My First One!!

[ithacaartist]

I sell on Gunbroker and try really hard to make my descriptions clear and accessible. My listings display or link to all the other info--name, address, email, and are explicit about the extra charge for PayPal. When I buy something myself, sending payment is my next step. All the info one needs is right there in everyone's listings. All anybody has to do is read, and follow simple directions.

It seems to me that no matter what steps are taken to make things simple enough to be understood by a beginner, there are always some--including old-timers--who have to be taken by the hand and led every step of the way.

I always leave a dimensioned sketch, materials specified along with any other special considerations, when having outside processing or fabricating done. The kid who chopped my brass couldn't read a tape measure. "Sixty-eight and two big marks and one little one past the halfway mark..."