Ohhhh I can't stand it. I have to write about it. I am searching Etsy, for I remembered someone selling the same seed beads I sell. Now I sell the strung beads in a 65 gram pkg, that's 6 strands. (which btw I saw at a bead show for $3 a strand!) anyhoo , I sell these for $5.99. And the loose beads for $4.99 for 50 grams. And I make a fair profit and I don't think my prices are out of line at all. But I find these people selling the same beads.... ok that's fine. But get ready for this...
First one seller calls them Japanese beads, NO they are Czech, and she is selling "as many as fit in this 1.5" metal tin" and "You will receive these in a little plastic ziploc. I haven't counted them, but my guess is 150 beads at least!" You GUESS? And for this you will pay $1.95 and $1.55 shipping. Gosh! How much are you paying for her beads?
OR you can buy 200 beads from another seller for $2.99 plus $2 shipping... ok thats about 22 grams for $3, well over twice what I charge.
Then there is "a 2x2 inch bag full of beads...this is about a heaping tablespoon worth." for $2.75 plus $2 shipping.
But here is the one I like the best, "You will receive 150 seed beads.A dime in one photo is used to illustrate size only. One photo shows what 150 beads looks like in a 2" x 2" baggie. " The photo shows about, and I know what these beads look like, 10 grams of beads in a zip bag. FOR ONLY $2.00 plus $2.50 shipping!
Last but not least is this great description, I like it right up to the last line....
5 Gram pkgs. of Czech Opaque Beads Rocailles
6/0
Approx. 4mm in size
Also Known as "E" Beads
Average of 7 beads per inch
Approx. 230 beads per package
simple and to the point, but WRONG, 5 grams is NOT 230 beads. Size 6/0 beads have 13000 beads per kilo, that equals about 13 beads per gram, do the math. You are either getting 65 beads in 5 grams or something else. Oh and BTW, that is $9.90 for 50 grams @ .99 per pkg.
OK I am done, for now anyway, buy my beads, great customer service, fast shipping accurate descriptions, and fair prices... thanks for listening to my rant.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Life is going by sooo fast
Wow, it has been 2 months since I posted here. Not good, I know. But it seems that life and time are just flying by! I have been to Colorado and spent time with my family there, back home and back to work. No, have not won the lottery yet. And now yet another stupendous black hole of time has appeared to suck my precious moments. Facebook!
Does anyone understand Facebook? Where are the instructions? Where is "Facebook for Dummies"? No, I am not a dummy really, I have been prowling around the Internet since Prodigy was a child. But this thing confuses me. It is like a huge rabbit warren of Internet pages where posts and pictures, links and pages, games and gifts appear with the speed and purpose-less-ness of a stick bobbing down a stream. That is to say, totally without any sense of order. Maybe that is my problem. I like order, I like things in their boxes, or at least placed so I know where to find them. Not this random rolling, moving "wall" of information that doesn't stay in place for more than a few minutes.
Then there is my 'inbox'. It now overflows with invites and friend requests. Persons unknown to me, connected electronically by some mutual 'friend'. Acquaintances mostly, not what I would call a 'friend' in most cases. And the games, oh my, who has time for all these games? Gangsters and farms, scrabble and I know not what else. Then ,there are the causes..... who can refuse to fight cancer, autism, world hunger and the like? All my friends seem to be doing it. Does joining a cause on FB actually fight world hunger? Does my clicking the 'join' button feed a starving child in some third world country? I think not. Not that the sentiment is not loyal, but would the time not be better spent writing a check, sealing the envelope and posting it off to say... Feed the Children or The Red Cross or some truly active charity? I don't know, am I wrong?
OK, I will end this rant, for that is what it is. And sadly go back to my FB page and try yet again to decipher it's mysteries. For after all, last month, a dear friend whom I had lost touch with, from my childhood has found me, on Facebook, and we are now in contact again.
Thank you Facebook.
Does anyone understand Facebook? Where are the instructions? Where is "Facebook for Dummies"? No, I am not a dummy really, I have been prowling around the Internet since Prodigy was a child. But this thing confuses me. It is like a huge rabbit warren of Internet pages where posts and pictures, links and pages, games and gifts appear with the speed and purpose-less-ness of a stick bobbing down a stream. That is to say, totally without any sense of order. Maybe that is my problem. I like order, I like things in their boxes, or at least placed so I know where to find them. Not this random rolling, moving "wall" of information that doesn't stay in place for more than a few minutes.
Then there is my 'inbox'. It now overflows with invites and friend requests. Persons unknown to me, connected electronically by some mutual 'friend'. Acquaintances mostly, not what I would call a 'friend' in most cases. And the games, oh my, who has time for all these games? Gangsters and farms, scrabble and I know not what else. Then ,there are the causes..... who can refuse to fight cancer, autism, world hunger and the like? All my friends seem to be doing it. Does joining a cause on FB actually fight world hunger? Does my clicking the 'join' button feed a starving child in some third world country? I think not. Not that the sentiment is not loyal, but would the time not be better spent writing a check, sealing the envelope and posting it off to say... Feed the Children or The Red Cross or some truly active charity? I don't know, am I wrong?
OK, I will end this rant, for that is what it is. And sadly go back to my FB page and try yet again to decipher it's mysteries. For after all, last month, a dear friend whom I had lost touch with, from my childhood has found me, on Facebook, and we are now in contact again.
Thank you Facebook.
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