mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
Simply-the-best-for-you Volunteer Community Mentor
@tsme35 wrote:Who knows, last year they increase rates for some postage and said no increase for GA, then a week or 2 later, we got a rate increase.
Last year we had three increases, just like we are likely to have this year. January, July and October. Each increase is not the same. They differ a bit, but make no mistake, they cost real money for our buyers.
@liawri-75 wrote:I do wish that EB would cut a deal like Posh has. Priority mail prepaid postage for $5.95 up to 5 lbs. The customer would pay the $5.95 and that would keep us, the sellers from having "calculated rates" that buyers pay. Just one flat fee. Simple.
The two marketplaces are significantly different. Poshmark is primarily a marketplace for selling and buying clothing, shoes and accessories. As I'm sure you are aware, many other type items are sold on Ebay too. Which is why that won't work on Ebay.
Effective April 3, 2025 on Poshmark, shipping is $8.27.
https://support.poshmark.com/s/article/975218789?language=en_US
@1786davycrockett OMG, all I have to say is...from the land of sky blue waters 😀 We're from the cities, but my DH grew up in a tiny town in rural MN, so that was a fun & enlightening read. I should say we met in the cities, he's lifelong MN, but I lived in quite a few places prior. There's a lot we miss about the cities, but def don't miss the winters! We've lived all over the cities, but last location was a central St. Paul suburb that we absolutely LOVED.
@johnrj1226 wrote:Well out houses were popular in the early 1900' my grand mother and father homesteaded in SE corner of North Dakota. I visited the there when I was 4 and 8. It was still there. In 1976 visted N D and visited once again and visited a homestead that was next to my grands place they built a sod hut on, it had electric power all the out buildings still standing..including the one with the moon on it Inside the hut were 2 things a calendar on the wall and a Sears catalog on a bed from 1974.
.One more thing. The Ford Motor Co. at the Rouge complex (they made every part of the cars - steel, glass,, engines transmission and assemble themnear River Rouge and Dearborn, Michigan in the early to mid 50s could not get enough people to work in there plants. Henry Ford sent people to the Southern to recruit workers. The South had few jobs, people were poor. Hed offer jobs, free home, transportation to the the Rouge complex in a box car fitted with cooking, , sleeping facilites, education for the children, food and clothing sellers would come to "Box Car" city that was walking distance to work, families could stay rent free for 1 year and had to go to rent homes or buy a home. They needed to have a" necessary facility - hence the invenent of the Port-a -Potty or a whole bench of modern day out. houses.
In the summers of 64 - 67 worked at the Dearborn Assembly Plant - working 68 hours a week at $2.54 to 2.67 /hour - assembling the new then Mustang at a rate of 68 units/hour. That paid for all of my college expenses at WMU and more. Moved to Chicago area after graduation and only visited my home town - wanted to see the "world" and did a lot of it. The only thing that is left is a new Assembly Plant that produces F 150s that employees about 6500 people. Used to employ 300,000 in the hay days of the 60;s and the Ford Mustang..
@johnrj1226 What a great story! I had no idea, although I grew up in Cleveland & we had field trips to Dearborn, I always managed to miss those. But my dad immigrated to the US around the time they were building those Mustangs & once he got established he bought a 67 Stang, he LOVED that car!
