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The Auction Guild Notes SPECIAL EDITION Wed 23 May 2007

THIS ISSUE -
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20 CENT AUCTION LISTING DAY ON EBAY US
ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2007
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20 CENT AUCTION LISTING DAY ON EBAY CA
ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2007
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EBAY MOTORS FREE LISTING FOR CANADA RESIDENTS
ONLY - THROUGH 26 MAY 07
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FREE SERVICES LISTINGS ON EBAY AUSTRALIA 25-27 MAY 07
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GLITCH OVERCHARGES SELLERS AND SHUTS THEM DOWN
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UNANNOUNCED REVISION TO EBAY USER AGREEMENT
AND PRIVACY POLICY
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20 CENT AUCTION LISTING DAY ON EBAY US
ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2007
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ebaY US is holding a 20 cent auction style listing day on THURSDAY 24
May 2007 between 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on THU 24 MAY
2007 and ending that same day, 24 MAY 2007 at 23:59:59 PT(11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).
The listing fee for all auction style listings is 20 cents on the U.S.
site (www.ebay.com). This includes listings created before 24 MAY 2007
but that are scheduled to start on 24 MAY 2007. If you are using
Scheduled Listings, you will still see the regular price during the
listing process but receive the promotional price once the promotion
begins.

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, buy it now upgrades, ebaY Motors vehicles
and parts and accessories, International, Live Auction, Professional
Services, Ad Format, Real Estate and Store Inventory listings, from the
20 cent promotion. Additionally, they are excluding 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) and store inventory listings. The
promotional rate does not apply to listings with a start date prior to
24 MAY 2007 - including those listings revised during the promotional
period. The promotional rate also does not apply to listings created on
24 MAY 2007 and scheduled to start after the promotion ends.

List auction items through the Sell Your Item Form, ebaY Seller Tools,
and most third-party tools.

Anyone can participate in this promotion, but they must list on ebaY US
and be willing to ship to the US and accept payment in US dollars.

For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.com/promo/20centauctions/

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20 CENT AUCTION LISTING DAY ON EBAY CA
ON THURSDAY 24 MAY 2007
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ebaY CA is holding a 20 cent auction style listing day on THURSDAY, 24
May 2007 between 00:00:01 ET (12:00 AM plus one second on 24 MAY 2007)
and ending on the same day THURSDAY 24 May 2007 at 23:59:59 ET (11:59 PM
plus 59 seconds).

Excluded are fixed price listings, business and industrial capital
equipment, All ebaY Motors listings (including parts & accessories,
passenger vehicles, motorcycles, power sports, other vehicles),
international, live auction, professional services, real estate, ad
format and store inventory listings. The promotional rate does not apply
to listings with a start date prior to 24 May 2007 - including those
listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional rate
also does not apply to listings created 24 May 2007 and scheduled to
start after the promotion ends.

http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/20CAF0524/

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EBAY MOTORS FREE LISTING FOR CANADA RESIDENT
THROUGH 26 MAY 07
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This promotion is for auction and fixed price vehicle listings only.
Excluded are Motors Parts & Accessories, Pocketbikes, Powersport
Vehicles under 50cc. Canadian residents only.

http://www.ebay.ca/promo/MOTORSFLW0520

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FREE SERVICES LISTINGS ON EBAY AUSTRALIA 25-27 MAY 07
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ebaY AU is holding a promotion whereby Australian residents can list
services from
00:00:01am 25 May 2007 AEST to 23:59:59pm 27 May 2007AEST on ebaY AU.

http://pages.ebay.com.au/ebay_promotion_5.html

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GLITCH OVERCHARGES SELLERS AND SHUTS THEM DOWN
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This month, many sellers found their accounts were blocked from listing
items due to their account having an "over the limit" balance with ebaY.
Unfortunately the reason the bills were so high was that an ebaY glitch
was causing balances in seller accounts to double, triple and even
quadruple, even though the sellers did not actually owe ebaY the money.
This did not stop ebaY from preventing the sellers from listing, even
when the sellers contacted ebaY and ebaY acknowledged the glitch. The
sellers remained shut off from listing. Some sellers reported this
happening 2 months in a row.

ebaY claimed the problem would be fixed by 20 May, but sellers are still
reporting the problem.

Warning! Sellers check your accounts and make sure the amount you were
charged on the May invoice is correct.

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000370350&start=120

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UNANNOUNCED REVISION TO EBAY USER AGREEMENT
AND PRIVACY POLICY
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In a move that is in direct violation of the ebaY user agreement, ebaY
has made a change to the ebaY user agreement and privacy policy without
announcing it on the ebaY announcement board. The agreement is
immediately effective for user IDs registered as of 16 May 07 and for
users registered prior to 16 May, effective 9 Jul 07.

Some ebaY users received an email on the subject dated 21 May 07, but
this was not a universal mailing by any degree. For example TAG
received the email on one of 10 accounts registered on ebaY.
Interestingly the account the email was received on was not an active
account, nor the only one with the option allowing ebaY to send email.

A quick read of the agreement and privacy policy appears to give ebaY
the right to read and censor all email sent using their system,
something ebaY said it would never do (as a matter of interest last week
ebaY blocked an email with promotion information sent to another user
through the ebaY system, so communication between users is now closed
unless involved in an ebaY sale - so much for community); permission for
ebaY to exchange all financial and other personal information between
ebaY and PayPal and any other ebaY company, something ebaY said it would
never do; permission to allow ebaY to share, sell or rent your financial
and personal information to anyone they want, something ebaY said they
would never do; permission for ebaY to personalize ads based on your
personal and financial information that they have gathered and saved
about you, something ebaY said it would never do; in other words it
abrogates everything that would protect your personal and financial
information from being exploited by ebaY in any way ebaY desires - and
since you sign the user agreement by using the site - ebaY feels you
have no recourse - and only a court of law will change that.

In addition ebaY is once again playing with the copyright of your
information - images, listings etc - and though they have always sworn
that the only reason they have the copyright privileges of your material
is so that they can post your listings on the site, they are trying to
once again twist this so they can do whatever they want with this
information. Once again a successful class action, suit by state
attorneys' general, or government action will be the only thing that
gives ebaY users any rights at all - since ebaY continues to pervert
what community means into whatever is profitable for ebaY insiders.

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