SORRY FOR THE CAPS, BUT I SEE LARGE LETTERING BETTER.

WHEN I WENT ON DISABILITY INCOME, I KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO SUPPLEMENT MY INCOME. YARD SALES WHERE NO GOOD, AS MY MAIN DISABILITIES WERE/ARE WITH MY LUNGS AND HEART. THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD EXPEND THAT TYPE OF ENERGY. ENERGY IS NOW A COMMODITY THAT IS VERY DEAR TO ME.

SO, I THOUGHT OF PUTTING MY STUFF IN A CONSIGNMENT STORE, BUT WHEN I CALLED THEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY CHARGED 40-50% OF THE SELL PRICE. THAT PISSED ME OFF, WHY SHOULD THEY GET THAT MUCH? PERSONALLY I THOUGHT/THINK THAT 25% IS TO MUCH.

WHEN THE IDEA TO OPEN A ON-LINE STORE CAME, THAT IS WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, IN THE SAME BOAT. THAT IS WHEN THE IDEA FOR A CONSIGNMENT STORE WAS BORN.

THIS STORE IS AS MUCH YOURS AS IT IS OURS. THERE IS NO PHYSICAL STORE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS NOT REAL. IT JUST MEANS THAT EACH MERCHANT (INCLUDING US) MAINTAINS THEIR OWN INVENTORY.

THIS IS A STORE FOR ALL, ABLE BODIED, DISABLED, AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL, YOU CAN PUT UP YOUR WARES, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM AGAIN, UNTIL THEY SELL.

We provide you (our Customer or Merchant) with quality, honesty, personal, and professional service. A place where you can purchase or sell using our online catalog, any time day or night.

This site isn't just about us, or about making money though, it is also for those of you out there that may want a honest place to buy or sell. Where you can get the same honesty that your Grandparents gave and got, where there is no hidden agenda. Where you don't have to read between the lines.

When we sold on EBay, as THE TURTLE CLAN (we had auctions on EBay since 2002), and we are proud to say that we have a 100 percentile rating. We never expected to get rich (good thing!!!), we just wanted to supplement our disability income. While there were times when we did make a little money, we found that most of the time we didn't. The fees from EBay, Postal service, and PayPal were eating up any money that we made. What we made most months would be less than $30.00. So, we (my Caregiver & I ) decided that we would open up a store, and give ourselves the chance to make a few bucks.

Why the cooking Turtle? We started off as THE TURTLE CLAN, then we decided to write Cookbooks, (which we do) then we started this site. Also, we like what is represents, a slower, more precise era, where workmanship was more important then speed.

A more modern way to look at this site, is it is a wonderful way to recycle! We want to clean up our own mess, and not leave it for our Grandchildren to do.Our Grandchildren's Future?