Ah ... eBay ... used to be a fun place until the post offices in Canada and the U.S. killed it with exorbitant fees. I bought some great stuff on there back in the day, and the small stuff used to arrive here in Canada from the U.S. in bubble mailers with about $1 in postage on 'em. For the odd things I sold on there, it was always more costly to ship from Canada but I did my best to charge less than my costs so as to not deter buyers.
Now, some of the U.S. sellers have these ridiculous rates with Customs fees assessed automatically as a % of sale price (WTF was NAFTA all about, anyway??) and the Canada Post fees are staggering.
Every time I log into eBay, I feel a sense of futility and think about that Albert Einstein quote about insanity = doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.
I remember the times (about 15 years ago) when I made some incredibly astute purchases of antiques from people who didn't know what they had, and I guess that's why I check in every other month or so because it used to be fun to score an amazing piece of real gold jewelry for $20 or so because someone didn't know "585" was the European stamp for 14K gold. Those days are long gone.
*sniffle*
