Chinese Vase: $83 Million Chinese vase sold at auction - chicagotribune.com

Chinese Vase: $83 Million Chinese vase sold at auction - chicagotribune.com

Recession? Whaaaatttttttttttttttttt Recession???? $83 MILLIONNNNNNNNNN Dollars??? Are YOU Serious!!!!
Wow!!! Now wouldn't you like to find one of these in your attic or at a garage sale. My luck if I did find
one I would think it was a reproduction or new import of some kind and more than likely would sell online
for $83 instead of $83 Million Dollars!!!

Just recently I bought a small rough glazed pottery pitcher at a yard sale (paid $26 for the whole trunkload)
but I knew this little pitcher was a pretty nice piece. I sold it for $59.95 but after shipping it realized it was
an unsigned Meaders family pottery piece from down in Georgia. Another pitcher similar to it was in
an Atlanta antique shop listing online for well over $300. Sooooo I didn't do bad considering how cheap
I got it butttttttttt...had I know I could have easily got at least $150 out of it. OH Wellllllllll...my customer
got a great deal and said his wife loved it so I guess I'll just have to get out...beat the bushes and find
another one!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and even funnier...I bought a whole truckload of books for $30
and was so very worried after I got home cause old books aren't worth what I thought they were...and
are a lot more common than you would think. Anyways...two solid silver forks were in one of those boxes
of books...I sold the pair of forks online for over $75...Just for two forks!!! Over $75....Recession????
WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT RECESSION??????

And Scrap Gold???? Now that is something to talk about tomorrow!!! LOL. All I can say is WOW!!!

RECESSION??? WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT RECESSION????

Where did the simple life go?

Ok well I'm a part of an unique generation.  I'm 29 so in my lifetime I've seen some pretty wild things happen.  During my lifetime I've seen internet come to just about every household in America.  I've seen people go from having to go to the store to shop to now just shopping online and having it delivered.  I've even seen USPS mail now being replaced by online bill pay services.  It is amazing what all has happened just in the last 10 or 15 years...but WHERE DID THE SIMPLE LIFE GO??? All these new "time-savers" are supposed to save us time, right????  I find myself at the the computer more hours than I should be and not getting done all I need to get done.  So, does all this technology really make life more simple or just more frustrating?  I mean really...used to "the net" was something you dip your fish out of the pond with if they were too big and heavy...and a download and upload...what is that?  Html? Say What?  Since I've built this website I've really ran into some challenges.  Yes, Vendio is great and SIMPLE but still having to read directions step by step to do the small things that you've never had to do before...it can be mind boggling.  Just trying to add my Adsense to my website last night was a puzzle and then when I did add it I couldn't get it to work.  My ads are working here on my blog though so that is good but to be honest I have no idea what I'm doing and if anyone is reading this I'm going to be really surprised!!!  Maybe things weren't simpler when I was younger, maybe it was just because I was younger that it seemed simpler...I don't know.  But seems like the older I get the more challenging everything becomes especially with all this Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Website Building...it all has times of I can do what and how do I do that moments.  Hopefully, I'll get the hang of everything soon and be on the right track.  And hopefully orders will start pouring into my website.  It is almost Christmas time so it is the time when every shop shop shops...right??? I did get my 4th order yesterday and was so very proud.  It was only a $9.95 order but STILL...IT WAS AN ORDER and I was so very thankful.  I guess for a new website that is pretty doggone good...4 orders since building it on Oct. 15th.  Life may not be more simple now but at least I can work from home (my brick & mortar store is right next door) and still make a living...I guess that counts for something and worth the headache of all this new technology! Sooooooooooo...now I'm gonna get off of here for today and get some work done.  I wish there was a simple way to wash that mountain of dishes in the kitchen...2010 and I DO NOT HAVE A DISHWASHER!!!  If you haven't already be sure to check out my website at http://www.memoriesgeneralstore.com/ .  Thanks & God Bless!!!

Cody
MGS, owner

My First Blog! WOW!!!

Well this is my first time to ever blog.  I am looking for ways to get my online business up and running better that it has ever ran before so this is a way for me to hopefully reach new potential shoppers and to make new friends also.  I just built my website on October 15th and already have got orders.  Page views are running 30 to 40 per day and I am very happy with my progress.  This blog will mostly be about what is going on with my business and what is going on in general with the antiques and collectibles market.  I love antiques!!! I got started in this business when I was 15 years old and I just turned 29 so 14 years of this and you must love it!!! My new website is http://www.memoriesgeneralstore.com/ and I hope all of you will check it.  Thanks to Vendio for hosting my site FREE OF CHARGE. They have some of the best customer service I have ever seen and their site builder is so user friendly that I couldn't believe it when I got started.  I have it set up so buyers can pay with any major credit card using PayPal or they can submit their order to me and then send a check or money order thru the mail. It has been such a blessing to be able to get this up and running and it go so smoothly. Google also has been a huge help to me. I have all my listings in the Google Products and that is helping me with my traffic flow.  Well over 50% of my website visits come thru the Google Products search...so THANK YOU Google. Well that's all for now...I am going to try to post a blog everyday but not sure that time will allow...but until then...I'M OUTTA HERE!!! Come Back Now and Read Some More!!! 

Thanks Ya'll!!!
Cody from MGS