The view from the back

 Some people just don't have a head for commerce and as such should avoid contracts and commitments and stick to being life's worker bees, they should especially avoid running their own business. Alas it's a free world and some people just do as they want regardless. 

our pop up eBay store is still trading how ever we seem to be attracting the uneducated and the skint, as you can gather we've had a bad run the ads clearly state for the islands and high lands please request postage BEFORE bidding. So first up is the guy from Lewis who upon winning refused to pay the extra  postage - it did double it , more than the item . So I had to list again and stand the cost on the up side it sold to a fool in Kent for more than the cost of the same new LOL . The second was a paddy from Co Kerry who makes a habit of over bidding and refusing to pay so after a complaint and a stewards enquiry he's called out and the items relisted then sell for half the price to a chancer how bid all day then when he wins wants a week to pay , come on its 20 quid mate ! 

On a happier note rightly or wrongly we have sold more furniture from next weekend my shirts will be on the loft pole between 2 chairs and my undies will be in a hold all ! If this all falls through at least we can redecorate and re style . From that you will gather that should it fall through we will have a 180 day holiday in the rental and then forget it . 

As the packing continues we have started with the glass and pottery , plastic boxes are the way says the lovely wife with tissue and shredded paper , the result of packing up my home office whilst on gardening leave last year. I even offered to help and was struck by the un canny resemblance a cappuccino cup in tissue has to a Melton Moberry pork pie , some things I may just miss a little !