. Lot of bargains! Black-Friday.net is making it too easy for us. What will we do with all are spare time after we get are shopping done? I suppose, baking, wrapping, sending out cards, cleaning the house……… Oh boy! Here come the holidays!

Christmas Shopping

My sister-in-law will be calling me soon for a Christmas list. She will want to know what my kids want for Christmas. I'm not even sure I have all their school supplies and I have to come up with a list?
I am starting to assemble a list of places to shop and as I've said before I plan on doing a lot of shopping online. I have so many online store owner friends. I have website links listed in the right column and look for that list to be growing. If you are looking for something, I probably have a friend that sells it!

I can't believe the gorgeous day outside my window! The dog and I are going to have to go on a walk! Maybe then she will be too tired to chew on my sandals.

My favorite time of the day!

I'm sitting in front of my computer blogging with a glass of ice tea within reach and the dog is asleep at my feet. It just doesn't get any better than this. Well maybe if I had an email box full of sales from my eCrater Stores it would be a little better. Yeah, a little better! I didn't sell anything last week so I will probably be lowering some prices this week.

Now that summer is "officially" over, perhaps the shoppers will come out to play! Remember my tool store Farvel Cargo when you are shopping for the holidays. I have several items that would fill a stocking very nicely. And a lot of items under $10.00

Those kids will be home, soon upsetting my solitude. I'll put them to work, we have a dog that needs a bath!

New eCrater Store ~ NOW OPEN for business!

WOW! We made a SALE already!

Here is a link to our new eCrater Store:

Farvel Clearance

We have a lot of listing to do!

Look for newly listed, gently used items everyday.

Our largest catagory to start will be Pokemon Cards we sure have a lot of those!

Here is a link to my other eCrater Store

Farvel Cargo Tools and More!

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http://www.thecrabbyhost.com/

It's a great site for online sellers!