Center offers ‘eBay 101’ (Pensacola News Journal)
The University of West Florida Small Business Development Center (401 E. Chase St., Suite 100, Pensacola) is holding its “eBay 101” workshop at 9 a.m. Jan. 12. More: continued here
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U.K. to launch James Bond stamps (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
LONDON, December 28 (RIA Novosti) – The U.K. will launch six extra-long stamps to mark the centenary since the birth of Ian Fleming, known as the creator of the world’s best known secret agent, James Bond, Royal Mail said Friday. More: continued here
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‘Rolls-Royce’ of rare stamps sells for $825,000 (CNN.com)
DALLAS, Texas (AP) — One of the most famously flawed stamps in U.S. history sold for $825,000 to a New York man who bought it slightly cheaper than the record price another “Inverted Jenny” copy fetched at auction last month. More: continued here
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WVU Fan Puts Beard Up for Sale on Ebay (WBOY Clarksburg)
The fan says the beard is his good luck charm. MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University fan is showing his Mountaineer pride and putting a prized possession up for bid on Ebay. The prized possession is his beard, one that he has grown since the start of the 2007 football season. More: continued here
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Bette Davis Stars in 2008 Postage Stamps (Fox News)
Bette Davis will be on postage stamps in 2008. More: continued here
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Man charged in attempted post office robbery (The Kansas City Star)
A 70-year-old Tucson, Ariz., man has been charged with attempting to rob the Lenexa post office Wednesday morning. More: continued here
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New eBay Feature Encourages Local Marketing (AuctionBytes)
eBay launched a new feature that lets sellers create flyers they can print out and post in “real world” settings. Sellers can enter their Item number into the eBay Flyer form, and the feature creates a printable flyer pre-filled with information describing the item. More: continued here
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Sweet smelling stamps – Hindu
Hindu Sweet smelling stampsHindu, India –4 hours agoIndia Post, for the first time, released perfumed stamps in December 2006. In doing so, they joined a small band of postal administrations like New Zealand, … More: continued here
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eBay Canada Encourages ‘Re-Gifting’ with New Promotion (AuctionBytes)
eBay Canada is calling December 26 – 30 “National Re-Gifting Week” and is encouraging consumers to sell unwanted gifts on eBay by giving them five free listings. eBay Canada provided some “re-gifting etiquette” as part of its public relations effort, including: don’t re-gift the re-gifter; make a list (if you received a number of gifts…
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eBay Confirms Shopping.com Glitch (AuctionBytes)
eBay spokesperson Catherine England confirmed the existence of a glitch on its Shopping.com comparison-shopping engine website that caused some merchants’ ads to appear when they were not supposed to. More: continued here