Greetings from the Valley of the Sunstroke!

[totecrazy]

Hi. I am a new seller on ecrater & am hoping it will be successful. I stil sell on eBay but I've pretty much had it with them. Anyway, my store is still under construction so please bear with me. Check it out & let me know what you all think.

[thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat]

Welcome. Are you drop shipping the totes? I clicked on a few and the pictures are way too small to be effective. Either you reduced them too much or if using a shipper's CD the pics don't import properly. You should check this out before you get your store filled.

I would think you should do well with all the environmental push to abandon plastic bags.

[zickit]

Welcome!

I agree - you need to upload larger pics. The system will make them into a thumbnail automatically for you - so dont' worry about that. The squarer the image the better the thumbnail will look.

[TexasTreasures]

Not bad prices on those at all! We teachers love totes! I carry one full of lessons and one full of lunch, etc, every day.
Are these washable? We use the 'green' grocery bags and they say they are washable, but I have my doubts.

[totecrazy]

Hi & thanks for all your suggestions. No I am not drop shipping the totes. I place an order every few weeks & see what happens with them.

I am pretty sure they are washable because they are microfiber construction although I haven't tried it. The next time I order I'll add a few teacher totes!

Thanks for the tip on the enviromentally friendly stuff. I know everyone is "going green" these days so that's certainly an angle I never thought of!

[chardicraft]

Welcome and best of luck to you

[DazzlingDesignsbyDina]

Welcome, best of luck

[VintageJewelryMiser]

Hi there, Totes!

I used to be with Ebay also, but you will find the boards here are much friendlier and helpful. I have just been here a short time, but everyone has been so nice...I just love it. I will check out your store. Hope you will check out mine.

VJM

[VintageJewelryMiser]

Dina...I checked out your site. Beautiful stuff! Do you make it all yourself?
VJM

[DazzlingDesignsbyDina]

Hi VJM,
Thank you, yes everything is handcrafted.

[TexasTreasures]

Let us know about the washing..totes get so dirty sitting on the floor at school, in the car, and if you use them for groceries or lunches, you get leaks and stuff on them. I won't let them put packages of meat in my green bags because of the germs..that's the only thing that has to go in a plastic bag.

[totecrazy]

Will do about the washing. I gave one to my granddaughter who is 7 so I'll tell her mom to throw it in the wash & let me know!

[TexasTreasures]

Oh, don't do that! She'll be heartbroken if it is ruined. Can't the company tell you?

[thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat]

I've been using cloth grocery bags for years. They get regular washing in the machine. Some are heavy cotton. Others are lightweight canvas.

At Christmas my fav natural/organic store was giving out large bags that are made of some woven fabric the feels like paper. They remind me of those mesh cleaning cloths you buy that are sort of like heavy cheesecloth. I regularly walk out of that store with 3 glass milk bottles and several cans in it and it holds up. I asked if they could be laundered and the woman at the checkout said she had one that had been washed many times.

The kind discussed here look quite sturdy. Caution if they are made you know where.

[TexasTreasures]

Those are the kind I use, Maggie-the paper looking things. Down here, you buy them for a dollar and everytime you use one, you get a five cent discount-so they pay for themselves pretty quickly and they hold a lot!