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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 19 - August 05, 2000 - ISSN 1528-6703     Previous Story | Contents | Next Story


In Need of a Laugh: Check out eGad, a parody of eBay
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
August 05, 2000
Reading AuctionBytes: In Need of a Laugh: Check out eGad, a parody of eBay

For a site that makes fun of eBay, check out http://www.capnwacky.com and click on eGad. Featured Items include the Presidency of the United States of America and an auction Web site (guess which one).

About the author:

Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.

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