Word: ebay
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...things I've seen over the last couple of years is the rising popularity of the vintage clothing store. This relates to the changing concept of secondary markets - whether its EBay, whether it's goodwill industries, whether it's selling a previously owned Mercedes Benz - the perception is changing. There's a willingness buy used, rather than necessarily buy new. You'll never sell used underwear or used socks. But the number of things that people are considering buying used, or buying previously owned, is considerable...
...Just the T fare alone is bleeding me dry,” he said, weighing his options of trying to consign the jacket or selling it on eBay. “I don’t know what I was thinking...
Then on Feb. 9, another potential candidate emerged. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman jolted the potential GOP primary lineup by forming her own gubernatorial exploratory committee. Already equipped with a powerful roster of statewide co-chairs and political endorsements - and a history of big-time fundraising - Whitman and her team looked anything but exploratory. Whitman, 52, was a national co-chair and money magnet for the McCain/Palin ticket in 2008. In a statement, she said, "California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history - a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses and an exploding state budget deficit. California...
...factors that save him from the same degree of condemnation with which other more avaricious artists have met. The sale of limited edition posters on his website for as little as $20, despite the fact that he could easily inflate prices to match going rates of his work on ebay, is another sign that he has made an effort not to lose touch with his roots...
...face value, or a little above. However, these benevolent e-mails were immediately followed by those from “entrepreneurial” students, who offered their tickets at a few hundred percent above face value. In some cases they even set up bidding wars, either officially on eBay or through the abbreviation OBO—“Or Better Offer.” These students are not entrepreneurs; they are extortionists...