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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 101 - August 24, 2003 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That: Online Auction Roundup
1) Online Auction Users Association (OAUA) Elections & Meeting
By Ina Steiner
Reminder: AuctionBytes does not endorse the products and services featured in the "This & That" column, which often features new companies. Fraud is becoming widespread in the online auction world, and you should think twice before giving private information or User IDs and passwords to any third party.
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OAUA is holding elections for the seven open seats on the Board of Directors. Elections will be held over 6 days beginning at 12:01 PM (noon) Pacific Daylight Time on August 28, 2003 and ending at 12:00 PM (noon) Pacific Daylight Time on September 2, 2003. The Annual Membership Meeting of the OAUA will be held September 4, 2003, at 5PM Pacific Time.
http://www.auctionusers.org
2) Niche Auction Site for Chevy Corvairs
By Ina Steiner
Steve Makarits has designed and built an online auction site for Chevy Corvairs and Corvair related items. He has a Corvair photo gallery, Corvair message board and Corvair links directory. The site is slightly over 4 weeks old has 92 users signed-up. Steve advertises Vairbid using Google, a monthly email newsletter, PR, and plans to do some shows in the future.
http://www.vairbid.com
3) eBay's ''Uncle Griff'' Writes the Bible on eBay
By Ina Steiner
Jim "Griff" Griffith has penned "The Official eBay Bible," a guide to buying and selling on eBay. This is an excellent book for eBayers. When it covers a topic, it explains it fully with lots of screen-shots and tips from Griff. It also has some great stories about eBay users.
A major drawback, however, is that it fails to mention many useful products and services, even from eBay's own partners and API-licensed vendors. (How could it not even mention Andale??)
I would still recommend the book, as it's up-to-date and very useful. Just remember to use it as a launch pad and go digging a little deeper yourself!
"The Official eBay Bible" on Amazon: http://digbig.com/3bkb
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http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/pages/bookstore (We participate in Amazon's affiliate program.)
4) UK Auction Site: AvaBid
By Ina Steiner
We wrote about BlokeinthePub.co.uk last November, it seems to have disappeared. Here's a UK site that is free to use: http://www.avabid.com.
5) Items Wanted Forum
By Ina Steiner
We added a new area in the Discussion Forums for "Looking For" items:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=33
Thanks to Joan Wurmbrand of http://www.goodbuygirls.com for conceiving this idea and offering to moderate this "want ad" forum.
6) Ephemera & Buttons: Auction Sept. 1
By Ina Steiner
Appraiser Gary Sohmers is hosting an auction of the estate of Jack Eames in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, on September 1. The first part of the auction is ephemera and books (lots and lots of postcards), the second part of the auction is antique buttons.
http://www.allcollectors.com
7) Course Launches on Acquiring Wholesale Products
By Ina Steiner
Skip McGrath, founder of The Auction Seller's Resource and prolific author and lecturer, is teaching a course at New Canoe University entitled, "How, What and Where to Buy Wholesale Products to Sell on eBay or Your Web Site."
New Canoe University is an online university dedicated to teaching practical skills that can be immediately applied to starting a business and earning money. Skip McGrath's book, "The Wholesale Buying System: How, What and Where to Buy Wholesale Products to Sell on eBay," serves as the basis for the five lectures and textbook for the course. The cost is $167 and includes access to the lectures and the online study groups for 1 year, lifetime access to the Wholesale Resources Plus database, and McGrath's book.
http://www.newcanoeu.com
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