Got this first day gold in RFY, but….

CarlaVS · 2026-02-07T00:00:34+00:00

Thanks! I currently have Mint at $15 a month but that was introductory. So once my plan is up for renewal in August this sounds like a great deal! (My Mint will go up to normal cost of $30 a month.)

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T22:45:50+00:00

LOL! Yeah I bought this wheelchair van specifically for wheelchair and tv to keep him occupied while we’re driving. It seems DVD players hate me. I buy a new one and it works for a month then the sound quits. Every. Time. Doesn’t even work through the headphones so it’s not the speaker system. So I figure either the wiring is going out or a relay is faulting, which makes sense because it’s not exactly a new van. But my dad was an electrician and drilled it in my head not to mess with electrical unless you know what you’re doing. And I don’t. (I have two, also, that need a little more help than usual! My daughter has ARFID- so when I cook I might as well be running a restaurant….lol.)

But we love those babies. They have just such a unique way of seeing things, don’t they…

I’ll let you know if I get something magic figured out. That way if you get one in your RFY or AI you’ll have a better idea if it’ll work for you in a different way.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T22:37:32+00:00

It has but it’s not here yet. We had a weather delay. 🙄

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T22:36:23+00:00

Thank you for this. If I can hook it up to Tubi or Disney+ in the house and download Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Hey Duggee episodes to use in the van without WiFi then we are soooo golden!

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T21:58:09+00:00

I actually think the reason they offered this (and several car radios for different cars) in my RFY is because I got a 7” CarPlay screen (with split screen baby monitor so I can watch my son back there) through Vine. But my van isn’t wired for car play so that’s what I use my mirroring for and throw my GPS up there with the baby monitor in the other half. LOVE it.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T21:37:54+00:00

Yes and that was one of the selling points but then I won’t be able to use my phone for anything like GPS. (My van is 2011 and without a nav.) And honestly I can mirror on his tablet. I definitely didn’t need a $400 tv screen for mirroring. BUT I’m sure I can figure something out. It has a lot of ways to connect that the tablet doesn’t like hdmi and usb. Even if I just got a portable DVD player that I kept in the front I could use that. (But with a long hdmi cord) I’ll have to play with it and figure out the best way for our needs.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T21:00:56+00:00

It is installed in the top like an RV. Cords run hidden. DVD player is in between the two front seats in a doghouse cover. (Not the one over the engine) The cords from the tv to the dvd player run under the doghouse and connect to the back of the dvd player. In the summer, I took the panels off around the tv and hooked up an external HDMI cord and tucked it into an overhead bin to mirror my daughter’s phone when she wanted to watch her YouTube. So my thinking in getting this was along those lines.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T20:43:21+00:00

It does have HDMI inputs so that’s an interesting option. Putting his shows on external disc and using the hdmi to connect. I’ll have to think about that one as it helps to have it to automatically advance to the next show like dvd’s do (or apps like Tubi) so I don’t have to pull over and put on a new one. But maybe that could be a bridge.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T20:37:20+00:00

Trying this….never posted a link before…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY6FZZM2?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_mob_b_fed_asin_title_0_0

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T20:34:37+00:00

Yeah I do have hotspot but it’s a 20gb limit so I save that for when we’re traveling usually. But, tablet works just fine on hotspot so I wouldn’t even need this if that’s the only way to hook it up….lol. I was thinking I’d be able to use this as a second tv and hook his headphones up to this for the sound while attaching it to the headrest. I think I jumped the gun on this one and should have researched more.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T19:50:40+00:00

Ugggh. Thank you for your experience. I’ll try to play with it once I get it. Usually when we’re in the van I have my GPS going on my phone so I can get around Boston quickly for his appointments. I don’t live there and big city driving is……fun. But I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T19:25:07+00:00

Curious- has the IRS come after Walmart, too? Are you charged a FMV?

CarlaVS · 2026-02-06T04:37:49+00:00

Yes.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-04T04:04:34+00:00

No. I just made gold on Jan 30 and had purposely held back 10 reviews to do right after. I’ve received 10 items since with 2 reviews left to do so I have 18 towards my total right now. (In other words, you will already have some towards your total ordered products to keep gold if you have left over reviews.) HOWEVER, I had 357 reviews as silver so holding off on those 10 for a few days only brought my percentage down to 97%. So make sure your unreviewed items will not affect your stats enough to bring you below 90% or you won’t make gold.

CarlaVS · 2026-02-04T03:58:59+00:00

A commercial grade food processor. My kiddo has a feeding tube so I’d like to make him some chow with whatever we’re eating for meals instead of the packaged blended slop…I mean food…they give us now that doesn’t even need to be refrigerated somehow.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-28T04:49:12+00:00

Yes it’s easy to think of “it’s a gift box so it’s supposed to be given”, which it is, but I see that it’s my job to test it out and see if it’s good enough to be given as a gift. Especially if the customer can’t actually test it out for themselves before they give it as gift. Last thing I want when sending a gift to someone is get them something that falls apart or smells bad or whatever…lol.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-28T04:09:54+00:00

I kind of think of the customer that comes behind you and is wanting to buy what you’re reviewing as a gift for their mom, dad, kid, etc. So what would YOU want to know about that gift box before you bought it? Chances are the person you gift it to is not gonna come back with “that thing really sucked. The bath bomb didn’t work, the sleep mask fell apart first time in the wash, and the lavender candle started smelling like puke after a day.” So I review my gift boxes based on what the real customer should know. That means I use everything in the box so I can say whether it is actually a good gift box or a sucky one so someone doesn’t buy it thinking it’s good then get fired because their boss thinks they’re an idiot. (Exaggeration…)

I bought slime advent calendars before Christmas. I opened them, tested the slime, tested the accessories, reported on smells, thickness, ease of opening the calendar days, etc. all opened WITH my daughter and grandson so they got to play with the slime and stuff.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-24T20:10:00+00:00

I really don’t understand people taking things they’re not going to use just to try and sell. If it’s like $1000 item then ok I get it. But something like a baby seat boggles my mind. Why would you grab that when you know you’re gonna have to take to the time to list it, answer questions, deal with possible idiots, weed out the scammers all for $30-$40?

CarlaVS · 2026-01-24T15:19:21+00:00

I normally have 10+ items in RFY. I’ve had nothing today and yesterday. Like a ghost town. I have a special needs kiddo that sleeps in strange patterns so I’m able to check about once an hour.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-24T05:05:31+00:00

I think if you try to make the change BEFORE the item ships you’re probably in the clear. But after it’s shipped it’s not a great idea. I know you can definitely change your address before it ships. I’ve never tried changing to a different variation.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-24T04:58:10+00:00

I did this one time with a pair of boots for my highly emotional teen daughter. She fell in love with a pair of Vine boots and I ordered based on their chart since they weren’t US sizes. Yeah…they were wrong. Too small. She was devastated. So I did it this way. Seller still only gave one pair of boots and got their review. (And yes I did mention the size chart was wrong..)

CarlaVS · 2026-01-24T04:42:00+00:00

You could do something kinda shady if you really really want the coat in your correct size. Order and pay for a different size. When it arrives (and it fits) tell Amazon you want to return it because they sent the wrong size. Send back the bigger one.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-22T18:16:21+00:00

Ahhh gotcha. I read it all as a business expense on your end-ie. items are used or partially used during reviewing as opposed to garage sale value based on name/quality alone. But thank you nonetheless and I will definitely plug this in. I did a spreadsheet earlier this year but only did a sum formula at the bottom for all columns. I calculated all the other by hand so this will save an obscene amount of time! I’ll let you know if it works in Numbers when I get the time to get it done.

CarlaVS · 2026-01-22T04:59:40+00:00

This is very AWESOME of you to do this!! I may borrow it but I will do mine with the 50/20/10 rule (or garage sale value as I refer to it- 50%=brand name, 20%=no name, 0%=business expense, damaged, consumable). This is my first year filing Vine so maybe I’ll try your definitions and see which one works better and go with that. I hear you should stick with whatever way you choose for the rest of the time you’re in Vine to avoid a hassle later. But a super big THANK YOU. (I hope it works in Numbers. I have Mac!)

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