• Don't bid on something to monitor it-- Use the watching feature instead.  
• "Sniping" is okay-- The only bid that matters is the last, highest bid . . . does it matter when you place it?  
• Bid with odd amounts-- $51.53 instead of $50.00 when the latest high bid is $48.00 (I have won lots simply because of that $0.03).  
• Always bid in the last 15 seconds of the auction and have a second window open with a slightly higher bid set to bid again at the eight seconds left mark.  
• Don't be afraid to ask questions and for more pictures-- This is a remote, non-inspection auction.  
• Try to have other similar lots ready if you lose the first lot (I rarely lost a lot using the above techniques).  
• Pay quickly and leave good feedback only if you get good service and a good feedback about your half of the transaction.  

• Close your garage door in both summer and winter to keep the cool/heat in.

Learn something new everyday!  Here is today's quote:

• That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part . . . Thomas Jefferson

Words to live by . . .



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I highly recommend the following be in your personal library:

I am a self improvement enthusiast.  I believe you should always strive to improve body, mind, and spirit. One way to improve your mind and be more successful in life (there by improving the quality of one's life) is to expand your vocabulary. With that in mind,here is today's new word . . . 

Synonyms: artificial, bogus, deceptive, false, illegitimate, imitation, make-believe, mock, phony, simulated
Antonyms: authentic, genuine, real

When buying a diamond ring, be sure the stone is not spurious.



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• Turn off the lights when you leave a room.

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Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum was an American businessman and showman who founded a circus that became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was outspoken-- here are some of his quotes:

• There's a sucker born every minute
• Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed
• Without promotion something terrible happens... Nothing!
• Many persons are always kept poor, because they are too visionary. Every project looks to them like certain successes, and therefore they keep changing from one business to another, always in hot water, always 'under the harrow'."
• Men who drive sharp bargains with their customers, acting as if they never expected to see them again, will not be mistaken. They will never see them again as customers. People don't like to pay and get kicked also
• Every crowd has a silver lining
• Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant
• which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done
• Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until your experience shows that you should abandon it
• If I shoot at the sun I may hit a star
• Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now

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I am a self improvement enthusiast.  I believe you should always strive to improve body, mind, and spirit. One way to improve your mind and be more successful in life (thereby improving the quality of one's life) is to expand your vocabulary. With that in mind, here is today's new word . . . 

Many frugal people can rightly be referred to as parsimonious in their nature.



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• Turn off unused lights and appliances  
• Use compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)  
• Take short hot water showers  
• Don't over do hot water washer cycles  
• Don't over dry clothes in the dryer  
• Offset heating oil with wood fires  
• Keep the thermostat in the low 60s, not the 70s  
• Dress appropriately for the season  
• Use rechargeable batteries  
• Avoid fuel waste when using our vehicles  

• Check the air pressure of your tires 1-2 times per month to save gas and drive safe.