SO.. This Happened ....
I had a Dragon mold listed for sale on my website.. .. My website has what is called 'market share' .. meaning that items that I list on my website are also listed on my Ebay account automatically.. however, this connection is not immediate.. and this also means that when something sells - either on Ebay or my website - it is not immediately removed from the other site.. ..even though this has caused issues, this is a great tool because it gives me more customers .. however, , the delay in updating inventory has been an issue a couple times ..
so, back to the dragon .. It sold on my website, and before it updated it also sold on my eBay to a different buyer .. at the same time I had several other sales i was trying to process .. I sent a refund to the eBay buyer, and somehow it 'restocked' the item in my website, which in turn restocked it to eBay.. .. I did not notice this rite away until it came through and SOLD the next day AGAIN on my website .. what a mess .. what was I doing wrong lol .. I started to get frazzled because I was already behind on my shipping because I was also in the process of loading and hauling several thousands of molds home that I just purchased.. .. so my attention was being pulled in way to many directions .. .. so,, I refunded the new buyer.. this is an embarrassing thing because you would think that a website owner would have there act together rite?? and that I should be wittier and on top of everything and quick to get it all figured out .. NOPE .. it only got worse .. NOW I CANT FIND THE DUMB DRAGON!! .. and mind you, this is a BIG MOLD .. that is the only reason I was going to sell a beloved dragon, because I have a hard time with the big molds and this mold was BIG .. and now its missing, HOW!!! ... by now the original buyer is messaging me about the status of the purchase and shipping .. and I had to issue a refund because I, the website owner, solo operator, manager, packer, shipper, hauler, crazy unorganized chaos of a ceramicist... cant find her purchase .... and its not like it could actually fly away,, I knew it had to be here somewhere.. I mean, I only have about 50k molds at home, but all the ones for sale were in a designated area And this one was BIG.. How can I not see it!! I thought Maybe I sent it by accident to the wrong person, but everything i ship is tracked via my website, and my Lord I would remember packing that Big mold! .. NOPE, its GONE.. I went Crazy Looking for it.. I sold it 3 times, refunded it 3 times and its no where to be found... this was all a couple weeks ago .. and Yesterday, .... I found the dragon .. not because I was looking for it anymore .. not because it sold again because it isn't listed on my website or eBay.. .. I wish I could show you where this mold was literally at my feet and easy to see, if I would have looked under my work table that I stand at EVERY DAY ! .. my molds for sale are in a designated 10x20 canopy tent.. lined with shelves that all the listed molds are on .. in the middle of this tent I have a skinny marble table that i use for taking pictures and weighing out the molds .. under the marble table, there is a cross bar support... this is where I put that BIG Dragon MOld .. I remember it now.. because the mold is so big.. I didn't want to put it on my plastic shelves in fear that the weight would be to much for them.. so I tucked it at my feet under the table that I work at everyday .. ... I only found it because the big box fan that i had under my table fell over and when I bent down to pick it up .. TADA ! THERE IT WAS! .. I let out this half squawk .. which was a combination of a scream, cry, laugh, and maybe a little drool because my mouth was so far open a bird could have nested in it .. .. I have to admit that I felt SO DUMB yet so Happy to see that Dragon Mold! .. but i don't know if I'm going to relist it .. lol .. at least not for a while .. I think maybe I should possibly keep it and talk my husband into building me a hoist :) . .. IDK .. but that is the story about The BIG DRAGON MOLD.. tif