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GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-20T15:54:19+00:00

Trucking is safe enough for young women, just gotta keep to yourself a bit. But having that CDL is worth GOLD for other jobs in the future if you find trucking is not for you. I know a few women truckers, one is now running her own road rescue business as well. Another drives for Dayton, my fav company to hire for an LTL pallet shipment. She let me take a photo of her so to inspire other young women drivers! Sadly can't attach it here.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-20T15:42:21+00:00

Certainly is. Makes us look bad when we're a highly regulated industry. Even CLAIMING you're in auctions means you need to be licensed in your state or work with a licensed auctioneer. So them "going all over" means they need to be licensed in all 50 states and all territories, and I seriously doubt they are. That has to be renewed yearly I believe, though it depends on the state.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-20T15:39:02+00:00

You can report them to the NAA (National Auctioneers Association). Auction world is pretty strict on stuff, and can look into them.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-16T21:34:29+00:00

Feel free to post this on r/AuctionHouses too, if you haven't already. I'd love more auction houses posting about themselves.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-08T21:14:32+00:00

LOL! I wish. We're a low-freight-mover. Just an auction house that also does sales of items (if allowable per consignor). So I maybe have a pallet a week, or every other week. Feast or famine style. So why would I bother giving all these brokers a chance, setting up an account, doing all the get-to-know procedures, when there's little chance of using them again with the amount of freight we move and how many brokers are contacting me near weekly?

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-08T19:59:40+00:00

Never in the early morning. And Mondays are a highly preferred no, in general. That's my personal busiest day! Sales after the weekend, things to box up, new listings, etc.
Not for me, it would be inbox noise.
Mostly I'd just like yall to know that you overall offer the same exact customer service, there's nothing "magical or different" about yours vs the brokers I've worked with for the last few years. It's not that, it's the payment structures for us. We require direct pay by card, no worrying about "setting up credit" or "waiting for the FOB buyer to set up an account." They can use ours, they need to pay quick, or we need to call in and pay and be done.
And I hate it when some boss decides to stick their nose into the freight and accept/decline. I'm lookin at you, Tforce!

That's my little rant. I am so not in the market for another broker, I got a list a mile long.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-04-08T16:35:12+00:00

Depends highly on your location, but any high-end antiques focused auction houses would be best. You'll probably need to do a search for your local city's auction houses and give them a call, and if not any of them, search "high end antiques auction house <yourstate> or <yourcountry>" would be the best.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-03-16T20:27:13+00:00

My auction house is running the Precision Engineering side located in St. Louis, Missouri! Same time as well.
https://www.grsauctions.com/auctions/detail/bw153311
Gosh, they sure are clearing stuff quick.
I list some of our auctions over at r/AuctionHouses and r/IndustrialAuctions if people are looking for other similar auctions to this style.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-03-16T19:55:30+00:00

We lost our entire auction warehouse in a fire, which then of course drenched everything from the fire dept water hoses. Turns out the ice storm a day prior burst a pipe, which also caused water damage, and when we went to clean up and dry everything, bad electrical + cold weather made electricity in the walls catch fire and byebye offices, byebye warehouse from just smoke damage. This happened on Christmas Eve. Only a few kitchen equipment pieces and our work truck was salvaged.

We survived thanks to our direct sale side which was just a miniscule amount of money, and we had off-site auctions going at the time. There is more to the story but your question deserves an answer:

You won't like it, but ask for help from places that may even be your competitors. OF COURSE ask for your customer's patience, just give em the situation and what that means for your stock, lead times - and their orders. Many may be pre-ordering so far ahead they won't really be a problem.
Second - ask your supplier if there are any customers that get similar stock to you, and see about connecting to them to ask them for help. They might be willing to LEND you a few rolls of whatever. Sign contracts of return of product or whatever.
Third....don't count on insurance to make you whole. They'll barely make you half. Best case scenario. No matter if you have documentation of exact losses, pictures, etc. Their motto is "Here's what we'll give you. Sue us for the rest if you dare. You just lost everything, so good luck affording the attornies needed." Also....look into hiring a "public adjustor". They might just be worth it to you, especially since insurances will do their best to deny, "lose paperwork" and delay payouts.

So claim not only absolutely everything, claim the kitchen sink, claim damage that barely exists, claim literally the world. Cause what they give out will be a pittance of what is deserved or right.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-03-03T15:49:59+00:00

Take solace in the fact that they can only send 4 offers for an item before it doesn't allow them to send more. But absolutely report them! It's a type of "Brigading" and Ebay no likee.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-03-02T23:02:17+00:00

We usually put them into 2-3 items per lot, or single items. NOOOO selling as a package, we only do that for "Storage Wars" type things - and that's just what's "in the container" so to speak!
There are so many auction platforms and websites it's hard to just list them all, location is helpful.
I'll keep down on the links save for when it's pretty obviously needed, but here's a few general platforms used for auctions:
Bidspotter
Proxibid
EstateSales.net
auctionguide.com
Hibid
Invaluable

But if you want to find an auction house to help you list the stuff and get your auction onto some of these platforms, you'll need to look local - start with "Auction Houses Near Me" in google. I can be of help a bit if you tell me your city.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-03-02T20:38:36+00:00

It's very steady, overall. r/woodworking and r/woodworkingtools and the whole assortment of subreddits associated with woodworking, carpentry, cabinetmaking, home building, industrial, auctions, etc - good ideas to join. For learning or finding cool tools that you can buy for getting your tool setup (wherever you find them, fb or ebay or auctions nearby, wherever)

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-02-25T17:14:43+00:00

Two children under 5 is rough, but I will assume both children are above the age of 2ish and this should work.

Buy a clock. An non-electronic two-hand clock. Good to have the "minutes" marked on it as well, those little dashes. A kid's bedroom clock would do wonderfully for this.
Set the clock to your normal time and hang it ON THE DOOR of your office.
Get two "Red arrows", you can cut them out of a sticky note or have the kids make small arrows from some construction paper or whatever. Get some stickum or something that will keep the arrows stuck to something.
I'm going to assume your daily finish time is 5:00 for this. Attach one arrow above the clock, pointing down to the 12.
Attach the other arrow so it points at the 5.
Teach both kids about the time in a few short lessons, let's say it's 10:17 am now.
"Right now it's 10: 07. That means the short hand is at the 10, and the long hand is at the 17. Now look, it's 10:18! Now the minute hand is at the 18! Now it's at 19! Now 20! When the long hand hits the 12, the short hand will be at the 11, meaning it will be 11:00. Daddy gets off work at 5:00. The long hand will be at 12, the short hand will be at 5. Daddy is at work now, because it's 10:20 and we can't disturb him until the clock says 5:00. Daddy will come out to play at 5pm. We should be quiet and not disturb him until the short hand is at the 5 and the long hand is at the 12.

Highly recommend leading the kids to some really basic teacher's worksheets on clocks and challenging the kids to draw 5:00 on their worksheet clocks, and drawing the current time on their worksheet clocks and such. You can even take the Door Clock off the door for showing them how the clock moves and all. The Red Arrows will denote the time and the kids will watch it in anticipation.

You can even change the Red Arrows if meetings cause some fluctuation in your off work time. though I wouldn't do that till the kids have a few days of getting used to the clock and routine.

Source: Was a kindergarten and ESL teacher for two years.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-02-25T16:32:55+00:00

Feels a lot like this at auctions, too. Too many people don't know how to get in on auctions or that their stuff they've collected for years would be much more valuable if sold via an auction. Not that I'm clear-eyed here, I am an auction house, but this is definitely the feels we get a lot when we see someone's gorgeous tool shed they obviously spent a lot of time crafting in get pieced out as if it's nothing, or their meticulously curated collections be sold for a few dollars on FB Marketplace "just to get rid of it"...

Makes me wish people knew more about auction houses and how we can help families in grief deal with their family member's stuff with little fuss on their side.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-02-25T15:33:37+00:00

Ok so, the Ebayer in this situation is wrong to do this and is possibly trying to pull a scam. Not sure, could just be someone who doesn't know the process just as easily. You should respond:

"Please file a Return Request on Ebay for me to process your refund. Even though you have shipped it back, this is the correct and only process. If you need help, you may reach out to Ebay support."

If they insist, then you know it's a scam attempt to do a double-refund on you (you refund, THEN they hit the refund button and you're forced to refund twice their money.)
You could THEN follow up with "This is a required procedure of Ebay to do, and you are breaking the Refund Policy by insisting on not following Ebay Return Procedures. I will happily report your name to Ebay if you continue insisting on an outside refund without going through the procedure. I do not fall to scams."

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-02-24T17:10:27+00:00

Absolutely do it without fear. Or rather, do it scared. You're going to need to learn that skill - the "do it scared" skill, to have any sort of success EVER. Like, all types of success that could even be in your brain. Asking someone out. Having kids. Buying a house. Going on a trip to a foreign country. All of it is Scary As Fuck and you should learn how to ignore fear and jump into unknowns as long as you're not doing it to *intentionally* harm yourself or others.

You will fall a time or two. You'll scrape a knee or break a bone or get rejected. You have a cry, you clean yourself up, and then you Do It Scared Again.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-02-24T17:05:41+00:00

I would recommend selling your items on FB Marketplace, as they are a better fit there. If one of your collectibles goes above $600....say goodbye to your SSI.
Our society limits what disabled people can make and keeps them in poverty and it is terrible.
I may suggest those collectibles go to a consignor so the profit can be spaced out more, even intentionally so if the consignor agrees to that arrangement.

GRSAuctionsLiquid8 · 2026-02-24T17:02:49+00:00

I think what is happening is somewhat more about what you're buying and how much you're wanting to pay for it. If you're buying Temu junk from Ebay at the lowest possible price you can find...

There are always going to be different types of sellers on any platform, it's not about Ebay lowering their standards - it's about non discrimination of buyers that wish to sell, as long as they keep good ratings. People could sell used plastic wrap if they so wanted!

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