Lookie what Rosie Found - A Place to Bonanzle

http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/RustyRosieRiveter

Yup, I only have one item posted there as of this morning (Saturday before Labor Day, a most auspicious holiday to the industrially-inclined)... but more to come.

My dear partner Rust brought me loads of steely goodness that have yet to be listed either on the eBay store (in the link to the right) or on Bonanzle, but the weekend's just starting... just watch me go!

(and many thanks to the lovely RedInkDiary author - go visit her blog and her site - for the lead!)

Now for the (apparently) requisite health update: If it isn't one odd thing it's 14 or 15 others...
Haven't been updating this blog recently... reason being more weird health stuff. Am recovering use of my arms after coming down with a case of Brachial plexopathy a.k.a. Brachial neuropathy, a.k.a. Brachial neuritis ... which is a pretty rare thing that happens when a person catches some sort of virus or upper respiratory infection and the body, for whatever reason, attacks the nerves that make up the Brachial plexus, the bundles of nerves that control the arms and shoulders. Somehow I got it in both arms and haven't been very mobile for over a month. Am on the mend somewhat now and it may take six months to get back normal mobility... but it apparently does resolve on its own. Since it has a mysterious nature, the docs have given it a "syndrome" category (which I guess in doctoring terms means they really don't know why it happens) ... most inconvenient for a person who works with her hands and FORTUNATELY I have been able to work, though I was not able to drive for the first week of the affliction and every day activities like showering, dressing, and brushing my hair are still tricky. Have had to take a friend with me to shop in order to actually get items off the shelves... all sorts of wonderful "fun" things that a person takes for granted until their mobility is challenged.

(yes, I know, how bizarre)

Anyhow, it has definitely put a cramp in my style and I've been unable until recently to do much posting of items on my sales sites... a friend re-arranged my auction/sales inventory shelving, organized inventory for me, and set up my copy stand with a "tethered" digital camera so that I don't have to try to reach what I pretty much can't, so I'm back in business there. Thank goodness for wonderful friends, I would have been in trouble without them.

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Will post more later on the items to be listed on Bonanzle. (which by that site's definition is not a noun, but is a verb, as well as the name of their site... a great place that is up-and-coming as an alternative to Craigslist and eBay... and quite possibly the best alternative I've seen, after exploring other alternatives and being, frankly, disappointed. The best alternatives I've seen so far are Etsy, on which I have been selling letterpress prints as well as my handmade masks, and (though I haven't had much luck so far and that is probably because of my lack of marketing on the site, others have had plenty of sales there,) OnlineAuction.com. Other alternatives that folks are liking right now are eCrater and ioffer... The list of alternatives that are really viable seem to be somewhat thinner than they were back in May, and I haven't actively pursued a few of them but... check in with RedInkDiary, the author of that blog is an absolute terrier when it comes to rooting out the facts about alternative channels to eBay and has great information.


Happy Labor Day Weekend, dear readers!