“His whole future seemed suddenly to be unrolled before him; and passing down its endless emptiness he saw the dwindling figure of a man to whom nothing was ever to happen.”

I think Edith Wharton might have had my little Amazon shop in mind when she wrote that. No sales, no feedback, no bubble wrap, no packing tape, no packing, no money, no future...

Is it just me coping with the tumbleweeds or is everyone suffering sales paralysis?

I'm just a small-time 'hobby' seller but for the last 18 months it's been around 2-4 or more books, CDs, DVDs a day.

In the last seven days I've sold ONE book for 1p! Packing and queueing at the Post office has been a big (and mostly hateful) part of my morning routine for so long that, now I'm not doing it, I miss it!

It can't just be down to the postal strike can it?

You're probably right about that. It's making me very bored though! And all that trawling around charity shops is becoming a waste of time.

Actually, looking back through my sales, the last few months have been a bit dodgy. I guess little fellas like me are hit harder than the mega-sellers.