Wow! Yesterday was scary & exciting at the same time!

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.  I must say that yesterday was the most exciting, scary, invigorating, exhilarating, dramatic days I have had in a LONG time!  Here's what happened....

My sweet little Ashleigh Simone's (Florian by Petra Lechner) auction was listed with a starting bid of $199 last Sunday.  She was ending yesterday & her bid was already up to $2100 a day before she ended & 2 of the highest bidders had 0 feedback.  This scared the crap out of me because I'd heard so much about non paying bidders & thought maybe some kid was playing a sick joke on my auction & I hadn't put anything about 0 feedback bidders in my auction terms.

Well, thanks to the ladies over at ARC, they calmed me down & told me to contact the buyers to make sure they were serious.  Both bidders immediately contacted me back & assured me that they were serious but needed a layaway plan. This made me feel a little better (but not much).  Secretly, I was crossing my fingers & hoping the bidders with feedback would win the auction.  I literally felt sick to my stomach.  I didn't know what to do.

The ladies over at ARC were encouraging me.  So... getting to the good part... as the clock ticked down, within the last couple minutes of the auction, there was a battle between the bidder with feedback & the bidder with 0 feedback.  Everyone in my family from my children, my friends, my forum sisters, my Facebook fam all cheered me.  We were yelling & screaming & crying & having pretend heart attacks, falling on the floor & staring in misbelief & watched my baby SOAR from $2100 & end with a total bid of BRACE YOURSELF....

$3700!!!!!!!!!  I couldn't believe it.... Then I checked to see WHO had won & the bidder with 0 feedback won the baby!  I was so freaking scared!  I completely panicked & wanted to throw up!

But then, I get an eBay notice of the buying requesting me to invoice her for the 30% (non refundable) layaway deposit & she paid IMMEDIATELY!  What a relief!!!  I began to feel bad for not wanting her to win.  As I reflect today I realized that all of us have to start with 0 feedback on eBay.  Thank goodness my 1st experience was a good one.  I'm still on cloud 50 from yesterday but today, I can relax & root hair.

Thank u to everyone who helped me thru yesterday.  I really appreciate you.