Vintage Ronson Crown Silver Plate Lighter 1930's . . . . . awesome!

 

Boy, I wish I had seen this about 5-6 years ago!! I paid more than this for one just like it! Mom and Dad had a set that included the tray, lighter and cigarette holder . . . . . . somewhere the lighter got lost! Mom left it to me. I have mine all intact now, but I'm sure someone out there is in the same boat, looking for a missing lighter!

 

Come on over to OnlineAuction.com and check out the deals!! And if you like this lighter, you can find it in Ida2002's store!

 

Whispering leaves, cool mornings, crisp apples!

 

 

The holidays aren't far behind!!

 

So, come on over to OnlineAuction.com! We have some great sellers, great deals and an awesome site! Lots of changes this past year, all for the better! Crisp and Clean! Do your holiday shopping now, before the rush!

 

Want to sell online? We have a SUPER deal going on right now! Want to get set up for the entire year? It's only $96.00! Nothing more, no listing fees, no final value fees! The $100 set up fee is waived! And it's only $96.00 each year thereafter!

 

Want to sell monthly? We do that, too! Only $8.00 a month!

 

So, come join us!! Buyer or seller, we welcome the opportunity to get to know you!

 

Helpful Landscaping Hints from the Deer at the Love Your Pet Expo Sanctuary

Strategic pruning is the key to good landscaping. Here is how we do it:

Trees should never be fat at the bottom. A cluster of leaves at the top is pleasing to the eye, but only bare branches are desirable within easy reach.

Roses LOVE a good aggressive pruning. Notice the new growth at the bottom. This plant will be nice and bushy for our next pruning.

Look at this iris. See how compact and bushy it is now? Before, it was all gangly and out of control, with wild fronds going every which way. It's a good thing we were here to fix that mess.

Vegetables are highly overrated. Now that those silly cabbages are gone, these pots can be reused for planting other delicacies.

If you found these hints helpful, please consider a donation to the Love Your Pet Expo Sanctuary for Special Needs Animals. We do what we can to help out, but we are few and they are many.

For more great ideas and products, please visit OLA's Gardening & Plants listings.

Shipping Wars: Fighting the battle with Damaged Freight Claims, by Tom at Iron Mountain Iron & Equip., LLC

Well, the inevidable has happened unfortunately...a shipment assigned to a common carrier in good faith has arrived to the customer damaged, and the games begin.Nothing new under the sun here... A couple of weeks ago, I expressed my elation on the "power of social media" on how I took a short video of a brand new aluminum flatbed body that I was marketing on OnlineAuction.com and various other media sites. Within 24 hours of posting that little cellphone-produced video on YouTube, I received a call from a buyer 1100 miles away from here! At first, I was apprehensive about this due to the shipping cost most likely being prohibitive, but the customer suggested we list the item on UShip, a site that basically lists items that need transporting that carriers bid on until they win the shipment. He said if he could get this body delivered to him for a certain amount, he'd be glad to buy it from us. The UShip idea didn't seem to be working out as they were not bidding on this item within our price range, so I went online personally and found a third party logistics company that was very professional, straight-forward and best of all...fit the budget exactly to our numbers. Their job is to find a common carrier that will accept the said shipment, book the move, and coordinate the pickup and delivery scheduling. The company, freightquote.com, did exactly what they said they would and everything seemed to be going according to plan. The customer/buyer did a bank transfer of funds and paid for this aluminum flatbed body in full sight-unseen, except for the video presentation of course. I commend him for his trust and good judgement as well. The body was purchased by Cutter's Small Engine Sales & Service in Pinson, Alabama, and Bill Misko is the gentleman that I have been dealing with on the transaction. I called him a few days after we decided UShip wasn't going to work, and suggested we use freightquote.com for the shipment. He agreed, and proceeded to pay in full, for this item including the freight charge. I went ahead and purchased the insurance coverage, for $23.00 for $3,500.00 worth of damage. This was a key factor in this entire story. On July 26th, 2013 I personally prepared the aluminum flatbed body for shipment, by wrapping the critical area in the rear of it with carpeting, etc. to ensure the lights and soforth would remain intact during transport. The shipment was booked through YRC, inc.,(Yellow Freight) and a driver arrived one Monday afternoon, loaded the body onto a trailer, was very friendly and professional...and off into the sunset went my first long-distance shipment that made me feel that I have begun a great journey into selling my quality products to people outside of the normal areas we always have, and that by partnering up with freightquote.com, that it opened up another door to our business. Indeed, I still believe that is the case, but unfotunately, there's another side to this story but with good lessons in the end. About a week after the body was sent off to Alabama, I got a call from the buyer, that the freight company called him and informed him that the body was indeed damaged. (The item was transferred several times at various locations on/off trucks and loading docks...) He is only a few minutes away from the freight terminal, so he went there to observe the damage personally. As he suspected, it was bent up in the rear from a careless forklift operator, and he refused the item. Now, it becomes an issue. He (Bill Misko,) informed me of the situation, in turn I contacted freightquote.com, and they went to work immediately on the report of damage. Within an hour, I was speaking to a damage claims representative and she gave me all the necessary information needed to file a First Notice of Loss with the insurance carrier. (Please note...this blog is focused solely on the importance of INSURING a SHIPMENT...!) That $23.00 I spent on the coverage...turned out to be a huge benefit due to the circumstances. The poor customer/buyer on the other hand, is really getting the worst part of the deal, in that he went out and purchased a truck to mount this new aluminum flatbed body onto, has paid for this item in full, and now due to negligence and lack of quality performance (to be as polite as possible,) he and I are sitting here waiting this out. The ideal conclusion we both agreed on is to remain calm, do not get upset, live your life as normal...and once the claim is processed and hopefully they simply pay the claim in full without argument, deductions, etc...when the check for settlement gets to my mailbox, I will immediately turn around and submit the entire amount to the buyer for all his troubles. That is the only way I can see to deal with this unfortunate mishap that was completely out of my hands and his...to compensate for the losses which won't get completely reimbursed given his expense, inconvenience, etc., but I think that morally, ethically, and spiritially it was the proper thing to do. To emphasize another reason for this topic today, is the need to stay calm and collective, despite the circumstances. Human nature by default alot of the time tends to drive negative emotions, stress, etc. which leads to bigger problems. Mr. Misko is a true gentleman, and his perspective on this whole incident has actually taught me personally to engage myself in a way that leads to a positive experience, the "get more with honey than vinegar" attitude that always will prevail in the end. We can't avoid carelessness by others, but we can avoid the negative results if we remain professional in our fields. Honey is definitely sweeter than vinegar...if you don't think so, then try a swig of each one and get back to me on it, LOL... I hope this has inspired someone today to take that little piece of experience and apply it to their circumstance. This deal isn't settled for us as of the publishing of this blog of course, but the outcome will be fine regardless of the whole deal because of Mr. Bill Misko's attitude at Cutter's Small Engine Sales & Service in Pinson (Birmingham area,) Alabama, and freightquote.com for their excellent customer services as well. Business in general, is very simple...the wrong people involved can make it difficult. Happy selling & buying! Tom Szirbik, Sr. Iron Mountain Iron & equipment, LLC http://www.ironmountainiron.com

Charity Auctions for Fallen Firefighters

OnlineAuction.com has organized a group effort to raise funds to benefit the families of the firefighters who were lost in Prescott, AZ not long ago. Sellers from all across the U.S.A. have donated various types of items to be put up for bid. From jewelry and collectibles, to top-brand name purses and golf clubs, there is sure to be something to tempt even the most discerning buyer!

The sellers will be donating the cost of shipping, as well, so don't miss this opportunity to save on shipping fees and, more importantly, support these national heroes and their families!

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Memories . . . . .

Hi, my name is Amy and we (my husband and I) manage KornKountryTreasures. How did we get started doing this?

Well, we love garage sales . . . . I mean, we LOVE garage sales!! When we started, it was the first year of the HWY 141 Sales, here in Iowa. This is a 100 mile stretch of towns all the way north from Des Moines, participating in this sale!! It is usually the first Friday and Saturday in August.

What do we look for? Well, we love to find old things. I particularly like to find old things that tweak my memory banks a bit.

Growing up, my sister, brother and I spent a lot of time at my maternal grandparents place in Joliet, Montana. Grandma "Pete"  was  a very special grandma, letting us play "house" upstairs in the little apartment in that huge old two story house!!

The "big" house!! Gosh, it shrunk!!

We each got to spend a week there, sometimes two. And Grandma would let me use some of her dishes, measuring cups and pans to "pretend".

Me as a toddler

My mother was a working mother (even then it took two incomes), a seamstress and a very good one!! So, I never learned how to sew correctly . . . .  I like to cheat!! I never had the patience that Mom had. And Mom liked to collect dishes, lots of dishes! My sister liked that more than I did but as I have gotten older, the dishes I see in some of these sales and flea markets remind me of Grandma Pete and my Mom. And now, they also remind me of my sister.

Grandma and Mom 1958

Today I thought "Now I've seen everything" when I saw a recipe come up on Facebook for Macaroni and Tomatoes . . . . . does anyone else remember eating that with a little sugar on top? This was a staple at our house. Or stewed tomatoes. And I thought of the memories . . . . .

And Mom had ironstone dishes (I still have one) and then went on to Blue Onion dishes which I now have . . . . I don't collect all the things that Mom did but I do like to have them in my sight for just awhile . . . 'til they find a new home. So, I compromise. I don't collect the dishes but I love finding the dishes and other things that spur that spark of memory!!

So, now that I've rambled on . . . . . and on, perhaps you might be looking for something that will spur a memory or two, or perhaps something brand new. Whatever it is, come on over to OnlineAuction.com to check and if you are selling, this is the BEST place to be!! No listing fees, no final value fees, one $8 fee a month or $96 a year, however you wish to pay. That's it!! Period.

Now, just so you know that we do have some fantastic items here on OLA.com, I'm going to list a few for you:

Fiesta Mixing Bowl at Goldi's. Remember Mom or Grandma mixing the bread in one of these? I do.

 

Here is a signed hardback Ruth Wakefield Toll House Recipe book offered by TaraSevich5gsh at Two Antiques.

 

I don't quite remember churning butter but here is a super Dazey churn offered by RoundPrairie2. I do remember drinking "raw" milk, however. But since we didn't live on a farm, I missed out on the churn part!!

 

And of course, the Blue Onion patterns  . . . . . so many of them that my Mom collected! This is a Kensington Staffordshire Plate, a little different, but equally beautiful, offered by RoseGarden!

So, come on over and take a peek!! If you are on Facebook, join us at OnlineAuction.comFacebook! We'd love to have you!! And, please, stop in at our store, KornKountryTreasures and see what we are offering . . . . you just never know!!! See what things we have listed that will trigger your special memories!!

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