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The Auction Guild Notes SPECIAL EDITION MON 31 JUL 2006 |
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HALF OFF WITH 50 CENT CAP LISTING DAY EBAY US
ON TUE 1 AUG 2006
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HALF OFF WITH 50 CENT CAP LISTING DAY EBAY CA
ON TUE 1 AUG 2006
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MISCELLANEOUS EBAY INFO
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HALF OFF WITH 50 CENT CAP LISTING DAY EBAY US
ON TUE 1 AUG 2006
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ebaY US is holding a half off listing day with a 50 cent cap on Thursday 1 Aug
2006 between 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on TUE 1 Aug 2006 and ending
that same day, 1 Aug 2006 at 23:59:59 PT(11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).
The listing fee for all regular auction style listings and ebaY Motors vehicle
and parts and accessories only, are half off with a 50 cent cap on the U.S. site
(www.ebay.com). This includes listings created before 1 Aug 2006 but that
are scheduled to start on 1 Aug 2006.
ebaY will still charge all other fees including final value fees, listing upgrade
fees, such as Buy It Now, featured plus, subtitle, highlight, bold, gallery,
gift services, scheduled listings, gallery featured, homepage featured, reserve
fees, ebaY Picture Services, duration fees, etc.
ebaY is excluding fixed price, ebaY Motors vehicles, international, live auction,
professional services, and store inventory listings, real estate, ad format,
and business and industrial categories: tractors & farm machinery (91952),
heavy equipment (25249), concession trailers, carts (67145), imaging and aesthetics
equipment (92035), forklifts and other lifts (97185), manufacturing equipment
(92080), metalworking equipment (92082) and commercial printing presses (26247).
The promotional rate does not apply to listings with a start date prior to 1
Aug 2006- including those listings revised during the promotional period. The
promotional rate also does not apply to listings created on 1 Aug 2006 and scheduled
to start after the promotion ends.
List auction style items through the Sell Your Item Form, ebaY Seller Tools,
and most third-party tools.
For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.com/promo/50OffAuction/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB
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HALF OFF WITH 50 CENT CAP LISTING DAY EBAY CA
ON TUE 1 AUG 2006
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Starting Tuesday 1 Aug 2006 at 00:00:01 EST (12:00 AM plus one second on1 Aug
2005) and ending that same day Tue 1 Aug 2006 23:59:59 EST (11:59 PM plus 59
seconds).
The rules, exclusions etc are the same as those for ebaY US (see
above)
For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/50AF080106/
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MISCELLANEOUS EBAY INFO
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EBAY MAKES THEIR SITE HOMESCHOOL UNFRIENDLY
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ebaY has decided that homeschoolers are no longer fully welcome on their site. With
reasons that TAG finds completely absurd, ebaY has banned texts used extensively
by people who homeschool their children. These texts are called Teacher
Editions, and ebaY has banned them because they provide the answers to the questions
in the text. If ebaY was simply trying to prevent children from buying such texts
to prevent them from "cheating", why not simply put them in a protected category
where a charge card must be used to access that category, such as that used for "adult" material
on ebaY? ebaY has had some stupid policies in the past, but TAG thinks
this one trumps them all. As with other ebaY bans, other sites will benefit by
ebaY's stupidity, and that is a good thing.
ebaY's ridiculous policy is here -
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/teachersedition.html
And if you are looking for an alternative for your homeschool materials, here
is one TAG came across -
http://www.thislittlepiggystayshome.com/
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EBAY SELLS SELLER INFO BACK TO THE SELLERS
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Just in case you haven't noticed (and yes we predicted they would do this), since
last winter, ebaY, who used to say they just did not have the room on their servers
to provide 90 days of completed search to sellers and buyers, now has found the
room on their servers. The snag is that you have to pay to access this
information. Smart business, many would say, but TAG thinks this is taking
information that belongs to a seller, and using that info for profit, without
permission. If ebaY is just a venue, they are selling something they don't
really own.
http://pages.ebay.com/marketplace_research/
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UBID BUYS BIDVILLE
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uBid has purchased the Bidville auction site to expand their business back into
person to person sales. Currently, uBid says they will keep the Bidville
site as a separate entity.
http://www.ubid.com/about/Press_room/press50.asp
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