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  1. PrettySquareGal

    L.L.Bean scraps lifetime return policy

    Thank you, Lizzie, for suggesting some years ago that I read The Status Seekers. It changed my views and this thread is now speaking to some of what's in the book. I highly recommend anyone interested in class to read it.
  2. PrettySquareGal

    L.L.Bean scraps lifetime return policy

    As an aside, their marketing copy has been awful, in my opinion. The whole "Be an outsider" and now "The Outside Is Inside Everything We Make."
  3. PrettySquareGal

    Is ebay about to end selling vintage and unique items?

    "John Donahoe, the new boss of eBay announced that he wants Ebay to work as a strip market and not as a unruly flea market. Amazon as of late has been taking over most of Ebay’s best buyers and sellers." That was a quote from 2008 and I recall very well when he took over. That was the beginning...
  4. PrettySquareGal

    Is ebay about to end selling vintage and unique items?

    I have been in the process of selling off many vintage items in my collections, so I am definitely going to watch how this unfolds.
  5. PrettySquareGal

    Is ebay about to end selling vintage and unique items?

    But it might eliminate the items you wish to purchase if sellers can no longer list them under the new policies. That's the concern.
  7. PrettySquareGal

    Is ebay about to end selling vintage and unique items?

    The issue is that ebay is forcing sellers to select their listed product from a catalog that will pre-populate many of the fields. As it's written, if it's not in the catalog it can't be listed which would eliminate the option to list vintage and unique items. But then digging further as I...
  8. PrettySquareGal

    Is ebay about to end selling vintage and unique items?

    I'm digging into the details and see this: To meet buyers’ continuously evolving expectations, eBay is transitioning many categories to a product-based shopping experience where all listings for the same product are grouped together...
  9. PrettySquareGal

    Is ebay about to end selling vintage and unique items?

    eBay Announces Spring 2018 Seller Update Excerpt: By May, “when you attempt to modify existing listings, relist existing listings (including Good ‘til Cancelled), or create a new listing for an item in any condition within the Phase 1 product lines, and you do not associate it with a product...
  10. PrettySquareGal

    L.L.Bean scraps lifetime return policy

    No hope and he's not that new. He is a former Walmart China CEO and must be behind what we're now seeing: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-smith-306b2515/
  11. PrettySquareGal

    L.L.Bean scraps lifetime return policy

    L.L.Bean had this policy in place right before the new change to one year only that addressed not accepting returns from yard sales, etc but left the overall guarantee intact: Easy Returns & Exchanges We make pieces that last, and if they don't, we want to know about it. L.L. himself always...
  13. PrettySquareGal

    L.L.Bean scraps lifetime return policy

    https://www.pressherald.com/2018/02/09/l-l-bean-scraps-lifetime-return-policy/ Thoughts?
  14. PrettySquareGal

    The Real Reason Malls Are Closing

    I've always considered language choice as part of one's presentation.
  15. PrettySquareGal

    Sears might be going belly up

    Sort of related: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/11/news/companies/sams-club-store-closing/index.html I've never shopped at a Sam's Club, or Costco...
  16. PrettySquareGal

    Sears might be going belly up

    Bangor, Maine Sears is on the list, which is one of three remaining anchor stores in that mall after Macy's closed.
  17. PrettySquareGal

    Chronic Illness

    I live with chronic PTSD since a very young age. I do not take any medications for it by choice, the reasons for which I do not want to get into. I have been in therapy and made great strides but some things will always remain, it seems. Presently my biggest challenge is perimenopause which has...
  19. PrettySquareGal

    Chronic Illness

    God bless you and I hope you had a great pee! Seriously, you have a great approach and a winning attitude. I am so sorry to hear you have had to deal with this and the loss of your wife.
  20. PrettySquareGal

    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    And where in Maine does one find such a thing? This former NYer needs to know!
  21. PrettySquareGal

    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    Thank you! I think unless someone has been through that they might not understand what it feels like to always be on guard. I'm sorry to hear that you get it! But yay, no more!
  22. PrettySquareGal

    Changes in Attitude in Marriage & Divorce from the Golden Era to Now.

    I was married for 16 years. I initiated the divorce in 2014 even though I knew my world was going to fall apart in all ways and even though I still loved him. I couldn't walk on eggshells any longer and was done trying to make him happy by NOT BEING ME. It's trite but true that you find out who...
  23. PrettySquareGal

    The Gender Thread, vive la difference!

    I bring my fiance his coffee in the morning and I have a hot homemade dinner on the table every night because I love to do it. I do it by choice and not because it's expected of me. If there were any hints of condescension or patronizing expectations that'd be a different story.

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