To The Observatory My Friends!....

I'm an avid Ebayer as much as the next person. I never saw the point in it last year, until I found myself with a lot of old stuff which I didnt need anymore. So I chanced it, and put some dvds up on there. And despite the stupid amount of deductions in fees, it did actually feel good to sell stuff! This last two weeks, I have been selling games on Ebay which my mum found under the stairs, and am happy to say the least to have made a lovely little amount of around £34 to put into my ISA. Not bad for a bunch of old games we don't play anymore!

So after finally selling them all yesterday, I looked at my IKEA Christmas present sitting quietly on my desk just to my left. And knowing I dont use it, I thought I'd have a quick look on ebay for a general idea of what I could get for it. Not surprisingly the other 1000 IKEAns who got the alarm clock which John Lewis sell for £97 had theirs on there too! Might leave it a while, see if I can get more than £50 which the other sellers are getting at the moment.
As I was saying, I was ebaying away, using different keywords to find the radio on ebay. And I ended up opening a whole world of people who sell IKEA stuff on Ebay! And MY GOD it is ridiculous! People actually have Ebay businesses where they've gone into IKEA, bought a load of stuff, then sold it on!!! Foe example, our 100 pack of Glimma tealights are £1.65. How much did I find one guy selling them for??? Wait for it....£7.50...YES...you read right. So I emailed the guy, out of pure SHOCK more than anything. the thing is, some saddo who doesn't live near to an IKEA or isn't aware of how much we sell them for, will actually buy them from this con artist.

Shamefully he isn't the only one. Makes me feel sick.

Talking about stuff that makes me feel sick, I sat down on my break at work today with the Daily Telegraph. In it I found a story about a babysitter who stuck the baby she was childminding in the tumble dryer for three minutes and watched him spin round. Do I need to say anymore?

WHAT. ON. EARTH.

I got home, and thought I'd google the story to find out more. Not only did I find this article, but several others about different cases across the UK and USA where people have stuck babaies in tumble dryers. Not only tumble though people; bins, freezers and dishwashers are also popular choices. Guaranteed, give it a year and all kitchen and household appliances will come with warnings on to NOT PUT CHILDREN INSIDE.

So yeah, it's been a good day for observations. Roll on next week....