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My Top 10 International Selling and Shipping Locations

My favorite 10 places to sell from the perspective of a vintage collectibles seller of mainly flat items mostly from eBay. Continue reading

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Patting Myself on the Back: Feedback #10,000 on eBay

My main eBay stats were racing against each other, which would come first, my 10 year anniversary selling on the site or the elusive shooting star? Continue reading

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eBay DSR Protection or Things I Can't Help But Dwell On

Your ecommerce customer is thinking “I paid, gimme my stuff, and quick,” but sometimes there really are problems which stop this from happening. Continue reading

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Odds and Ends – What I’m Watching, Reading, Selling, Doing

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

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Why I keep eBay’s Best Offer option manual for my vintage and unique items

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

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Another blast from the past – Strange eBay Mail

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

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67 Years to Travel 30 Meters

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

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Some Early 90′s Baseball Card Show Memories Rekindled

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

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ColderICE to Help Fight Breast Cancer; “Chest to Save Breasts” Charity Auction

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

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First Thoughts on eBay's April 2009 Seller Update

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

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