Thank you all for your response. I have learned much.
To recap my lessons for the day:
1. My husband and i will not be listing items for free local pick up as we dont want to wade into the Paypal or cash issue. We will simply continue to sell at shows where we have done well. Thank you to Wisconsin for our most recent successful show. Buyers there did not seem to be at all hampered by the elsewhere suggested idea for slow sales which included lack of interest in our items or collectibles in general nor the economic situation and for that we are thankful as we have a huge house, two barns and two smaller summer homes to clear yet not to mention the cabins.
2. We are going to take the advice of the posters who suggested we stay as far away from the seller and the blanket chest as possible. You all have opened my eyes to a number of issues and i thank you all for sharing your wisdom with me and taking the time to answer my husbands post noting many things i hadnt considered.
3. Ebay is a complicated place. Certainly to do business here as well as to shop. One meets all sorts of people with conflicting end goals. I must remember that and then remind myself that i can only control my actions and those actions must be things i can live with. I have no desire to be involved in anything where another, even a business entity, could possibly be doing something smarmy. Im just too close in age to going through those pearly gates to rack up a strike frankly!😋 We likely did enough of that when we were younger.
4. When something is no longer fun and becomes simply another formvof ever increasing stress in one must re evaluate continued participation in the activity. Selling and buying on Ebay has become something of that for my husband and I after these last few weeks. Perhaps i should take up painting instead. Learning Folk Art painting sounds interesting to me and i thank you for that suggestion.
Best of luck to all sellers and Thank you again for your time and responses in educating this confused old woman and her grumpy old husband. By the way he is thrilled to be keeping the money safely tucked away in his boot. And im cooking him a cheesecake for winning this argument.
Thank you again for all your help and time.
