eBay is holding an online, audio "Town Hall meeting" with Bill Cobb, President of eBay North America on Thursday, February 17, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PST. Bill will be addressing some of the questions that were submitted to him in emails he received last week, as well as taking some live questions from Town Hall attendees. Previous Town Hall meetings have been text-based discussions in a live chat room, but this attendees at this event will be able to hear Bill's answers using Windows Media Player. Members will still use the text-based chat to ask questions and can also send questions ahead of time.
http://pages.ebay.com/event/billcobb/feb2005/index.html
eBay is changing its weekly maintenance period from Friday mornings from 1:00 am - 3:00 am to Thursdays from 11:00 pm to Fridays at 1:00 am. "Our goal when we perform maintenance is to ensure we minimize the impact to our buyers and sellers across our global marketplace. Traffic patterns for the global eBay marketplace have changed over time. In addition, now eBay and PayPal are more integrated. To improve the member experience, we want to synchronize our maintenance periods for both sites."
http://www2.ebay.com:80/aw/marketing.shtml#2005-02-15163737
eBay is holding a Treasure Hunt promotion in which it will give out 25 $1,000-prizes each day for 8 days. The theme of the promotion is President's Day, and players will have to solve clues in order to find the winning listing.
http://pages.ebay.com/treasurehunt
