Selling on Ebay

[Jay Honeck]

I've bought a lot of stuff on Ebay, but I've never sold before -- until now.

After a friend received over $200 for his BROKEN transponder (he was bluntly
honest in the ad, saying it was basically a "box of parts"), I decided to
try selling the wind-up clock I just removed from my panel.

It's not particularly hard getting set up on Ebay (although they did lose
all my information 75% of the way through the set-up, because of
"maintenance") to sell, and -- with six hours to go -- my clock has been bid
up to $61!

This for something that I surely would have stuck in a box and forgotten
about, or perhaps thrown away.

Ebay rocks. I've got a whole box of parts, ranging from antennas to
transponders -- and it's ALL going!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Allen]

There goes all the neat decor at the "Inn", :-)


"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> I've bought a lot of stuff on Ebay, but I've never sold before -- until
now.
>
> After a friend received over $200 for his BROKEN transponder (he was
bluntly
> honest in the ad, saying it was basically a "box of parts"), I decided to
> try selling the wind-up clock I just removed from my panel.
>
> It's not particularly hard getting set up on Ebay (although they did lose
> all my information 75% of the way through the set-up, because of
> "maintenance") to sell, and -- with six hours to go -- my clock has been
bid
> up to $61!
>
> This for something that I surely would have stuck in a box and forgotten
> about, or perhaps thrown away.
>
> Ebay rocks. I've got a whole box of parts, ranging from antennas to
> transponders -- and it's ALL going!
>
> :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> There goes all the neat decor at the "Inn", :-)

Heyyyy... :-)

Nah, most of it's been donated by guests and enthusiasts. Some of it would
fetch a pretty penny on Ebay, I'm sure -- but we're pretty attached to the
stuff...

(And it's pretty attached to us. To prevent theft, I've used some unique
attachment methods -- some of it may prove impossible to remove!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jim Burns]

I'm really a little worried that if Jay get's caught up in this Ebay selling
kick, that Mary and the kids might be next! :)
Jim

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> > There goes all the neat decor at the "Inn", :-)
>
> Heyyyy... :-)
>
> Nah, most of it's been donated by guests and enthusiasts. Some of it
would
> fetch a pretty penny on Ebay, I'm sure -- but we're pretty attached to the
> stuff...
>
> (And it's pretty attached to us. To prevent theft, I've used some unique
> attachment methods -- some of it may prove impossible to remove!)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

[Peter Gottlieb]

Are the kids well behaved?


"Jim Burns" > wrote in message
...
> I'm really a little worried that if Jay get's caught up in this Ebay
selling
> kick, that Mary and the kids might be next! :)
> Jim
>

[G.R. Patterson III]

Jim Burns wrote:
>
> I'm really a little worried that if Jay get's caught up in this Ebay selling
> kick, that Mary and the kids might be next! :)

Ever read "The Kidnapping of Red Chief"? Jay would go bankrupt. :-)

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

[Jim Burns]

Hmm... and I've never thought about what a great selling point to fellow
pilots a woman that is already rated might be!
Jim

[Jack Allison]

> Ebay rocks. I've got a whole box of parts, ranging from antennas to
> transponders -- and it's ALL going!

Yes, it does Jay...I've had several occasions where I've bought a batch of
pilot supplies because I wanted one or two items, then turned around and
sold the rest of the stuff.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

[Ben Smith]

When we bought our plane, we also took over the guys hangar lease. He left
behind a bunch of junk, plus a Narco Nav-121 that he didn't want anymore.
We sold it as-is and got about $250, iirc..

--
Ben
C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y

[Rosspilot]

>Ever read "The Kidnapping of Red Chief"? Jay would go bankrupt. :-)
>

George, George . . . it's "The RANSOM of Red Chief" . . . by O Henry.
(I just had to do that, sorry)


www.Rosspilot.com

[G.R. Patterson III]

Rosspilot wrote:
>
> >Ever read "The Kidnapping of Red Chief"? Jay would go bankrupt. :-)
> >
>
> George, George . . . it's "The RANSOM of Red Chief" . . . by O Henry.
> (I just had to do that, sorry)

Well, I read it in high school. There are lots of other details of that period I'm
sure I've forgotten. :-)

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

[John Harlow]

> Ebay rocks.

Oh hell yes! Ebay is a seller's dream!

auctionstealer is the buyer's counterpart ;)

[HECTOP]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> I've bought a lot of stuff on Ebay, but I've never sold before -- until
> now.

been selling and buying on Ebay since 2000, have 130 point feedback. Used to
buy King Schools instructional videos for $100, use them to study for
writtens (they're the best!), and sell'em right back at $130 :-) nowadays
Ebay is the first place I turned to when starting my own little shop:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=maxhobay&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1

Hey, this is Ebay thread after all!

HECTOP
PP-ASEL-IA
http://www.maxho.com
maxho_at_maxho.com

[Marty]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> > There goes all the neat decor at the "Inn", :-)
>
> Heyyyy... :-)
>
> Nah, most of it's been donated by guests and enthusiasts. Some of it
would
> fetch a pretty penny on Ebay, I'm sure -- but we're pretty attached to the
> stuff...
>
> (And it's pretty attached to us. To prevent theft, I've used some unique
> attachment methods -- some of it may prove impossible to remove!)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

It's amazing what some "guests" think they are "entitled" to, eh Jay?

[Jay Honeck]

> It's amazing what some "guests" think they are "entitled" to, eh Jay?

For the most part, we've been glad to find that guests are honest. (And our
pilot-guests have been 100% honest.) When we experience a loss, it's
usually due to damage, not theft.

For example, I'm amazed what some people use our towels for -- you'd swear
they were checking their oil with them.

Pet owners are the worst, though. It's really funny when guests with pets
throw a fit because we must put them into a "smoking permitted,"
non-aviation-theme suite. They honestly don't seem to understand why we
lump smokers and pet-owners into the same category.

One cat can cause a thousand dollars worth of damage quicker than any
smoker, and they will render a suite uninhabitable. For smokers I've got an
ozone machine to remove odors -- but NOTHING will remove cat dander or
urine.

One of these days I'm going to write a post on the lessons we've learned
from running a small inn for almost two years...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[HECTOP]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> For example, I'm amazed what some people use our towels for

We don't wanna know!


HECTOP
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maxho_at_maxho.com

[StellaStar]

George 'n Ross riposte...

>>Ever read "The Kidnapping of Red Chief"? Jay would go bankrupt. :-)
>>
>
>George, George . . . it's "The RANSOM of Red Chief" . . . by O Henry.
>(I just had to do that, sorry)

But you'll remember, dear, the point of the story was that the kid kidnapped
was so rotten, the crooks eventually paid a tidy sum to be rid of him. I can
testify that Jay's boy is pleasant enough that he'd require special training to
take part in such a scam...though he'd be smart enough to see the fun in doing
it!

[Peter Duniho]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> [...]
> Pet owners are the worst, though. It's really funny when guests with pets
> throw a fit because we must put them into a "smoking permitted,"
> non-aviation-theme suite. They honestly don't seem to understand why we
> lump smokers and pet-owners into the same category.

Just as you for some reason don't seem to understand why pet owners don't
want to be lumped in the same category. A handful of pet allergy suffers
will swear up and down pets are just as bad as cigarette smoke, but there
are thousands of hotels across the country that know different, and we've
stayed at over a hundred of them.

If you really think it's important to keep a room clear for someone who
thinks they'll be allergic to a dog that was in the room before them, keep a
room or two as "no smoking, no dogs". Putting dog owners in smoking rooms
is dumb.

> One cat can cause a thousand dollars worth of damage quicker than any
> smoker, and they will render a suite uninhabitable. For smokers I've got
an
> ozone machine to remove odors -- but NOTHING will remove cat dander or
> urine.

Then insist on a suitable deposit. As a dog owner, I can tell you that we'd
happily put down a $1000 refundable damage deposit, as long as we otherwise
get treated equal to any other guest, including not having to stay in a
smoking room. We have accumulated probably close to six months of hotel
time with our dog, and not once has he caused any damage.

Not all pets are trustworthy, but owners need to be held responsible for
damage their pets cause. Don't paint all pet owners with the same brush.
Just make sure the bad owners pay for their mistakes.


I had thought that on our next trip that takes us through Iowa, we'd stop by
Alexis Park Inn, but since you have a "pet owner equals smoker" policy, I
can assure you we'll steer clear.

> One of these days I'm going to write a post on the lessons we've learned
> from running a small inn for almost two years...

Guess you're still learning.

Pete

[Marty]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
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> > It's amazing what some "guests" think they are "entitled" to, eh Jay?
>
> For the most part, we've been glad to find that guests are honest. (And
our
> pilot-guests have been 100% honest.) When we experience a loss, it's
> usually due to damage, not theft.

I had a vac.rental on Lake of the Ozarks and found the same in people.

> For example, I'm amazed what some people use our towels for -- you'd swear
> they were checking their oil with them.
>
> Pet owners are the worst, though. It's really funny when guests with pets
> throw a fit because we must put them into a "smoking permitted,"
> non-aviation-theme suite. They honestly don't seem to understand why we
> lump smokers and pet-owners into the same category.

I am a smoker but I get non-smoking rooms, can't stand the stench. I also
refrain from smoking in the house,car and of course, airplanes. The work
truck is another story ;-)

> One cat can cause a thousand dollars worth of damage quicker than any
> smoker, and they will render a suite uninhabitable. For smokers I've got
an
> ozone machine to remove odors -- but NOTHING will remove cat dander or
> urine.
>
> One of these days I'm going to write a post on the lessons we've learned
> from running a small inn for almost two years...
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

When work winds down after the 4th, I may just have to stop "Inn" for a
couple nights. My wife and I are planning to travel a few weeks in July &
August. Some flying, some driving and a train trip to the Canyon. Just gotta
get thru the next 40 days & nights :-p
Marty

[Jay Masino]

Jay Honeck > wrote:
> One of these days I'm going to write a post on the lessons we've learned
> from running a small inn for almost two years...

Just don't do it on the rec.aviation newsgroups.

--- Jay



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[Jay Honeck]

> If you really think it's important to keep a room clear for someone who
> thinks they'll be allergic to a dog that was in the room before them, keep
a
> room or two as "no smoking, no dogs". Putting dog owners in smoking rooms
> is dumb.

If I had 200 suites, that might be possible, Pete. I have 27 -- of which
only 10 are "theme suites" thus far. (3 more are in the works...)

> Then insist on a suitable deposit. As a dog owner, I can tell you that
we'd
> happily put down a $1000 refundable damage deposit

That's pretty funny! Many of our guests are stretching to make the $99.95
theme suite rate. If I were to ask for a $1000 deposit, that would be the
same as posting a sign out front that says "No Pets Allowed".

Worse, pet damage doesn't manifest itself while the guest is still around.
Kitty pee becomes noticeable about a week after the guest is gone -- far too
late to charge them for damage.

The majority of our guests with pets fully understand the risk I'm taking
allowing pets in our suites, and are simply happy we allow them at all.
With many thousands of dollars tied up in each theme suite, I would be a
fool to put my investment at such a needless risk.

As we continue the transition to all-theme suites, eventually both smoking
*and* pets will go away. Both groups represent an incredible risk -- just
ask any insurance company.

> I had thought that on our next trip that takes us through Iowa, we'd stop
by
> Alexis Park Inn, but since you have a "pet owner equals smoker" policy, I
> can assure you we'll steer clear.

We'll miss you. :-(
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[David Megginson]

Peter Duniho wrote:

> Just as you for some reason don't seem to understand why pet owners don't
> want to be lumped in the same category. A handful of pet allergy suffers
> will swear up and down pets are just as bad as cigarette smoke, but there
> are thousands of hotels across the country that know different, and we've
> stayed at over a hundred of them.

I'm with Peter on this one. I hope to stay at Jay's hotel some day if I'm
in that part of the continent, but obviously not if I have my dog along and
have to stay in a smoking room -- it's just not worth the screaming headache
I'll end up.


All the best,


David

[Rosspilot]

I think it's unfortunate that innkeepers group "pets" into the same catagory as
if they are all the same.

You wouldn't even know my dog had been in your finest suite. He's immaculate,
well-behaved, and would never damage anything.
He's probably a better guest and more considerate than 75% of your human
guests.
I also would happily put $1000 down to cover any possible damages . . . as I
have 100% confidence in him.

www.Rosspilot.com

[Jay Honeck]

> I also would happily put $1000 down to cover any possible damages . . .
as I
> have 100% confidence in him.

Okay -- new rule, just for you guys:

Any pilot willing to put down a $1000 deposit can stay in our theme suites
with their dogs. (Sorry, cats are absolutely verboten -- too many people
are violently allergic to them, including me.)

> He's probably a better guest and more considerate than 75% of your human
> guests.

I've found that most dogs are better than 75% of the people in the world!
:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[David Megginson]

Jay Honeck wrote:

> I've found that most dogs are better than 75% of the people in the world!
> :-)

A couple of years ago I saw a sign on the door of a popular toy store here
in Ottawa saying that dogs were welcome inside. I asked the staff about it:
they said that they'd never forbidden dogs, but most people assumed they
were allowed and tied them outside in the sun, so they put up the sign.

I asked if they had any problems: they said that they'd had children make
noise, urinate on the floor, and bite people, but that they'd never had a
problem with the dogs.


All the best,


David

[Rosspilot]

>
>I've found that most dogs are better than 75% of the people in the world!
>:-)

I've always known that you are "my kind of people", Jay . . .
http://skyviewpictures.com/html/harley.html



www.Rosspilot.com

[G.R. Patterson III]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> For example, I'm amazed what some people use our towels for -- you'd swear
> they were checking their oil with them.

You mean we're not supposed to do that?

> but NOTHING will remove cat dander or urine.

Can't help with the dander problem, but here's something to try on the urine. Contact
your local Avon rep and pick up a bottle of their cheapest perfume. The stuff I used
to use came in big red glass bottles. After making your best attempt at cleaning the
urine up, apply some of that.

Some would claim that the cure is worse than the disease, but at least the smell of
the perfume eventually goes away. Can't hurt to try it.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> Any pilot willing to put down a $1000 deposit can stay in our theme suites
> with their dogs. (Sorry, cats are absolutely verboten -- too many people
> are violently allergic to them, including me.)

Well, keep one room free of that. I'm violently allergic to dogs.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

[Jay Honeck]

> But you'll remember, dear, the point of the story was that the kid
kidnapped
> was so rotten, the crooks eventually paid a tidy sum to be rid of him. I
can
> testify that Jay's boy is pleasant enough that he'd require special
training to
> take part in such a scam...though he'd be smart enough to see the fun in
doing
> it!

Yeah, he's smart enough to be a real danger to us all... ;-)

But he DID do his first touch & go last night. Well, I took over at about
20 feet AGL, but he would have lived, IMHO, had I let him land.

Whether we could have used the plane again, well, that's another question...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> > Any pilot willing to put down a $1000 deposit can stay in our theme
suites
> > with their dogs. (Sorry, cats are absolutely verboten -- too many
people
> > are violently allergic to them, including me.)
>
> Well, keep one room free of that. I'm violently allergic to dogs.

Augh! There's just no winning...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> Some would claim that the cure is worse than the disease, but at least the
smell of
> the perfume eventually goes away. Can't hurt to try it.

The ONLY acceptable odor in a hotel suite is no odor at all. Any detectable
odor will be offensive to someone.

It's a real trick, when all of your suites have full kitchens, as ours do.
One guest cooks fish, and the suite will stink for days...no matter what you
do.

The only real solution is fresh air, an industrial ozone generator, and
time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Blanche]

I understand Jay's problems. I have a 2-3 bedroom house (depends on
what you consider the downstairs room -- either bedroom or den)
and altho I have/had dogs, the 2nd bedroom is offlimits to animals.
I keep the door closed, vacuum and dust and clean it vehemently.
Plus, there's a serious air cleaner downstairs and another in
that room.

I have friends who are cat people (which I'm allergic to) and others
who are just allergic to everything. This way I can at least try
to provide a reasonably clean area for them to sleep.

Of course no one is allowed to smoke in the house. Or anywhere
near me (allergies).

[John Harlow]

> It's a real trick, when all of your suites have full kitchens, as
> ours do. One guest cooks fish, and the suite will stink for days...no
> matter what you do.

I thought pets weren't allowed in the suites?

[HECTOP]

"John Harlow" > wrote in message
> I thought pets weren't allowed in the suites?

Depends on what you call a pet.

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[G.R. Patterson III]

John Harlow wrote:
>
> > It's a real trick, when all of your suites have full kitchens, as
> > ours do. One guest cooks fish, and the suite will stink for days...no
> > matter what you do.
>
> I thought pets weren't allowed in the suites?

I don't cook my pets.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.