Thursday, September 24, 2009

How To Keep Feedbacks Possitive on Ebay

Feedback are the life line for Ebay sellers. Ebay has made it even more important to keep buyers as satified as possible.Buyers on ebay can't be given negative feedbacks due to change in ebays Feedback policy.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do.I got a negative due to Shipper damaging a product.

Here are a few of my helpful hints :
1) Keep all lines of comunications open with buyers. Email them after end of sale,after being payed ,Send buyer tracking # if possible, send thanks note.

2)Wrap all products securely and leaving Thank You not it possible.

3) Answer any questions they might have. Keep all email short and to the point. Don't get personable.

4) Check and Double check discriptions in auctions. Mistakes can be made .Keep them to a minamum.

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I hope this helps,steve----

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Scrap Yards Full of Vintage Ebay Items

Don't miss out on great chances when searching for way to turn profit on ebay. I made friends with fellow who bought some of my Scrap Copper and cans and he traded me a load of Vintage Car parts !

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Lot 4 Vintage California Topo Topographic Maps

Lot of 4 Topo Maps in excellent condition. Maps have been stamped with "Property of Geology Department of Missouri School of Mines Rolla Missouri.

Topography by J Harrison ,S.N Stoner, S.J Lunde and City of LA.

United States Department of Interior Geolical Survey. Maps from 1919 to 1930.

Maps showing old Railroads, cemetary's, roads, Mountains and more.....Mapped out in Quadrangles, LA county pearland, Avawaz Mtns, Ballarat and Charston School Quad. All maps authentic and from Local collector and Map maker.

USGS Topographic Mapping 1879-1992 The USGS took over responsibility for mapping the country in 1879 and has been the primary civilian mapping agency of the United States ever since. The best known USGS maps are the 1:24,000-scale topographic maps, also known as 7.5-minute quadrangles. More than 55,000 7.5-minute maps were made to cover the 48 conterminous States. This is the only uniform map series that covers the entire area of the United States in considerable detail.

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Topo Map Missouri School of Mines 1885 USGS

Department of Interior Topo or Topographic maps are great tools for many reasons .Some i have found to be sought after by "Treasure Hunters" looking for certain sites that have been long forgotten. A tip for treasure hunters is to copy your map or maps soon after receiving .You can then fold map up for carrying around. Maps condition now are very brittle due to age.Many are over 100 years old.

Other buyers of these maps are collectors. Many make great pictures to be framed or stored. Older maps surveyed earlier than 1920 measure about 20"x17" most are reprinted by United States Geological Survey and US Coast and Geodetic Survey. Newer maps are a little larger.

Many Railroad collectors use these topo maps to find and searh out Abandoned Railroad lines . I have used these Topo maps to look for Abandoned Railroad Lines in past to look for old vintage Rail spikes,Railroad Buildings,Rail nails or treasures. I have learned of old Rail Trams that have been long gone but still found (90 year old) old spikes from logging tram that ran thru my grandparents farm from these maps.

Many maps can be bought on ebay like sites like mine http://stores.shop.ebay.com/durbinsstuff__W0QQ_armrsZ1

Maps like these are in "Quadrangles" of certain states or States you may be interested in. Email with any questions you might have about these or any other maps. I am not a authority but learning.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Vintage US Topo Maps Department of Interior

Upcoming auctions on Durbinsstuff ebay store http://stores.shop.ebay.com/durbinsstuff__W0QQ_armrsZ1 will be Old US Topo Maps from Department of Interior and US Geological Survey i bought at local Estate sale. Topo maps of Missouri, Kansas, MA, New Mexico. ,Ca., Geogia ,Alabama ,Nevada, Boston, Maine, New York ,Kentucky and More....

Estate seller was a Map Maker from Missouri School of Mines and local collector.

I have spent many hours looking over many of these maps.They are loaded with great info on old Cemetary's, Roads, Landmarks (some long Gone), Railraods (many now desolved) . and much more Historical facts. Some buyers are using these vintage maps for Hiking ,Cave Exploring and Treasure hunting!!

Believe it or not i bought these a estate auction.Auctioneer sold the whole contents of basement .Many buyers were not willing to take a chance on bidding on the whole basement full of items .Knowing they would have to clear out everything. I talked my Scap Metal buddy into going partners with me and we bought all the content in basement for $25.00 . It took us 2 weeks to clear out all the goodies out of the mouse and wasp infested basement but it was worth it. Amoung items i found about 300 old Topo maps from the 1800's and early 1900's.

My Scrap dealing friend was tickled just to get all the Scrap motors (about 2 ton ) all to his place.

Check out all the maps in upcoming Auctions on Durbinsstuff at ebay.com

Thanks,steve----

Vintage Annual Mining Reports on Durbinsstuff

Last of Vintage Books on ebay have been posted including Old Mining Books from 1800's and early 1900's . Most of these collectable Report books have been bought from a Local Library sale .I bought them in bulk . Sold to me from their surplus of unused books. I aquired about 400 manuals,books ,CD's , documents and Annual Reports .Some were sold on My Ebay store "durbinsstuff" http://stores.shop.ebay.com/durbinsstuff__W0QQ_armrsZ1 rest of books were dontated or recycled.

Look for local sales in your local newpaper, online classifieds and library web sites. I have enjoyed going thru all the books.

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durbinsstuff on Ebay

Welcome to Durbinsstuff blog .

This blog is about items i am featuring at my Ebay Store "durbinsstuff" .
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Visit store as many times as you like . This past month i have centered on selling "Electrical Testing equipment " i have aquired as Surplus.

I items like Enraf "Xray camera" , Vintage Lamulux Bulbs, Mini Proccessors, Toner cartridges, Helipots and more.....

Most items have been sold as surplus on consignment. Some bought out right.

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