No, I am not perfect! I thought I was and by the end of the day I may be perfect again, but last night I lay in my little bed trying to rationalize myself to sleep. I marched through 6 husband much like William Tecumseh Sherman marched through Atlanta on his way to the sea during the latter part of the Civil War and never dreamed any of it was my fault. I came through all those years, while not unscathed, my head was still held high. Today I am humbled, bloodied, and bowed. This is the reason:
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I have been operating on ebay since February 06, 2006. In all those years I have maintained 100% both as a buyer and a seller. Just check around and you will find that few people have managed that along with a Power Seller button and a Bronze rating. Ebay is a cold, hard business with a lot of rules. I have managed to stay on the good side of the powers that be for over 7 years. Needless to say when I checked my feedback yesterday I was astounded to find a red negative on a $12.00 item. Let me explain further what feedback does. 100% ties in to give me the power seller button and the bronze rating. The best part about the bronze rating is the discount on my monthly bill to ebay. Ah! Now we come to the real nitty gritty of the business. I pay for all my privilege's and the bronze rating reduces that bill by a percent that is tied to the feedback. Now, I talk to people who do not give feedback or just click neutral. Neutral is also bad, but does not actually count. When I buy on ebay I will check a seller's rating. If it is not over 99.5% I will find a seller that is. Feedback is my bread and butter. So I contacted this lady and asked her what I had done to displease her. Her verbal feedback was good, so I thought she may have just hit the wrong button. I was right. She did say she would get on later and try to fix that. If not the red negative will march across my dashboard for all the world to see for a full year. But the damage has already been done to my little psychic. My potential customers will see it and may choose another seller. But all the "could'a, should'a, would'a," can not undo what is now planted in my little mind. Perhaps I was not the perfect wife after all! Maybe if I had the grit and determination during the marriages as I do with my little ebay business, I would now be a widow to my first husband, or the second, or the third......you get the picture. But I wasn't and that brings to mind another old saying, "That is water under the bridge." Yep! Lot of water under the bridge and it looks like storm clouds gathering out west! (That is a cryptic message to my avid followers.) So today I am off to church. I am furnishing communion today and I made fresh bread, not because I want to impress anyone, but because I was to lazy to go into town and buy it! While in the hallowed house of God, I shall bow my head and ask him to do something about this little problem. Oh, don't get me wrong, I do not think that God will reach down and change that negative to a positive, but I think he may do a little something about this haughty spirit of mine that could sure use a little humbling. As I contemplate my bucket list, that is one of the things that I want to change. That and my filing system and my will. Oh, yeah and clean the damn car. So you all have a good day and as a biker friend tells me,
"Keep your hand on the wheel and the rubber side down. Life goes better that way!"
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1 comment:
Sorry that someone "fat fingered" the incorrect button and rained on your parade.....May your next customer have skinnier fingers and the sense to proofread what they are writing.....
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