Member Spotlight - Ilene Ashbury

Ilene Ashbury of misha's 761 booth
Location: Byhalia, MS
Bonanzle Booth: http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/misha761

A bit about Ilene

Ilene retired from the United States Air Force in 1982 and continued working for a defense contractor for the next 13 1/2-years. After the death of her husband in 1990 she decided to return home to Mississippi.

Once back home she got interested in the internet and found herself spending hours and hours per day just surfing around. And then she discovered eBay. She bought a few things on line and thought, "well shoot, I should be able to do this." She borrowed her brother-in-law's digital camera and listed a few things that sold. She was hooked on online auctions!

Then in 2006, after beating colon cancer, she decided to get serious. That's when she found Bonanzle. She still lists on eBay because in the month or so she's been listing on Bonanzle she hasn't sold anything. But she is ever confident that sales will pick up as the economy improves.

Ilene sells whatever she can find at yard sales, estate sales and auctions. She's had some amazing finds and some good sales. "It's amazing what you can find digging around in someone's junk shop." Her latest finds were an 1894 Scribner's Magazine and three National Geographic Magazines; 1 from 1938 and 2 from 1918. And she's got about 3000 old vinyl LPs that she has to list.

Needless to say she is Busy, busy, busy!

Stop by and visit her booth.