Mr Woof is sad to yet again miss his afternoon walk. Reasons today: 50% too hot, 50% police helicopter hovering overhead and making me nervous. If it cools down another degree or two and the chopper goes away we might be able to head out a bit later.
Edit: both conditions were met and we have managed an evening walk.
mmmmm squishy
Octopus on rice, with a side of jellyfish please.
Hot + Windy = "I don't wanna go to work today" 😭
Update: Am now at work. Still don't wanna.
There is always still a risk they will try to claim a package didn't arrive and get PayPal to refund, but with postage tracking it would be unlikely to be successful. The scammers generally try to push you into some dodgy or new payment system and then bamboozle you with fake emails, refunds and paying money to "release funds". They generally sound so ridiculous I am amazed people fall for them, but obviously lots of people do.
Overall I think the majority of people are pretty honest, but unfortunately the dodgy people have a disproportionate impact because they are playing a "numbers game" and contact a lot of people. The majority of the poor experiences when buying and selling are more the result of poor communication and mismatched expectations. I think that's one of the things that was good when eBay was the main selling system - they managed the whole process and made sure everything ran in a consistent and orderly way. Dispirate individuals trying to work everything out is like herding cats and ends up with a lot of chaos and some people getting scratched even if no one actually starts out intending to do harm.
Anyway, thank you for coming to my TED talk, I think I spend far too much time thinking about such things!
Marketplace sales back on track today - two boxes of tools gone (and I was able to fit them in my garden cart to move them to the front of the house without killing myself). A few legit seeming offers on another item. But no interest on the stupidly heavy hunk of iron drill press so far.
In other good news I have realised I still have two hard rubbish pickups available to me, and get another two next financial year. So stuff I can't sell/give away I can still get rid of fairly easily. Operation clean-up-before-I-move as going very well.
Edit: other item also sold - my first postal sale over Marketplace. Probably because I usually sell big things And because I am not willing to cut the items to postable size with a hacksaw.
I moved a basket Miss Meow likes to nap in, so now she is curled up on the floor having a nap where it used to be.
oh dear, I'm not really a beer fancier. Would anyone like to trade for a beer?
I haven't been out looking at houses for sale in about 30 years. Back then it was primarily newspaper listings of open house times with minimal details and no pictures. The whole process has changed a lot since then.
Our wall of east facing windows gives a lovely view but on days like today it's like having a full wall radiator on full blast. I closed the blinds so I'm no longer being broiled alive, but unfortunately that also means that instead of a nice view over the Dandenongs all I can see outside is passing traffic.
That was just practice, obviously.
Oooh, good choice. Now I'm jealous.