Christmas 2003: III

You Can Get Deals on eBay


By mid-year Amelia was old enough to give Kristin time to begin to get back to her artistic roots. Krstin spent the summer building a child photography business called Small Fry Images. Small Fry has been remarkably successful – so successful that be early November Kristin was scraping together enough money to buy a professional-grade camera. She figured that, in addition to what she made so far, she could sell her existing camera and some other household items on eBay to afford the new camera. One thing that makes you a good “eBay-er” is quick shipment after an auction closes and payment is arranged. On the day Kristin had planned toe send the old camera and other loot, she spent several hours searching unsuccessfully for the keys to the Expedition. The situation wa sos urget that Brad sent his key (the only remaining key) home from work so Kristin could get to the UPS store by closing time – maintaining a good eBay rating always trumps something trivial like lost car keys. While Kristin was packaging a child’s activity table as the UPS store, one of the tiny doors swung open to reveal a space just large enough for… her keys! Somewhere in Fresno, Martha019 is enjoying her new $30 activity table unaware that she almost bought the keys to a 1998 Ford Expedition!