With my eBay account suspended in the midst of end of semester projects and upcoming finals, I didn't really have the time to go through all the necessary hoops to get the account reinstated. Once my semester ended and I was back at my parent's for winter break I had the time to look more into it. However, 1 of the steps involved faxing in some paper work which I didn't have easy access to. I was unable to do that until the following semester started and I faxed in what I needed on campus. About a month later in mid February, I finally had my account back. If I remember right, all my listing templates and such were gone so I basically had to relist everything from scratch, but at least I was back up and running!
Sparing much of the detail, the rest of my time at college the business continued to grow with additional product lines and thus additional inventory in my efficiency apartment. By the time I graduated in May of 2008...well....I'll let the video do the talking (sorry about the camera work...especially when I turn the camera sideways multiple times forgetting that only works for pictures)....
To get a better feel for the growth, check the video in part 3 to see what the apartment looked like after my 1st semester there. The above video is after 2 years (4 semesters).
Needless to say, moving everything out of that apartment was no easy task..especially with home, my parents house, being nearly a 3 hour drive each way. Roughly...I believe we filled up a van 3 or 4 times and filled up a standard 4 door car for at least another 5-6 times. My dad would come down about once a week or so for the few weeks leading up to the end of the semester and I'd make trips home and back as well on the weekends.
Once I was back at my parents and settled, the business of course continued with orders constantly coming and going and the business, before long, overtook my parents house. Half of the living room was my office space with my desk, a few 5-tier shelving units and a few 3-drawer carts with various inventory on and in them. The 2 car garage became a 1 car garage and my dad and I both kept our cars outside in the driveway to allow more space for inventory. The basement gathered lots of inventory as did my bedroom. Eventually, my dad purchased a shed to put in the back yard against the garage in an attempt to be able to get 2 cars in the garage again in time for winter.
To get a small taste of how the house ended up, here's a short clip of our cat (RIP) howling in the hallway where everyone regularly walks through. So, just image how the basement, garage, etc looked!
Now, don't get me wrong, my parents did and do love me, but all the clutter, not really being able to have company over, etc really did it's number and they wanted me, or at least my stuff, elsewhere.....
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