Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oh poor mum....I too would be horrified and needing a big BIG hug...so all the big hugs I can spare coming your way!!!  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

     I like your magazine too Sandra!!!!   

Well done Garnet a huge congratulations at such a wonderful opportunity!!  Louise I don't think you'll have any trouble selling more of those beautiful bears of yours!!!

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I hope things start coming right soon!!!

I think it would be great fun if it could be done!!!

Thanks Debbie...my mother dies of a heart attack at 53 and I still didn't know any of this!!!     

Oh how did I miss this one??  She is just delightful!!!

These are the reasons I haven't started a mailing list yet....    It's on my things to do list but I have all these types of issues and questions I need to sort out!!!

And does anyone know if you are allowed to put a mailing list link on your ebay auction page????

Oh Shelley you poor thing!!!! I hope it never happens again too....Here's hoping I've started a trend!!!

Dilu I know exactly what you are saying...everytime I get anywhere near the full commitment I talk myself out of one or two........

Krista it does make you wonder...after waiting 8 hours last week then canceling...I scheduled mine this week and had instant results!!! 

Shelli I don't think you stepped on anyones toes....or at least not mine and that's what's important.. :crackup:  :crackup:

I have been really interested in everyone's opinions here and am even more sitting on the fence now than I was before!!!  :doh:  :doh:   

Thanks everyone for your input....you all have some very valid points and have given me a lot to think about....Bobbie I didn't know there was any such thing as an ebay university!!!! It is very interesting to hear there view of the situation!!!

Well I just had an auction go on to ebay and amazingly enough it was showing on both sites withing 10 minutes of the start time.....might have even been earlier but that was when I looked.

I wanna know why it can't do that every time!!!

Sabine the bidder 1, bidder 2 thing only kicks in once an item reaches $200 or more....(I think!!)

Oh Lisa they all look so great together!!! I love the little one she looks fabulous just sitting there in the front!!!

How big are they??

Lynette I am so sorry to hear this...my thoughts are with you and with Eva's young husband and family at this time...Life can seem so unfair at times!!  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:

Thanks Shelli...That is very well said It explains all that I was thinking but unable to put into words!!! 

There are some on ebay.com.au at the moment....

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/5-pair-10mm-Blac … dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/10-pr-10mm-Black … dZViewItem

Chloe I can't get on to your website at all at the moment.....It could be a server breakdown, I would wait a while and try again.  :hug:

Hi everyone....it is really good to hear everyone's opinions on this topic....I can understand all the points of view..and as such I am still wavering on when I should leave feedback... :doh:

I understand what you are saying here Sabine, but I know of a couple of cases where the parcel has become lost and the buyer instead of dealing with it an a mature manner has become accusatory and abusive (again this is not with bears) then left a negative even after being given a full refund including postage......In the case of a seller offering a full refund I don't see how they would deserve a negative.  In the case of a loss a buyer also has a responsibility to approach a seller in a polite and mature manner....I guess unfortunately everyone out there isn't like you and I!!! 

Anyway thanks all for giving your opinions here.....  

This is the very point that worries me Dilu...I would hate for my buyers to think I was hedging my bets, because I would never leave a negative just because I received one but the buyer is not to know that are they.......

Chris this is what I've been doing recently but it means that most of the time the buyer beats me to it.....and I hate that!!! 

I'm not sure which way I'll go yet, truht is I'm not always that organised and some of the time the bear arrives and the feedback is in before I have a chance to do mine anyway!!! 

For those of you who sell your bears on ebay, I was wondering what you do with regards to leaving feedback.  Do you leave feedback after the seller has paid or do you wait until they have received the bear and leave feedback then.

I used to leave immediatley after payment but someone (not a bear seller) mentioned to me that they didn't consider the transaction over until the buyer had recieved their item, because if there is a problem, how they deal with it is all part of the transaction too. Also she said the transaction isn't over until the goods are received safely.

I guess this is a valid point...what do you do??

Hi Brenda...welcome to TT....as has been said by most of the people already ebay is a bit of a mystery, you are best to look on it as advertising. I find the biggest thing on ebay is consistancy...having a bear on there regularly every week seems to help, I also list them at the same time every week too and I think that helps.  Perhaps try to get your bears noticed in other places too...sendng photos to magazines and doing a show or two can also be ways of getting your bears to be noticed.

The biggest thing I agre with Dilu....email Nancy and if you can make the commitment sign up for the bid4bears artist power campaign!!!! 

Me too I find that the smaller bears tend to topple over is they are not weighted...other than that I just like the way it feels!!! (very technical I know  )