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News: eBay Seller Announces Top Dollar Guarantee when Selling Autos

Written on June 28, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: PRWeb Don’t have time to worry about selling your used car, motorcycle, boat or other motor vehicle? Hook up with Long Beach, California eBay Trading Assistant Corey Chambers, a PowerSeller eBay Member. Corey Chambers, both the name of the company and the name of the owner, has adopted a new policy to guarantee the…

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News: Sell Smart on eBay

Written on June 28, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: cnet Here’s a great article about how to sell smart on eBay. Tips include bundling, creating good gallery photos, adding shipping calculators to your auctions and more. Link to the full cnet article here.

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Auctions: Buying and Selling Cars on eBay

Written on June 28, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Sources: cnet and Edmunds You can save a lot of money buying a car from an eBay auction, but there are pitfalls as well. You often won’t have a chance to drive the car before bidding on it, and you may have to travel in order to pick it up. How do you keep from…

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News: eBay Crowd Goes Postal Over Guest Appearance

Written on June 27, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: The Mercury News How do we love thee, post office… Five bucks says you can’t name the postmaster general of the U.S. Postal Service. But for a few brief moments last week, John E. Potter was like a rock star in San Jose. Potter appeared on stage before a packed HP Pavilion during eBay…

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News: eBay Losing Allure for Some Entrepreneurs

Written on June 27, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Source: Yahoo News With roughly 150 million registered users, eBay Inc. ranks among the world’s most powerful companies, online or otherwise. It had more than 1.4 billion items listed last year. For every $100 spent online worldwide, $14 was spent on eBay. But some say eBay’s blockbuster growth has engendered arrogance. Entrepreneurs grumble that executives…

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Auctions: Woman Sells Cheating Husband’s Car on eBay

Written on June 24, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

British wife and mother Hayley Shaw put her cheating husband’s Lotus Elise turbo sports car up for auction on eBay. The car was worth 25,000 pounds, or about $48,000 US dollars. Hayley was angry with her husband, Tim, a radio disc jockey, for loudmouthing about his family and exploits on the air. Tim went too…

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Auctions: World Poker Tour Items for Sale on eBay

Written on June 24, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Source: The Poker Gazette Several items from the World Poker Tour, including autographed table cards, chips and table felt are on auction at eBay. You can see a list of the items and detailed information at the World Poker Tour web site, The Poker Gazette and on eBay, though I wasn’t able to find the…

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News: Free eBay Trinkets Already Up for Auction

Written on June 24, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: Morningstar News Just hours after the online auction company’s fourth annual gathering of buyers and sellers, called eBay Live, trinkets that eBay gave to attendees for free were being auctioned on its Web site. One auction listing is for a set of 10 collector pins representing the 10 years eBay has existed. Each pin…

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News: eBay Gets an Earful

Written on June 24, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: cnet Many PowerSellers are angry with eBay for its rising fees and counterfeit products coming out of China. The annual eBay user conference was a place for PowerSellers to register their complaints with the online megaseller. “I would not be in this business without eBay, (but) you are just taking more and more out…

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News: eBay’s Chief Exec Talks Shop

Written on June 23, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: The Mercury News Here’s a brief interview with eBay’s CEO Meg Whitman, talking about eBay’s past, present and future. Here’s a picture of Meg Whitman. Here’s another article from The Contra Costa Times.

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