A lady in Los Angeles is selling her late husband’s burial crypt that is located right above Marilyn Monroe
A Los Angeles widow, Mrs. Richard Poncher, is auctioning her husband’s famous grave site so she can afford the mortgage payments on her $1.6 million house. The deceased, Mr. Poncher, is buried in a crypt right above [...]

Eight finalists chosen to compete for $25,000 to grow their eBay business
The eight finalists, two in each of the four categories, were selected based on their perceived business challenges and obstacles, clarity of business plan, passion for using eBay and appropriateness to the contest’s theme.
Each of the four challenge winners will receive a $25,000 business [...]

eBay Live to be replaced with smaller regional events dubbed eBay On Location
Lorrie Norrington, President, eBay Marketplaces announced that eBay’s annual convention, eBay Live, has bit the dust.  The last eBay Live was in Chicago in June of 2008. At that event, Norrington announced that eBay Live 2009 was cancelled but that eBay would resume [...]

Let’s face it. We all wish that Elvis, the Beatles and Frank Sinatra were still with us –but they’re not. And neither is the old eBay we knew and loved. Everything changes and eBay is no different.

Before I get started let me clear something up.  A lot of people have complained that I don’t post [...]

Well, it’s almost midnight and Karen and I just returned from the ECMTA party hosted by eBay’s arch-nemesis, www.Alibaba.com.
There were about 300 people at the event which was held at the Alhambra Palace –a retro-kitsch Middle Eastern themed restaurant with a Lebanese band and Belly Dancers, tons of free food and booze and about 300 [...]

This is the smallest and least exciting eBay Live since the first one In Anaheim.
I always look forward to eBay Live. It is a chance to meet and greet many old friends and make new ones, see the latest third party technologies and services, talk to key eBay employees one on one and basically recharge [...]

Lorrie Northington, President of eBay Marketplace operations announced today that eBay will not hold an eBay Live event in 2009
Instead, eBay plans to hold a series of small events around the country during 2009.  The cities have not been announced yet, but will be announced at eBay Live 2008 in Chicago.
In the announcement Lorrie [...]

Register before April 30th to save $45. But if you want a Priority Pass you should register before March 24th.
eBay just opened registration to eBay Live in Chicago, June 19-21, 2008. Registration is $75 per person if you register before April 30th.  You can also obtain a Priority Pass for $125, but these go very [...]

Here is a chance to here how professional eBay sellers are coping with the new changes to the eBay Platform.
If you run an eBay business, be sure and put this in your calendar for next Tuesday at Noon Pacific – 3PM Eastern Time.
PESA (Professional eBay Sellers Alliance) and ECMTA (eCommerce Merchants Trade Association) are pleased [...]

Are you still sttruggling to find wholesale sources for eBay where you can actually buy at prices where you can make a profit?
If this is you, please join me and Jen Cano from Magniphy.com for a free one-hour webinar on Unique Wholesale Sourcing methods. This online webinar will allow you to see a presentation and [...]

At the end of the first episode of the new CSI season, Gil Grissom announced that the model of his office used in the Season 7 miniture killer plot-line will be auctioned on eBay for charity.
I’m a CSI fan, so I had eagerly anticipated the first episode of the new season. Yes, it was a [...]

Join me on a live conference call to learn more about the eBay selling opportunity with Exponent Trading
My blog post yesterday told you about the new network marketing opportunity where you can make money selling of eBay and teaching others to sell on eBay.
I have received so many questions I just can’t answer all of [...]

Meg Whitman, the CEO of eBay, runs one of the world’s most successful and important e-commerce sites –so this is not an unimportant question.
I was going to do this post last night after the event but I decided to let it marinate a while.  The night before last, Karen and I were invited to the [...]

My earlier post from eBay Live spoke about eBay’s new attitude towards sellers. Tonight I attended eBay’s Seller’s Appreciation Dinner and Concert for eBay largest sellers.
After a great dinner with most of eBay’s top execs and category managers in attendance, we were entertained by the legendary Bruce Hornsby.  This is the first seller appreciation event [...]

eBay has just announced they will be carrying my books at eBay Live.
Just a short post today.  My oldest son and his wife have just arrived from the East Coast with our beautiful new granddaughter and we are taking some time off to enjoy playing with her.
Today is the last day to get your discount [...]