Thinking Like an Economist - by The Teaching Company

I'm listening to a course by Professor Randall Bartlett with the Teaching Company.Thinking like an Economist is one of the best Courses I've taken through them. It's the first audio course I've tried. It feels like books on tape, but it's a little bit more focused on the main subject. I have another download that I have queued up after I finish with this course. The Art of Critical Thinking sounds really good, I'm excited about that one.

I've been trying my hand at Online Sales for the last 2 months. I gotta tell you I'm having fun with it, for the most part anyway. It's a lot of work and you have to be focused and try to avoid mistakes that will cost money. You gotta be nice to your customers and you gotta be savvy about pricing and competition. I'm really unhappy with PayPal though, they are the reason I have to put a damper on my business. It takes them 21 days for them to free up my money. That is absolutely awful, I'm hoping I can figure out a way to have immediate access to the money after I make a sale even if the buyers don't leave me feedback on eBay. That way I can keep the flow going instead of waiting for the money to clear every time. I was thinking about American Express credit card, but I really don't want to get into debt and I really hate the idea of having to pay interest on anything. Even though these companies make it seem like you can have a credit card with no interest of any fees, for that matter. Sounds a little too good to be true, how do they make their money??? I know how PayPal makes their money. Charging people 10% of all total sales on top of eBay's fees, plus holding on to your money for that long time, they can use that money to at least have a nice capital flow in their bank accounts.

I'm hoping I can either go back to selling on eBay, and most importantly on my own website. On the other hand I really want to go back to school ASAP. Hopefully I'll start working on that pretty soon.

Christmas is almost here now and I'm happy to spend it with my wife for the first time.