Archive for March 6th, 2006
Churchill Downs comes down on eBay
Courier Journal: Maryland resident Miranda Prather lost her tickets to this year’s Kentucky Derby almost as fast as a $2 bet on a badly beaten favorite. Prather and others who have tried to sell their Derby tickets on eBay and had them taken away by Churchill Downs are angry that the track has a sponsorship [...]
AuctionBytes: This week we launched the “Features” channel on AuctionBytes.TV and have kicked off with two interviews (http://auctionbytes.tv/features). In the first, eBay consignment company NextWorth discusses their business model. In the second, bonding company BuySafe discusses online auction fraud and describes what happened when one of its clients – Glacier Bay DVD – had to [...]
U.S. Government investigating Army rations on eBay
SB Sun: People will buy anything on the Internet. Celebrity nail clippings. A slice of toast with an image of the Virgin Mary. Sculptures made of dryer lint. You’ve heard the stories. The latest proof comes in a recent Sun article by staff writer Chuck Mueller. It seems that packaged Army rations, called MREs, or [...]
Posters in Windows of Local Businesses
Trade Show Marketing Report: For some strange reason, local businesses don’t often care about how their window real estate is used. In Mt. Lebanon, PA, where our coffeehouse is, you’ll find posters for for-profit theatre performances, circuses, and other downtown attractions, in addition to the expected charity and fundraising events. Needless to say, nobody from [...]
So when he says ‘All’ he means ALL
Let me just get this out up front. I drank the Seth Godin koolaid a long time ago. I think he’s a genius and have even come to blows with someone who spoke ill of him. Ok that’s a lie, but still… big fan. So this weekend when he posted a link over to a [...]
A clear shot across eBay’s bow
Times Argus: Google Inc. has expanded its online payment service so that users can buy and sell everything from bicycle brakes to Beanie Babies through its Web site, posing an immediate challenge to eBay Inc. Google added the payment service to its nascent Google Base classified listings Friday, an expected move that nonetheless sends shockwaves [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capiitalists is up at Free Money Finance.
Becoming an eBay Trading Assistant
AuctionBytes: “You should sell it on eBay!” is fast becoming today’s knee-jerk reaction to anyone who comes across an item they don’t know what to do with. And, like the physician who is approached at a party with a litany of aches and pains, or the lawyer who is expected to write up his brother’s [...]
