'History Repeating' - The Propellerheads with Shirley Bassey
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Goodwill is GREEDY
Yes.
True.
I occasionally buy things for my biz (Zazzle biz) on ShopGoodwill.com.
Mostly ephemera and old books and magazines and like that.
Many Goodwill stores (each store that puts items on ShopGoodwill has its own policies) will grossly overestimate the shipping charge.
They want money, they need money.
I get that.
But there's a limit.
For example, I was interested in bidding on a circa 1918 magazine sold by a Goodwill store in North Carolina.
The handling fee - i.e. the fee to get an envelope and put the magazine in the envelope - is $3.00. I don't mind paying a buck, or even two bucks, but $3 is simply unacceptable.
And the 'Shipping Weight' is 2 pounds, while the 'Actual Weight' is 1 pound.
Therefore, it's going to cost over ELEVEN DOLLARS to ship a magazine from North Carolina to my house in NJ.
Goodwill is a charity, but a) everything they sell is donated, and b) charging $11+ when $8.00 would be reasonable - for a charity -- is just plain taking advantage.
Plus, they're actually shooting themselves in the foot.
For every bracelet for which the shipping charge is $8.00 (for a bracelet!) and every book for which the shipping charge is $10 -- when USPS Media Mail would be no more than $3 - they lose out on bids that they would get if they would forgo having their shipping charges double as a profit center.
As my husband would say, this burns my pickle.
tickets please
I have zero recollection of this movie.
Full title is One False Move.
And yet the stub is proof that I did see it.
October pillow talk
True fact: There are currently 696 pillows in my store, each and every one a marvel of marvelousness.
Newest examples as follows:
HOW
CUTE
IS
THIS?????
Exceptionally so, I'd say.
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GET THIS NOW NOW NOW!
Before the World Series (or is it the World's Series?) is over !!!
The above is a from a vinegar valentine, one of several in my collection. The title is, as you can see, 'Baseball Bug. And it goes like this:
Of all the pests I've ever known,
You are the worst of all,
You eat and sleep and talk and think,
Entirely base-ball.
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Something super-perfect for the country decor !!
Note that my store has oodles more merchandise bearing these 19th century farm animal images. All come from a book from the early 1890s that I found in a box lot at an auction I attended some years ago
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Speaking of box lot finds...
A natty young gent dressed as a high class swell or maybe a magician.
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From an 1895 issue of The Delineator
The dog and the flowers come from two different Victorian trade cards.
I think they look super-neat together.
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Did I show you this before?
Dunno.
Anyway, this image is a marriage as well; the border comes from... well, I forget exactly, but it's definitely something in my very extensive collection.
See more, get more here !!
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
The Tuesday Song of the Week
Haven't had History's Greatest Rock Band here for awhile.
'From the End of the World' - ELO
The first concert I ever attended was the one ELO went on to promote this album.
It was understandably BO awesome.
latest Made in USA print fabrics
Today's selection is kinda feline-intensive:
Not intentionally; I just show 'em in the order I listed 'em.
Not intentionally; I just show 'em in the order I listed 'em.
Here's mama giving her kitten a good scrubbing
jazz paws
Not a kitty, but rather a juggler
Don't I hand-color good?
back to the kitty theme, these cuties are walking in the rain
the ever-classic kitten in a basket
another kitty mama taking care of business
All of the above available in three kinds of cotton, two kinds of polyester, and two kinds of linen.
All of the above are Made in USA.
All of the above are rare and awesome and epic.
All of the above can be had here:
Friday, October 13, 2017
Your mouse pad is boring
You know it is.
Right?
But you don't have to have a dull, boring, tiresome mouse pad.
Something that you use hours a week oughta be, at the very least, neato.
And so we got...
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Right?
But you don't have to have a dull, boring, tiresome mouse pad.
Something that you use hours a week oughta be, at the very least, neato.
And so we got...
Who doesn't love a happy elephant?
Nobody, that's who.
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jazz hands !
or, rather, jazz paws.
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Kitty's working at the same time when you're working.
Now this is something special...
The North Wind sending the bird down south.
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SURPRISE !
Who doesn't like a mad Russian?
Nobody, that's who.
Believe it or don't, there are currently 581 different mouse pads - each and every one super mega awesome.
See more, get more here:
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The Tuesday Song of the Week
Something excellent for shuckin' and/or jivin'
'Spreadin' Honey' - The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
SUPER cool ties for today's guys
Some NEW NEW NEW ones,
plus a few that are thoroughly awesome and which I might have shown you already.
Or not.
Anyway...
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plus a few that are thoroughly awesome and which I might have shown you already.
Or not.
Anyway...
three times the charm !
looking GOOD
high style 1920s woman print
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don't I hand-color good?
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More 1920s glorious glamor
Don't I really hand-color good?
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Bette D. and Brian Aherne
on the cover of a 1939 issue of Stage
Can see it better in the full-ish view, I think.
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comedy is doing its best to cheer up tragedy.
don't I really really hand-color good?
See more -- like over 400 ties more --, get more here:
A is for Autumn
Autumn stuff !
With a charming image from the 1920s !!
We got...
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AND MORE !!
See it, get it here:
https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/autumn?ps=120?rf=238225004668148127Z
With a charming image from the 1920s !!
We got...
Autumn apparel
for all ages
autumn placemats
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paper plates for your Autumn harvest party
the best of bags
See it, get it here:
https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/autumn?ps=120?rf=238225004668148127Z
What's your wallet ?
True fact: Money does not like riding around in a boring wallet.
Money prefers a unique and cool wallet, ideally of vegan material. That enables it to breathe, to enjoy the ride and, ultimately, to multiply.
We got LOTS of what you need to make your money happy.
To wit, just a few of the nearly 300 --yep, 300 -- different wallets in my store:
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Get one, get all here:
https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products?dp=252372956716992974&pg=1&ps=204?rf=238225004668148127Z
Money prefers a unique and cool wallet, ideally of vegan material. That enables it to breathe, to enjoy the ride and, ultimately, to multiply.
We got LOTS of what you need to make your money happy.
To wit, just a few of the nearly 300 --yep, 300 -- different wallets in my store:
party cats
Captioned 'We won't go home till Morning.'
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from a 1934 Sunday comics page
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sweet, adorable, and the perfect gift for you bridesmaids.
Note that money doesn't mind obnoxiousness.
Will you RSVP?
History's Sweetest Wallet
Get one, get all here:
https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products?dp=252372956716992974&pg=1&ps=204?rf=238225004668148127Z
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
The Tuesday Song of the Week
You never know what awesome little things you can find surfing YouTube...
'Where Do You Go To, My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt
Monday, October 2, 2017
It's about time
Square clock time !!
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pretty flowers
Victorian beach bunny
More Victoriana, in the form of a
19th century farm animal print, a Berkshire sow
Even MORE VIctoriana.
Sort of.
Since the image came from a 1906 Gimbels catalog.
That means it's Edwardian.
Don't I hand-color good?
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Bette Davis and Brian Aherne are in the house !!
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Oh, deer.
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All of the above are Made in USA
Tucson, Arizona to be specific.
Tucson, Arizona to be specific.
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latest new vintage ties
We got some awesome must-haves today !!
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Including...
A young gent with an unfortunate 'do.
I wonder if he ever lived it down.
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I am a roc.
Jack Russell is in the house !!
in pinkish
and also
bluish
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Now this is something SUPER MEGA AWESOME, to wit...
Byzantine folk art Jesus
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suh'm silly
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