Browsing the archives for the holiday tag

eBay’s 5¢ Insertion Fee for Media Listings ends after next holiday season (December 31, 2010)

eBay announced a lot of big changes today and I covered most of them here. But they snuck in something else that was easy to miss as it was buried in the FAQ on another page. I wanted to call your attention to this little tidbit. What will happen with the existing 5¢ Insertion Fee [...]

Holiday etiquette question: Someone shipped you a gift that arrived broken. Should you tell them?

I think this one might be a bit out of Miss Manner’s realm of expertise so I pose it to all of you. A friend mailed me a small gift, a holiday music CD in a thin cardboard sleeve. Instead of taking it the post office and alerting them that it needed special handling, she [...]

Is blogging in December a total waste of time? Do you have time to read right now?

I mean, seriously, I’m not reading any blogs right now, I’m way too busy with holiday stuff. I’m willing to bet the same applies to you. Even if I do see a post I want to read, I simply bookmark it for later rather than drop everything and read it now. And long posts? Don’t [...]

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