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Easy Money on eBay?
eBay was only two years old when I discovered it.
A friend I worked with was also starting to sell on eBay at
about the same time, and we exchanged ideas and experiences
constantly. Since we were already working together on our eBay
ventures, we decided to combine our resources into one company
and grow it while we were still both working our regular job. We
found our niche selling technical books and manuals as our little
company began to grow and prosper. Our co-workers at the company
we worked at during the day came to consider us the "eBay
Experts". We were answering questions about online auctions on a
daily basis, but one coworker had the same comment every day.
"Hey, show me how to make easy money on eBay!" he would ask.
It became a standing joke between My partner and I that usually
came up around two or three in the morning during a marathon
packing or email answering session. One of us would look at the
other and mutter in a disgusted tone "Yea, Easy money on
eBay.."
In January of 2002, we had more sales, and more auctions
running than ever before. We were looking at 100 to 150 auctions
a day closing, and enjoying a sell-through rate of close to 75%.
Our shelves were piled high with books and manuals, the shipping
area was well stocked with supplies, and we were ready for long
hours of fulfilling our orders.
Then, as if fate stepped in to see just what we were made of,
a huge ice storm hit our part of Oklahoma taking out large
sections the electrical grid. It doesn't take a rocket scientist
to figure out that online businesses can do without many things,
but electricity is NOT on that list! On the third day of the
blackout, we were able to learn from the radio (battery powered)
that it wasn't just our area, but over HALF the state of
Oklahoma. Worse yet, the damage was so extensive it was going to
be at least TWO WEEKS before power was restored! A quick
calculation and we almost panicked. We would have over two
THOUSAND AUCTIONS END, and no way to contact the bidders! If we
didn't keep up with the sales, payments, and shipping on a daily
basis, we were in deep trouble... We couldn't imagine what a mess
it would be in TWO WEEKS!
The fourth day into the blackout, I made an executive
decision. I grabbed the company checkbook, and headed for our
closest Lowe's Home Improvement center (about 70 miles away..).
The little roadtrip turned into quite the adventure. Strange
thing about a massive blackout is gas stations can't pump gas
without electricity, and you are burning gas while you are
driving around looking for a gas station that was open for
business. I was running on luck and fumes before I finally found
a station and filled up. With a full tank of gas, I made it to
Lowe's and purchased a generator. We assembled the generator in
record time, put oil in the engine and then realized... Uh Oh, we
need gas for the generator. No local gas stations were open for
business, and we didn't want to risk another road trip. Using an
old trick I hadn't used since I was growing up on a farm, we were
able to get enough gas out of my pickup truck to fuel up the
generator.
The little generator fired up on the first pull, and with the
help of a few extension cords and power strips, we had a computer
network up and running at My partners house. It was then we made
another interesting discovery. Cable internet connections do not
work without electricity. I had a DSL internet connection at my
house, so off we go with a partially charged battery in my laptop
to test my internet connection. SUCCESS! DSL works off the phone
line power so it was still functional. We made a quick drive back
to My partners house to tear down the computer network and load
the generator, then back to my house to set it all up again. At
4:30 the next morning We had the network online and a couple of
lamps for light. We were self-contained, and open for business.
Now we could get to work, and so we did, for the next straight 48
hours. We had a pickup truck load of packages ready for the post
office when it hit us, "Is the post office open?". A quick phone
call ( by the way, cell phones and cordless phones are useless
during a blackout. The simplest plug-it-in-the-wall phones work
great.) found us with another problem. Our local post office was
closed (no electricity there either.) They did tell us the
regional USPS hub had power, and was open 24/7. The bad news is,
the regional hub was 75 miles away in Oklahoma City!
Meanwhile, back at the fuel issue... We were relieved to
discover that two local gas stations had rented generators and
were open for business. We gassed up and headed for Oklahoma
City. With the load of packages on the way to customers and most
of the other urgent tasks completed, we took a much needed break.
We shut down the network and use the generator to power an
electric griddle and make a hot meal. The little generator
wouldn't power both at the same time without throwing it's
breaker.
For the next two weeks, that poor little generator ran
constantly keeping the computers running and the shipments going
out, the questions answered, and our customers happy. Every other
day I would make the 150 mile round trip to the USPS hub in
Oklahoma City, stopping on the way back to fill the gas
containers for the generator, and fuel up the truck for the next
trip.
One evening we took a short break, and stepped outside for a
breath of fresh air. We noticed something different.... THE
STREET LIGHTS WERE ON! I ran inside and tried the lights...
ELECTRICITY!
I went next door and asked my neighbor how long the power had
been back on. "Oh, about four or five hours..". We had been so
wrapped up working in our self-contained office, we hadn't
realized the power had come back on! With our ordeal behind us,
we couldn't resist the temptation to elebrate with a cold beer
and a toast...
"Here's to "easy money" on eBay!"
KL Bohn is an Industrial Engineer with a passion for
technology and especially eBay.
eBay was only two years old when I discovered it quite by
accident. 7 1/2 years, and over 85,000 transactions later I'm
still hooked on eBay as a seller, buyer, and shareholder.
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