Happy NEW YEAR 2009.........

can not say I am sorry to see 2008 go........along with the 100 or so items I sent to new homes via EBAY....YIPPEE!!!!

It was not easy, I think the entire month of December was spent writing up listings, packing items and visiting the post office. I love the workers at the NEWTOWN, PA post office, they
are absolutely the greatest!

anyway, am heading off to celebrate this New Years with some music friends of mine and looking forward to kicking back and listening to some blues and jazz......and relaxing for a bit.......before getting back to EBAY....to post more new things.

I am not real happy with the ebay venue....so I am looking into some other auction outlets...for the coming year. Would love to hear from my readers if they found other auction outlets for collectibles that they prefer to ebay.

Their fees are so high and so are paypals.......and it is hard to make a buck when you are up against the power sellers.......and these DSR ratings. I got nailed by someone, which I think is an accident, on shipping and handling costs. Since I charge actual ship costs, plus a small handling fee I have no idea why someone would have done that. It really ticks me off after working so hard to get the packages packed securely and to the post as expediantly as possible. It lowered my ratings and thus the visibility of my auction items.

I wrote to ebay, but so far all I have gotten is canned responses. Their customer service for sellers is worthless........so far. I am not happy with it...it sure could use some major improvement....

I am still buried in stuff to sell.......and looking forward to sending it to good homes in the coming year.

Gotta run and dry my tresses, am off to party out 2008.........and bring in the new year.
Best wishes to all my readers for a wonderful clutter free or freeing new year 2009.

Smiles to you,
Dee Cluttering...

New way to make cash.....and find out about NEW PRODUCTS

I just found this great website that pays you to try out new products, services, and websites. You can make $5 to $75 per survey, and you even get to keep the products you review! The surveys are really easy, and the membership is ABSOLUTELY FREE, so there is NOTHING to lose!

Check it out by clicking HERE!

This appears to be a bonafide site...they do not sell your information. They actually pay you for each and every survey that you complete. It is not one of those sites that you are entered into a sweepstakes to get paid. Each survey pays you cash, which can go directly into your paypal account.

I signed up, because it has a payout per survey completed....without leaving your home. I need to earn money anyway that I can these days....because, I am an out of work displaced housewife. I know that with all the financial mess these days, I am not alone in needing to find alternate means of support. I hope this helps others as well.

Wishing you all a wonderful week,
DEE CLUTTERING

Tied to my desk chair...........

and ebaying my fingers to the bone!!!

Tedious, but, I have actually clicked and shipped 41 items OUTTA HERE! How is that for progress. Preparing to post many new things by this weekend in preparation for Christmas shopping. I have three families worth of christmas decorations....many vintage xmas balls for
sale.

If you have interest in something particular, please leave me a note in the comment section. I have xmas trees, glitter, garlands.....and lots handcrafted items as well. I must have 6 bins in my basement filled to the brim with all kinds of goodies, so please keep checking out my ebay store.

I have actually cleared a corner in my office and got a lot of papers off the floor, making using my desk more desirable....How we torture ourselves with the clutter of our lives.....is a continual amazement to me.

My closet collapsed and I have been so busy, that entire rack of clothes is taking up my get a way massage chair...( am I punishing myself or what???) and the floor in front of the TV...UGGGH! for three weeks now. finished patching the holes and need to sand and repaint and then rehang....the wire shelf. Where is a man when you need one????

Anyway, I saw this new great product...which I am posting here. With the high cost of razor blades today.....this is a great thing to own....and would make a great gift for just about anyone this holiday season........check it out....



Here's to a wonderful halloween holiday........
Smiles,
Dee Cluttering

Shameless Advertising Wednesday.....

Great new hair removal product.......that I found.



Try it you might like it........

Yours Truly,
Dee Cluttering

To Panic or Not...The Current Financial Crisis....etc

No one is buying my stuff on ebay. I think this financial crisis is getting to everyone. It was so quiet on my street today, even the birds were not chirping. The traffic up and down the street was little or none. Not even people walking around the neighborhood chatting.

I have to admit, at this point my stomach is Queasy and I am not in the mood to cook dinner or go anywhere and pretend my life is hunky doory. I am worried, but for different reasons than most. I know when the dust clears, it is the little guy that will be hurt by all of this. I am one of them. Did I have time to consider whether the banker's were doing right by me, the mortgage brokers, the government, the oil companies.

Nope, I have just been waking up and trying to Dee-Clutter what was left of my divorce war torn life. Trying to get a job, trying to make money to support myself, trying to pay my bills any which way I could. I am a displaced housewife, without a career to support myself. I got rooked by my ex- hubbie, the court system, the mortgage company....and I am trying to keep my head above water one day at a time.

I did not get much out of my divorce, my ex was great at hiding money and lying to the court system. He was smarter than me or the idiot lawyers I could only afford to defend myself. I spent 4 years in divorce court, for every trumped up charge he could make up. I watched as his lies were far superior to my truth. I learned and what I learned, I am watching happening in the greater scheme of my world. Here is my two cents if anyone might be interested.

How did that happen? I should have gotten 4 years alimony and a greater split of the assets. I was the good wife, who ran around for everyone...supported my husband in every aspect of his life. I got stuck holding the bag. Expensive lesson in life, never the less a lesson. Doing the right thing is not something that is popular today. My mistake, was not lying, cheating and hiding assets...and finding a replacement spouse before the separation....like he did. What I have learned since,
this is what most people do, foolish me. I thought honor was something to strive for in life....that was honored and respected by others. Not in today's world, not in divorce court or in this global financial crisis.

There are new rules, GREED. This is what people honor and respect. This is who we help out. This is not where this problem started, WALL STREET. It started at hiked up interest rates, by bankers who were only paying the depositors 1% for borrowing their money, while they were collecting interest on credit paper in the double digits, that was after they plied you with 0% loans, and then jacked up the interest rates to 21.99%...and at the same time hit the merchants for a big fat fee for taking your card.

I figure the real estimate is they got about 30% on every dollar that was spent in this nation on credit cards...oh and then there are the ridiculous fees they get if someone sends you a bad check, you pay....late fees that are sky high...and holding the money you deposit for 7 days when they get it in 3....and depositing over night for 4 days with the interest going to them. Why wasn't that vig enough to cover their bad mortgage paper? I think that vig is real close to what lone sharks make...and they are not crying poor.

Then ridiculous housing prices, funded by that bogus mortgage paper. But who financed those builders that built those big houses, that required 100% mortgages. Look to those that profited from the rising housing prices.... and who bought those expensive houses that were financed 100%. I don't know about you, but I can't afford a penthouse in miami beach on the ocean even if they gave me a 100% mortgage.
People with that kind of money don't care about credit reports or credit card loans, they have cash.

They just woke up and packed up their things and gave the bank the penthouse when the value went lower and stopped paying their mortgages. It was cheaper than rent...and tax deductible. These people are judgement proof, their money is in trusts and businesses that can't be sued.

Sounds like Mr. Potter from Bedford falls....to me. Where were the government regulations then. What happened to the limits on interest rates, that used to exit
in my state and yours. Who removed them?

It was compounded by tripled energy prices, when salaries did not increase in a manner commensurate.

Why is it the government is not buying my paper, that was used to pay the high housing cost, high interest rates and high energy costs....If they wrote me a big fat check....and all the rest of us little guys, we would go about living and spending like we usually do....and trust me the economy would be stimulated....
and FAST. Jobs would be had....perhaps not in the banking center...but, since when
is this government in business supporting legalized loan sharking?

Personally, I think the heads of all those financial institutions should be prosecuted for their sheer greed... Who removed those limits? And where has doing business in good faith gone and making a fair and respectable profit gone? Last I heard loan sharking was illegal business activity?

and while they were charging that high interest they were only paying depositors 1%
interest on the their money they were lending? That is a big profit margin....where
did it go? It went somewhere....other than covering all these defaulting mortgages.

I smell a big old rat,or two.... somewhere in this story. I doubt I am alone.

And everyone selling their stocks at such low prices, remember someone is buying
that stock from you at a very, very low price. Ask yourself who?

I traded stocks for awhile, and inside those trading chat rooms they always talked about getting stock out of the weak hands, people that panic. You never put a stop loss on a nasdaq stock, or those market makers will swoop down and get it at the price you, the unsuspecting investor sets. The nasdaq is run differently than the NYSE. Different rules. Why didn't your broker tell you?

GREED. They make a profit on that trade when you sell, it is called a brokerage fee. All this panic, is making THEM, that caused this mess, richer!!! You who are panicking,are unwittingly, making those that caused the panic....richer. This is a circuitous problem and panic is not the answer.

Cramer tells you to sell, what is Cramer doing? I'll bet he is buying.

Wall street, are the institutions that caused this big mess.........and are raking in the dough as the sales of securities come pouring in, and they are the people that will buy your securities at the deeply marked down prices....and will sell them back to you when you buy them back at a higher price, in a few months when the media calms down and there is another story....that is bigger. So while they are crying whoa is me....they are raking in the dough from your panic.

Personally, I think the staggering gasoline price situation, for that matter sky high commodities prices for raw materials, has caused more severe damage to this economy, than this bad mortgage paper. I did not see the government or Wall Street step up to the plate to subsidize that economic problem....I wonder why?

Why can't these people pay their mortgages, could it be their energy costs have tripled and their wages have not....their stock accounts have not? I did not see a tax deduction for people who suddenly one day could not afford their rents or mortgages, because they had to pay three times as much to go to work and do their errands. Why?

Is the housing market caving because people do not have disposable income to save to buy new homes, because of the high energy prices? If the fed is dropping its rates to help this problem, why aren't the mortgage companies and banks passing this savings down to us the consumer? We might all have more spendable income to get this economy going. What was it jimmy stewart said to Mr. Potter?

It is these working people who do all the spending and living in this town.

The banks would not have had to finance people's personal shortfall, if the energy prices did not triple in the last few years, with wages not increasing. Think about it. People take credit to buy things that they can not afford on their earnings. What caused us the consumer to run short????? It was suddenly going from paying $25 to fill my gas tank to $65! That is $40 more every time I fill my tank. HELLO????

Instead of panicking.....start thinking it out rationally. This is a game of Greed and it is running rampant in this country. What happened to honor? What happened to reasonable profits? And why should that require government intervention?

Maybe it is just me but, I SMELL BIG RATS in this picture, BIG GREEDY RATS and a cover up.....that we all will be reading about, in a few years.

and Media, please give us the facts....not BUZZ words. What happened to the real reporters, who hit the street and brought truth to the newspapers and tv news rooms?

I personally think the best thing we can all do, it sit down, dee-clutter our homes and lives, while the government and wall street clean up the mess they made. And if we are real smart, we will not sell out our country and all the good companies on wall street that are well run, that we have invested in. That is not smart. The BIG RATS are counting on you, to PANIC....so DON'T.

off soap box....someone had to say it....I am no financial expert....just thoughts
from a frazzled ex-wife of one of those fat cats. I know how they think....that is how I got screwed in my divorce.... They already have their money in their mattresses, before they ever, ever are going to drop some kind of hint that you put yours there. THINK ABOUT IT!

These people have no honor, STOP BELIEVING they are looking out for you!!!

In the meantime, if you have cash, statistics show the best place to put your cash is in collectibles. They have shown a continuous rise in value even when the financial markets fell. Kovels.com has a big article on this subject. If you google it you will find more articles. So hit Ebay and hit craigs list and look for collectibles that historically have increased in value.

Wishing you a great day,
Yours Truly,
Dee Cluttering

Five New Collectibles Posted to Ebay....

Reed & Barton Pewter Creamer P 212

I successfully researched and valued five more things today. You will find these items in my

ebay store this weekend when they are uploaded.

I could not find any information on specific pattern numbers of REED & BARTON PEWTER, ie.

style name or pattern year according pattern number. If anyone knows how to do this, please help me........I would so appreciate it.

I have a big rubbermaid tub filled with pewter and spent half the day trying to find anything and everything out about it....with no luck.

here is what is going up in addition to the creamer to the left :

a brass sword letter opener, from the 30's

two brass shoe ashtrays from the 30's

a glass tomato paperweight

52 relaxing rituals by lynn gordon

you can search this on amazon....one of the best parts of ebay for selling books, you can enter title and they fill in most of the blanks for you.....so it is quick to put them up for sale......YIPPEE.

a scandinavian art pottery bird.

The other good news of the day, is I finally got paid for something that was looking like a non-respondent.....purchaser. It is almost two weeks later and after reporting it to ebay, seems they

got the buyer to actually pay me....and it was a big item. So I won't be having to relist the item....

at least for now.

If anyone is interested in purchasing the items above before they go to auction....please post to the comment section and I will give the prices.

It is a beautiful sunny fall day here on the east coast.....and I am exhausted from researching prices and specifics for today....this is hard work for newbies. So going to take the pups for a walk....before the sun goes down and make myself a well deserved dinner.

wishing you all the best.....

Yours Truly,

DEE CLUTTERING

Sell Your OLD GOLD, Silver, platinum.......READ THIS FIRST!

Yes, those old earrings from the 60's and 70's and those big monster earrings from the ostentatious 80's that you would not be caught dead in anymore....can be turned into Big BUCKS........

Gold closed today September 30th, 2008 at $870.00 per ounce. Yes, you have $$$$ in your old jewelry box that you are not using to your advantage....go to this site to get values for your gold.

You can also find silver, palladium and platinum prices there. Weigh your stuff, it may be more valuable melted than sold as is. Metal is at an all time high. That coin may have more value melted than it does as a collectible. This has happened in the past and the reason that some old coins have few remaining. It was to the holder of the coin's advantage to MELT IT, rather than spend it or save it as a collectible.

This is the same with your solid sterling silver items. Weigh them before selling them. Calculate it's silver value, before setting an auction value. The value you might get on auction, should not be less than you can sell it melted down!!!!

Aunt Bertha's ugly old silver candy dish may be worth more melted than you can sell it for at auction.

Now that you know this, you can buy solid sterling earrings, solid gold earrings for less than they are worth. Others, may not realize what they are disposing of has more value than they think. Send it away to have it melted down and make an instant profit.

I recommend this place for selling your gold or other metals. They make it easy to do.



Try them you might like them.

WISHING you WISDOM in your transitional life...be smart, be smarter.

Yours Truly,
DEE CLUTTERING

My First Post by DEE CLUTTERING

Hello,

My name is Dee Cluttering and this is MY NEW BLOG. I am an unemployed EX-Wife otherwise known as a DISPLACED HOUSEWIFE....this is my claim to fame.

I am no longer MRS. Womanizing Cheating Wealthy MAN....this has its good points and bad points.

The first being that I am no longer married to MR. WCWM....this is good news!

The bad news, is although the court system deemed me employable, and left me without reabilitative alimony, directly due to the biased behavior of Judge She is In my Ex-Husband's Pocket, I am not.

My only asset is a rather large home, over valued in a crashing housing market filled with CLUTTER, that I am learning slowly, HAS A LOT OF VALUE, even though it looked like a bunch of junk to me. This blog will document my journey and wisdom gained through the LUTTER removal process. I have learned much already this year. For my first post, I will share some of that wisdom with you.

I have heard start your own business DEE, well I attempted to do just that and got ripped off by an unscrupulous landlord, who unbeknowst to me, allowed a THIEF to also rent a store in his mall. After being robbed by said antique thief when I attempted to sell some indian artifacts that I owned and some coins, I decided I probably should not rent space at the mall. The owner a friend of the THEIF's father agreed and promised to return my security deposit and cost for lighting he insisted that I install. This wealthy man ripped me off to the tune of some $1600,plus five months of wasted effort.

This theft is the subject of a current police investigation. It has been ongoing for the past 6 months and neither of said theives have been arrested, NO search warrant has been obtained, nor have my possessions been recovered yet. I am told this is in progress, but personally I do not think that the police care that I have been robbed and may even think I deserved to be robbed, because of my naivite.

I personally feel that we live in a world where people CAN and DO walk into your home, steal your property, and seem to have more rights than you do to YOUR PROPERTY, in the eyes of the law. THIS SHOULD NOT BE.

Here is some of what I learned from Selling my ANTIQUES, JUNK, Trash, Family Heirlooms, etc. TO DATE:

1. Never let an antique dealer remove your antiques from your home, without YOU attached to them. Even if they take photos and give you a signed inventory list and insist that your property must be authenticated prior to establishing a sales price.

If your property is to be authenticated, then you send it to the place they designate or you bring it there, ONLY!!!!

2. If you do let them remove your things and they are not promptly returned, GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE POLICE and report the crime, even if your attorney boyfriend is claiming they are reputable individuals and you are panicking.

3. I repeat go immediately to the police, YOU HAVE BEEN ROBBED!

4. Your possessions are probably worth a good deal more than you can imagine.

5. Let me repeat this: YOUR POSSESSIONS ARE PROBABLY WORTH A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE, so you are a sitting DUCK to most potential purchasers.

6. Antique Dealers, know that you don't know. Their job is not to educate you, though they will surely promise to do so. Their job is to get your valuable article out of your hands and into their greedy hands for as cheaply as possible to maximize their profits. Think USED CAR SALESMAN at all times when you are in the vicinity of Antique Dealers.

7. Before allowing any antique dealer to visit you at your home, get their name and address, years in business, business name(s), phone numbers and check them out. In pennsylvania you can go to this site and check anyone out for FREE......past crimes, past DUI's, past misdemeanors, past lawsuits....

If I had known about this, I would have known that the person who was in charge was a THIEF and had served time in jail, despite having been born into a very reputable wealthy american family and a TRUST FUND of his own and would NEVER HAVE ALLOWED HIM IN MY HOME, despite the advice that I use him by said former attorney boyfriend.

8. Wealth does not necessarily make you a charitable, honorable person who would not cheat others of lesser means. Having more money than you does not make a person HONEST, in fact, they are most probably dishonest, in my humble opinion.

The Antique dealer was wealthy. He still robbed me.

The landlord was wealthy too, he is married to an attorney and ripped me off and refused to return my security deposit and cost of fixtures already installed in my store, as promised.

Learn from my naivite, most people today are not honorable, especially when they promise to be!!!!

9. If at all possible, have a friend witness any transaction you make with an Antique Dealer.

10. If you sell your CLUTTER on ebay or other available alternate sites, instead of nothing, YOU WILL GET SOMETHING. It is a free market trade between you the seller and the buyer.

If I had gotten $1 for each item stolen I would have been ahead of where I am now. I would not have had to waste my time documenting the theft to the police, frustrated with the police slow investigative and arrest process, nor would some of my property be sitting in their evidence vault, without my ability to sell it. Another negative.

Trust yourself, YOU ARE TRUSTWORTHY.....everyone else is questionable!!!!!

Please visit my ebay store and give loving homes to my STUFF.....it needs a new home.....and I need the money to pay my mortgage!!!!

Oh and one last thing, I love to hear your comments, I want your help so feel free to give it to me and share your experiences here with others. Tell us what we don't know, help us to help ourselves. Everyone needs a little help sometimes....ME, I need a lot ....I believe that knowing you don't KNOW....is a sign of WISDOM.

If you have any questions on the divorce process or seek my personal advice, feel free to ask away in the comment section. If I can help I will or perhaps a reader can help you. I promise to respond as soon as possible.

wishing you wisdom in this transitional phase of your life and.......

ME TOO!!!

Yours Truly,

DEE CLUTTERING