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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

WHERE TO BUY AMERICAN GASOLINE


THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON.
Gas rationing in the 70's worked even though we grumbled about it. Itmight even have been good for us! Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? Shouldn't we return the favor? Can't we take control of our own destinyand let these giant oil importers know who REALLY generates their profits,their living? How about leaving American Dollars in America and reduce theimport/export deficit? An appealing remedy might be to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill upyour car you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia.Just purchase gas from companies that don't import their oil from theSaudis. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill up mytank, I'm sending my money to people who I get the impression want me, myfamily and my friends dead.
Don't you think it might be of interest toknow which oil companies import Middle Eastern oil and which do not?
These companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell................................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco.................. 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil....................... 130,0 82,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway............ 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco................................ 62,231,000 barrels
CITGO oil is imported from Venezuela by Dictator Hugo Chavez who hatesAmerica and openly avows our economic destruction! (We pay Chavez's regimenearly $10 Billion per year in oil revenues!) The U.S. currently imports 5,517,000 barrels of crude oil per day fromOPEC.
If you do the math at $95 per barrel, that's over $524 million PERDAY ($191 BILLION per year!) handed over to OPEC, many of whose members areour confirmed enemies!!!!!
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco...................... 0 barrels
Conoco....................... 0 barrels
Sinclair....................... 0 barrelsBP / Phillips................ 0 barrels
Hess. ........................ 0 barrels
ARC0....................... 0 barrelsMaverick...................... 0 barrels
Flying J. .................... 0 barrels
Valero.......................... 0 barrels*
All of this information is available from the U.S. Department of Energyand each company is required to state where they get their oil and how muchthey are importing. But to have a real impact, we need to reach literally millions of gasbuyers. With the help of the internet, it's really simple to do. Now,don't wimp out at this point....keep reading and I'll explain how simple itis to reach millions of people!! I'm sending this note to about thirty people.
If each of you send it to atonly ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 send it to at least ten more(300 x 10 = 3,000)....and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixthgeneration of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLIONconsumers!!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each,then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one levelfurther, you guessed it....THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE the entirepopulation of the United States of America!!!!
Again, all you have to do is forward this message to 10 people. How longwould that really take you? If each of us sends this e-mail out to tenmore people, within one day all 300 MILLION people could theoretically becontacted during the next eight days!

EBAY's New Policy Update: Digital Downloadable Goods


Well to the Sellers...again it a bad move...I say what the heck our you guys thinking!!!!
This includes ebooks, all software, templates, digi frames, embroidery files, patterns, logos, etc.....
***New Policy Update: Digital Downloadable Goods in Classified Ads Format Only*** Hello...This is Brian Burke, Director Global Feedback Policy. Digital goods are often reproduced at little to no cost to the seller. On eBay, this creates the potential for Feedback Manipulation (both real and perceived).
To preserve the integrity of the Feedback system, effective March 31 all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically must be listed using the Classified Ads format. Using the Classified Ads format, sellers receive a 30-day ad at a fixed price.
This solution enables sellers to continue to market their digital goods on eBay; however, because Classified Ad listings are a lead generation tool and do not result in transactions that go through eBay, Feedback cannot be exchanged between buyer and seller. Sellers who wish to continue to offer digital goods can do so by selecting the Everything Else>Information Products category in the Sell Your Item form and choosing the Classified Ads format (not auction-style or fixed price). For more information about the Classified Ads format, please read Advertising with Classified Ads. Use Classified Ads to list items, services, or properties for sale in order to generate multiple leads. This format does not enable buyers and sellers to transact online through eBay nor is eBay Feedback available.
Classified Ads have the following features: List your asking price. No bidding takes place. Interested buyers fill out a contact form, and their information is sent to you. Classified Ads are $9.95 EACH for 30 days. I have confirmed with ebay live that this DOES include templates, digi frames, logo's, me pages, ebooks, etc. Warn everyone.... This starts in 7 days!!!!! You can visit this thread for further information: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?forumID=143&threadID=1000671814

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Who really knows....

WiNKeLF - Your Boutique Shopping Scene!

While most of us closed up shop on ebay and some stayed behind the real thought is who really wins.

I good amount of Designers left to Winkelf... and have been doing good, I will admit it will be a slow start, but the Buyers will follow!! After all who has money to throw away...I winkelf they make money if we sell and we do not lose if we do not sell. That is what you call business.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Please mail to Ebay...

This was sent to me to pass on and we shall...and send to ebay... Here you go ladies! Rather than making you hassle with opening a link I pasted it right into the body.

PLEASE feel free to forward this to any other seller might think would want to send it in, make any changes you want......... Thanks for being a part of this grass roots effort to get eBay to listen to us..... Liz


eBay Headquarters:
eBay Inc. 2145 Hamilton Avenue San Jose, California 95125
PayPal Headquarters:
eBay Park North 2211 North First Street San Jose, CA 95131 http://pages.ebay.com/aboutebay/contact.html

billcobb@ebay.com


Bill Cobb President, eBay North America Dear Mr. Cobb,





I am writing you today to voice my dissatisification with some recent changes eBay has announced. I am both a buyer and a seller here on ebay. I am extremely distressed about eBay's view that sellers cannot leave negative feedback for a buyer. Are you serious? In the 16 months I have been selling on ebay I have only left negative feedback a handful of times and never in retailation. So basically you are going to make possible for buyers to destroy the creditibility of ebay sellers by allowing them to leave negative feedback for us while as a seller I do not have the right to do the same if warranted, oh yes I know that ebay will allow it under certain circumstances, but really there are other reasons to leave a negative feedback besides non payment. You are going to create an atmosphere where the buyer will be able to badger the seller and still leave negative feedback and the seller is powerless to do something about it, oh yes except to report it to eBay. Great eBay is already buyer friendly so whose side are you really going to take??? I do wonder...... Let's see the WHOLE reason eBay exists is the sellers, without us the buyers have nothing to buy and you have nothing to charges fees on...... etsy is looking better and better. AH yes the fees, the second part of my complaint. Somehow you have managed to lower eBay to the "used car salesmen" class. Trying to convince the sellers that you are lowering fees. What a complete joke! Sure you lowered the fees on some things.... BUT you NEGLECTED to mention in your "Ra Ra eBay" e-mail is that you signficantly increased the Final Value Fees (FVF) on the auctions and infact, because of the increase to the FVFs we will not only give back eBay any "savings" we would see from the lowered fees, BUT you will infact be collecting MORE fees overall! You hid that fact and that is slimy business practices! I am absolutely fuming as are many of my seller friends. You may have finally made eBay, aka Feebay, so buyer friendly, seller unfriendly, and full of fees that eBay may not be a going concern in the long term! Good job! KUDOS to you! I read eBay's concerns about buyers leaving the ebay market. Certainly eBay must realize that there is increased competition from other websites and with a tightening ecomony that might also be natural. But to pin on the sellers and not only increase the amount of money you collect from us, but to tie our hands to large degree when faced with a "deadbeat" or difficult buyer is crazy. Good Luck with your new rules leaving eBay's bread and butter out in the cold---- YES sellers are eBay's bread and butter, but you must think of us like trash! Don't worry, the trash may not be around as much- I know that I will be curbing my ebay activity and looking at other avenues to sell my wares. Finally just a thought--- did it ever occur to eBay to look within to control your own costs??

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Football time...

Sellers may only leave positive feedback for buyers


I personally think this is insane and need to hear your input..we need to be heard !!!!

Sellers may only leave positive feedback for buyers (at the seller's option).



I know this is a huge change, but we're also putting into place protections that sellers have wanted for years. In addition to holding buyers accountable via non-public seller reporting tools, such as Unpaid Item reports, we are planning a number of other Seller Protections against inaccurate feedback:
We will remove, not just de-score, negative and neutral feedback when a buyer doesn't respond to the Unpaid Item process
We will remove all negative and neutral feedback and comments when a buyer (or seller) is suspended. We will also do this retroactively – which means any negatives and neutrals you've received from members we've ever suspended will be removed.
For sellers with an established track record, we'll prevent negative and neutral feedback within 3 days of listing end to promote communication.
We're going to reduce the number of days a member can leave feedback from 90 to 60 days.
We'll increase block bidder list capacity from 1,000 to 5,000 user IDs.
We'll increase our monitoring, and take action based on seller reports of buyers behaving very badly.
Feedback percentage will be based on the last 12 months, although the total count remains lifetime. This means that any negative or neutral feedback left for you more than 12 months ago will no longer affect your percent positive.
For more details, please see our information page.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Bush may OK rebate check plan to boost economy


WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush is expected to embrace a bipartisan bid today to halt the nation from sliding into an election-year recession - a plan that could put rebate checks of at least $300 in Americans' pockets, congressional sources said.Bush is likely to steer clear of specifics, but for the first time yesterday told congressional leaders he favors tax rebates to jump-start the economy - and those checks reportedly could be as high as $800 per person and $1,600 for households."The president does believe that over the short term, to deal with this softening of the economy, that some boost is necessary," Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto said yesterday.
Congressional sources say that Bush is expected to endorse the broad outlines of a plan that would give rebates of at least $300 to taxpayers almost immediately.
These sources say some in Congress are pushing for rebates twice that size, while Bloomberg News reported that the administration might go as high as $800 for individuals and $1,600 for households. In addition, businesses might be allowed to deduct half of the price of equipment purchases.
What are your thoughts on this is it all good or a little to late..or just trying to shut us up...:)

Monday, January 21, 2008

Designer what are you worth...


Fashion Designers

Design clothing and accessories. Create original garments or design garments that follow well established fashion trends.
Ladies...do you really know what you are worth an hour!!
This is not a pop quiz and I like to know what you think...I have the answers for you, but will hold off on that info right now...;)

"Be My Valentine" Valentine's Day Cloche Hat

Up for your consideration is an amazing hand crocheted Banded Cloche with a beautiful Valentine's Day Color Scheme. Rose Red Crown and Brim with a Specialty Braided Stitch crocheted-in band in Snow White. Two Euro Blossoms adorn this adorable hat in alternating Valentine's Day colors of Snow White, Sweetheart Pink and Rose Red ~ each blossom has three with Spring Green leaves. Each Euro Blossom is attached to a ribbon covered French Barrette and can be worn on the h at or alone in hair. This hat is very verstaile, packable and crushable. Great for year round use. Hat can be sized 6 mos - Adult sizes.

Custom Boutique Valentine 3pes outfit dress 2t

Custom Boutique Valentine
hello you are bidding on a white and red outfit
this was made by winnie togood aka punkiebaby
you will just love this set its so cute.
for valentine or for any dresss up time

SIZE 2t

Custom made Valentine Heart Twirl Set

This cute set will be recreated in a 24 months to size 7....
~~Shirt may vary in style due to the size~~
Included Only: Appliqued Top - Skirt
Petti underneath is NOT included

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Rumors has it....



Who loves to have fun and let their hair down and act abnormal from the norm...if you are that person..than this is the place...for LOL and acting crazy!!
This is a place where you can call someone fugly and they fugly you back...LOL..if you like an invite..
and mention RUMORS

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Looking for new Sleepwear for 2008



Check out the new Sleepwear for kids, this year and most come with a pillow case to match.

We like to thank the Moms and their children at Standing Room only for helping out.

Friday, December 7, 2007

boycotting the movie The Golden Compass


CLICK ON LINK ABOVE TO SIGN ON BOYCOTTING THIS FILM
To: New Line CinemaAttn: Robert Shaye & Michael Lynne, co-chairmen and CEOThis petition is also being distributed to all major retail video distributors.The undersigned are boycotting the movie The Golden Compass.THE GOLDEN COMPASS, a new movie targeted at children, will be released December 7, 2007. This movie is based on the first book of a trilogy by atheist Philip Pullman. In the final book a boy and girl kill God so they can do as they please. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that "My books are about killing God." The movie is a watered-down version of the first book and is designed to be very attractive in the hope unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the movie -and that the children will want the books for Christmas.The movie has a well known cast, including Nicole Kidman, Kevin Bacon, and Sam Elliott. It will probably be advertised extensively, so it is crucial that we get the word out to warn parents to avoid this movie.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Regarding The Golden Compass


THIS IS A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM DR. BRYAN CUTSHALL Yesterday, I was handed a children's book by a staff member who said, "I think you need to see this." The book is published by Scholastic and is part of a collection of books. The book I was given is called The Golden Compass. This children's book is one of the most alarming things I have ever read. What makes it worse is that a movie based on the book premieres in December. Both the book and the movie introduce atheism to children. The story ends with Adam and Eve killing God. THIS IS A MOVIE THAT WE MUST PROTEST AND OPPOSE AS CHRISTIANS. Please educate yourself on this by checking out the links I have provided below and help me spread the word. Do not remain silent on this issue. This is a time for the family of GOD to stand together.
The Golden Compass A movie to avoid We need to get the word out about this movie - it is coming out in December - an atheist produced it,it is marketed for children and in the end they kill God. Send this to everyone you know. http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp
Well, the way I see it....people can make what they want and do what they want, but I will not take any child to see it...:(

My first Daughter to get Married...

Tabberone"s VeRO Commandments...A helpful site for Designers....Who have TROLLs on their back...

If you are having issues with items being pulled by Ebay...This will be very helpful to you as a Seller....Click on the Cat logo!! Tabberone words to me were: Education is power!!!!