First Item Sold Online: Brad Pitt and a Native American Bolo Tie By Ina Steiner AuctionBytes.com
October 05, 2008
Do you remember the first item you ever sold online? Let us know by sending an email to ina@auctionbytes.com and we may publish your story. Today, we hear from two sellers, Mike and Diana, who both got hooked after selling their first items online.
Owning a movie theatre I knew that people were fanatical about the Brad Pitt movie "Fight Club" so when I saw a first edition of the book for sale in a close out bin at a book store for .25 cents I snapped it up. It was the first thing I put "on eBay" and I was amazed when Fight Club and Chuck Palahniuk fans fought for the book and ran it up to 160.00! I was hooked. First rule about Fight Club: buy the book for a quarter.
Mike Hurley http://www.pilut.com
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I remember I sold a Native American bolo tie, turquoise and silver..I didn't even have a camera yet so therefore, no picture! I had no money and an old computer that didn't work very well. I was so excited and finally got a camera and really got into it, taught myself everything about computers, listing, pictures, ect. Now I can't imagine not doing it!
Diana
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.
