Something fLufFy This Way Comes

For those who don’t know me, I’m a long-standing eBay seller/entrepreneur who has over the course of time amassed a wine vat full of outside-of-the-box experience while doing business on the big E. As far as my style goes, I’ve been called many things, but only a few are printable so let’s go with “curmudgeon”.

Jon Winokur, in his sublime compilation _The Portable Curmudgeon_, writes:

“Dictionaries define curmudgeon as a churlish, irascible fellow; a cantankerous old codger…A curmudgeon’s reputation for malevolence is undeserved. They’re neither warped or evil at heart. They don’t hate mankind, just mankind’s excesses. They’re just as sensitive and soft-hearted as the next guy*, but they hide their vulnerability beneath a crust of misanthropy. They ease the pain by turning hurt into humor. They snarl at pretense and bite at hypocrisy out of a healthy sense of outrage….Nature, having failed to equip them with a serviceable denial mechanism, has endowed them with astute perception and sly wit. Offense is their only defense. Their targets are pretense, pomposity, conformity, incompetence.”

I couldn’t have said it better, Jon. Thanks.

As a computer industry veteran, I’m not easily dazzled by technology. I also believe that selling is selling, whether you’re standing on a street corner hawking hot dogs or offering 5 carat flawless diamonds online.

And if you want to boost your eBay sales you’ll be better off listening to the masters of the game rather going Google-gaga. Maybe someday I’ll actually meet someone who has made a Gbase sale.

Hasn’t happened yet.

fLufF

*Not really. -f.