Listia

Well, my house is OFFICIALLY done. Pictures were taken this morning and I plan to do a pretty serious post later this week. You see, I got caught up in a project that ended up taking waaaay longer than expected, and because of that project I couldn't clean the rest of my house.

Seriously.

What happened was I made my own bathmat out of washcloths and towels. This was supposed to be a "neat, easy, green project" that would take 2 hours and 2-3 bath towels. It would help reduce waste, AND give me a super cute bathmat in no time!

....14 hours, 21 washcloths,1 bath towel, and a house COVERED in terrycloth fuzz later--I have a bath mat that decided to split in half as soon as I finished. But never fear, I did what any good Southern gal would do---

I tried not to scream, duct taped the crap out of the back, and vowed NEVER to wash it. Problem solved.
But anyway, I finally got everything cleaned up and I'll show pics of the mass transformation later.

Tonight, I want to talk about Listia. This has become my new favorite site, I check it fanatically. What is Listia, you ask? It's brilliant! It's fun! It's genius! It's ebay...for poor people!

Listia is an online auction site where everything is free. People put their stuff on the site and sell it for "credits," which is the system of currency on the site. Everything is bought and sold for credits. Here's how it works:

Step 1: Sign up. Or just go on the site and link it with facebook. That's what I did, it's free and painless.

Step 2: Find junk in your house you don't want anymore and don't think anyone would pay money for. I raided the "complete waste of time" section of my DVD collection. I wound up with 6 movies I had either bought and hated or tried to sell on Amazon and couldn't.

Step 3: List the items for sale. It always helps to include free shipping. Most of the items on Listia ship for free. I've paid a small amount for shipping a few times, but these were larger items. Then, set the price (DVDs start at 100 credits usually) and wait for the magic to happen!

Step 4: Cha--Ching! From those 6 DVDs, I wound up with roughly 1700 credits. Pretty decent considering the movies were terrible. The next day I mailed the DVDs to their winners and I waited for the credits to deposit to my account (for your first auctions you have to wait 10 days).

Step 5: SHOP! Using the credits you earn from selling your stuff, you can bid on new stuff that you actually want. So far I have won 3 auctions:
-An FM transmitter for my car (it didn't work, but I think it was my radio)
-A brand new DVD of the movie "21"
-A brand new Taboo game, still sealed in plastic!

Step 6: Repeat steps 4 and 5. I recently received 2020 credits from selling an old external hard drive I hadn't used in years. I'm also selling an old photo editing software program, and who knows what else I can find! The thing is, most everything sells on Listia because it's not real money, and people love free stuff!

Anyway, I just wanted to share this with everyone. Enjoy the fun of online shopping with none of the guilt!

If you want to check it out, go Here. But when you're ready to sign up go Here. That way I can get credit for referring you.
Happy shopping!