Archive for October, 2007
Bid on Men’s Vogue TX World Time Limited Edition Watch
Men’s Vogue is auctioning off a Limited Edition Watch with the proceeds going to charity. Here’s the details: Introducing a timepiece that blends function with formal. TX, the new luxe line from Timex, has achieved the feat of marrying Italian design and German engineering—and they’ve created a watch just for Men’s Vogue. The TX World [...]
Call My Auction: eBay Auction Tool
I stumbled upon a site called Call My Auction that is relatively new to the market. The premise is a pretty new one and could prove useful for those of you who do a lot of traveling and a lot of buying on eBay. Call My Auction is a free service that allows you to [...]
OUCH! eBay loses $938 Million in Q3
eBay announced their earnings yesterday and what a whammy that was. They lost $938 Million in the third quarter. That’s nearly a Billion dollars. Enough to cut the Federal Deficit by what? 1/80th? Part of the loss is the markdown of Skype, but what about the other 40 Million? Could it be that the number [...]
Auction Profits from Vintage Magazines?
I’ve seen many sellers that sell vintage advertisements and such that have been torn from the pages of old magazines. For the most part, I guess I’ve always assumed that those people were just taking advantage of some extra bits and pieces that they had lying around. Perhaps not. I just found this site that [...]
eBay introduces “Neighborhoods”
eBay released their newest addition, “neighborhoods“, recently. I’ve taken a quick look around and it’s actually a pretty good start. Neighborhoods – which aggregates postings from eBay blogs, guides and reviews – was the brainchild of an “engagement” subgroup of the buyer-experience team. Among the 600 new neighborhoods is “Shoe Heads,” intended as a haven [...]
Hot Dozen Toys Announced
Toy wishes announced the annual “Hot Dozen” list of toys for the holidays. It’s meant to be a list of the toys that will be the hottest sellers this holiday season. Frankly, I think lists like this are worth taking notice of, but are mostly bunk. If they could predict the hottest toys for the [...]
Is PayPal Having Hiccups?
Chris at TameBay is having some problems with PayPal and intermittent payment processing. A commenter seems to be having the same problems. I was able to login, but since I did not have any purchases to make or sales to be paid for, I can’t say whether my account is affected. It’s also possible that [...]
Buy the Living Doll Gil Grissom Office Replica
If you’re anything of a C.S.I Las Vegas fan like I am, you instantly know what I mean when I say that you can buy the Living Doll model of Gil Grissom’s office. It’s from the Living Doll bit about the miniature killer and is completely authentic and comes damage free with a certificate of [...]
