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Resources: eBay Motors

Written on September 20, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay Resources

Source: Automobile Magazine Jean Jennings of Automobile Magazine has written a very interesting article about eBay Motors on the magazine’s web site. Jennings herself went through the process of selling her small trailer online and details the process using eBay using CarAd software. Check out the article here and get some great hints and tips…

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News: Florida Woman Wins Auction for New Character in Steven King Book

Written on September 20, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Source: Palm Beach Post Stephen King’s new horror story focuses on a set of rampaging zombies controlled by cell phones. As of Sunday night, one may bear the last name Huizenga. King fans from Romania to Australia spent much of last week on eBay, outbidding each other in an online auction organized by prominent authors…

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News: Marketers Pop Up on eBay

Written on September 20, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Note: Yeehaw, technical difficulties solved! Source: USA Today Whether for charity events or a product launch, companies are making eBay the marketplace for marketers. They see the shopping site as a place to build buzz for their brands. Getting some pop on eBay: Coca-Cola Zero. Coke rolled out its no-calorie soft drink in March with…

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Blog: Technical Difficulties

Written on September 16, 2005 by Laurie Barak in Blogger's Blog

Update: September 18, 2005 – We’re still experiencing technical difficulties…please have patience…thank you! Hi ho, faithful readers, After experiencing some technical difficulties the PowerSellers Blog is back up and running. Look for some new posts soon. Weird Wednesday ended up on vacation this week but will be back next week. Thanks for your concerned emails…

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Blog: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

Written on September 13, 2005 by Laurie Barak in Blogger's Blog

Hello dear Blog Readers, Yes I know it’s been a bit boring here on the PowerSellers Blog lately. That’s becuase there’s really nothing going on in the world of PowerSelling or eBay. Yes, there’s the big eBay-buys-Skype-hype but who hasn’t heard about that already. I will do my best to keep you updated and informed…

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News: Gripes from Skype Users After eBay Buy-Out

Written on September 13, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: eWeek eBay‘s acquisition of Skype could be worth up to $4.1 billion to investors in the Internet telephony start-up, but it is getting mixed reviews from Skype’s fervent supporters. It was the hard-core Skype fans whose word-of-mouth advertising helped it become the world’s largest voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) provider without spending a penny…

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Auctions: The $100 Bag of Marshmallows

Written on September 11, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Source: The Kansas City Star How much would you pay for a bag of marshmallows? A group of college kids wondered the same thing earlier this summer. On a whim, they made a trip to the grocery store, purchased three boxes of Lucky Charms cereal, spent an hour separating out the candy-color marshmallows and put…

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News: 4D Summit to Feature Yahoo! and eBay Seminars

Written on September 9, 2005 by Laurie Barak in Internet News

Source: MacWorld 4D Inc.’s forthcoming developer’s conference, 4D Summit, happens from October 11 – 14, 2005 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. Among the features will be seminars led by representatives from eBay Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. The 4D Summit features sessions on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Web Services, XML (Exensible…

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News: Watch Out for Half-Baked “Half-Prince”

Written on September 9, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: Scotsman A scan of eBay yesterday showed a string of “signed” Harry Potter books on sale, including copies of the latest, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, allegedly signed in Edinburgh, Scotland. A UK spokesman for eBay insisted yesterday that the site was working with author J. K. Rowling’s representatives against forgeries. The company…

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News: eBay in Acquisition Talks With Skype VOIP

Written on September 8, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: Search Engine Journal eBay is rumored to be interested in a Skype VOIP Messenger acquisition. Skype, which revolutionized Internet communication with its VOIP messaging software, is valued around $3 billion. The introduction of a profitable communications software to eBay makes total sense, since eBay is at its core a community and eBay owned Paypal…

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