Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:04:51 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Candy's new business
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Interestingly, ronkean at juno.com said:

>This seems like a grey area.  So long as the stitching is adequate, and
>meets or exceeds GASS (generally accepted stitching standards), there
>would seem to be no  requirement to point out stitching 'flaws' which
>practically no one would even notice unless they were specifically drawn
>to one's attention.

What he said!  I was having the same kinds of thoughts about making to
order, but couldn't take the time this morning to put it in an email.  But
to expand a little:  your write-up is written with some aspects which would
describe a "product" (more than one copy) and others, such as the flaw
detail, which suggest that the garment is one of a kind.  Write your copy
to describe products, and you can use most of the same text to put up
several at the same time.

What many Ebay entrepreneurs do is include pointers to their own web sites,
which may independently offer *many* more products than the one(s) at
auction.  Those products can be ordered (and bought) offline from
Ebay.   Also, if you use your own webspace, you can put up more and bigger
views of the product than Ebay wants to give you for free.  Browse around a
little and see how people do this, then hire me to do your web site.  Sign
up with PayPal (now owned by Ebay) to accept credit card payments without
having a merchant account at $40-50 per month.  Part of the thrill of being
in business is maxing out your credit and mortgaging your house to support it.

Barry