Author Archives: Cliff Aliperti

An irregular weekly update about classic movies, film books, vintage collectibles and general 19th and 20th century pop culture. This week, Greer Garson, 40′s and 50′s Sporting News issues, and the coming eBay changes. Continue reading →

Clicking the title of this post will take you over to a guest post that I did on John Lawson’s ColderICE.com e-commerce blog. It’s a bit of a follow-up, or perhaps better-stated, a companion piece to this post I wrote … Continue reading →

So I received an envelope with just this inside today: It took a minute, but what it says is “FYI This JUST arrived – had been slipped among “new” mailers.” Okay, first reaction, have I had recent contact with this … Continue reading →

Got a pretty cool email today from a happy customer in Italy. He’d purchased an Italian-language movie collectible item from me on eBay, which if I recall I’d purchased years ago myself on eBay from an Italian seller. Here’s what … Continue reading →

Some memories from back when I was a regular on the Long Island baseball card show circuit back in the early 90′s and applying some of those lessons to ecommerce Continue reading →

All the details on John “Colder Ice” Lawson’s “Chest to Save Breasts” charity auction running through May 4. Continue reading →

eBay announced their April 2009 Seller Update today and the area I’ve found myself dwelling on is the change from PayPal Shipping to eBay Shipping. A few questions. Continue reading →

The lower your Best Offer to me on eBay the more likely you’re either outright rejected or receive my highest reasonable counteroffer. A reasonable offer stands a good chance of being accepted without negotiation. Continue reading →

I moved my e-commerce blog posts over here somewhat recently because I found them overall too unrelated to my posts dealing specifically with collectibles. I knew I wouldn’t be the most active e-commerce blogger in the world, so I set … Continue reading →

Where is eBay going? Everyone’s got an opinion, but two of the most qualified I’ve heard are from John Colder Ice Lawson and Mitzi Swisher of The Vintage List. Continue reading →