HUNTINGTON – Sales have barely been over for two hours and tickets to the Dec. 12 “We Are Marshall” premiere at Pullman Square have already been spotted on online auction site eBay.
A search for “Marshall premiere” reveals three listings for tickets so far, with one auctioneer currently asking $55 for a pair of tickets (plus a $12 shipping charge). Bidding on another pair has already leapt to $142.50 (plus $6 shipping). Another pair has reached $150.
Around 2,000 tickets to the premiere went on sale at the theater today, at a cost of $25 per seat. No limits were placed on how many tickets each customer could buy, with at least one in line buying a block of 100 tickets with $2,500 in cash.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Minneapolis Castle for sale on eBay
The Van Dusen mansion, located at the corner of 19th and LaSalle in Minneapolis, may be one of the city's most beautifully restored historic homes.
Now, that home could be yours for a mere three million dollars. Okay, the actual price of the home being sold on eBay is $3.2 as of November 27th. But you'll have to hurry, the home is only on the market for another ten days.
Read more http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=140519
Now, that home could be yours for a mere three million dollars. Okay, the actual price of the home being sold on eBay is $3.2 as of November 27th. But you'll have to hurry, the home is only on the market for another ten days.
Read more http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=140519
Accepting challenges key to successful life
Being smart is one thing, but to impact the world one must take risks, state Controller Steve Westly said Monday at Mission San Jose High School, a campus whose students' high test scores and grades get many of them into the nation's top universities.
Urging students to "think big," take calculated risks and challenge people who say their ideas are impossible to achieve, Westly stressed the value of straying from the comfortable path.
Had he decided to play it safe his entire life, Westly never would have left his teaching position at Stanford University — which came with a hefty salary — to work for a startup company, selling items out of a garage. Today, that company, eBay, allows millions of people worldwide to buy and sell items online daily.
And when he decided to leave eBay six years ago to work in the public sector, he understood that again he would be leaving a comfortable job for work that offers less pay. But he accepted the trade-off.
Read more http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_4732745
Urging students to "think big," take calculated risks and challenge people who say their ideas are impossible to achieve, Westly stressed the value of straying from the comfortable path.
Had he decided to play it safe his entire life, Westly never would have left his teaching position at Stanford University — which came with a hefty salary — to work for a startup company, selling items out of a garage. Today, that company, eBay, allows millions of people worldwide to buy and sell items online daily.
And when he decided to leave eBay six years ago to work in the public sector, he understood that again he would be leaving a comfortable job for work that offers less pay. But he accepted the trade-off.
Read more http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_4732745
eBay Encourages Sellers to Offer Free Shipping
As the holiday shopping season kicks into gear, eBay announced a three-day promotion to encourage sellers to offer free shipping on their listings.
From November 28 - 30, sellers who offer free shipping for domestic buyers on eBay.com will receive Subtitle and Border listing upgrades at no charge. Certain categories and formats are excluded from the promotion, such as Store listings.
Read More http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i28/s03
From November 28 - 30, sellers who offer free shipping for domestic buyers on eBay.com will receive Subtitle and Border listing upgrades at no charge. Certain categories and formats are excluded from the promotion, such as Store listings.
Read More http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i28/s03
Sales slow after hefty Black Friday
The holiday shopping season got off to a strong start the day after Thanksgiving as retailers wooed customers with big sales.
But the hot streak cooled down over the weekend as stores returned to their regular hours and promotions were scaled back.
Black Friday -- as the day after Thanksgiving is known because it can push retailers into the black for the year -- posted sales of $8.96 billion, a 6 percent increase over last year, according to ShopperTrak RCT, which monitors customer traffic for retailers.
On Saturday, however, sales totaled $5.7 billion, a slip of 0.4 percent from last year.
"The promotions on Friday were very effective in getting consumers out, and once they reached that, Saturday was essentially flat," said Jim Martin, vice president of information products for ShopperTrak RCT.
read more http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/28/MNGHSML5LC1.DTL&feed=rss.news
But the hot streak cooled down over the weekend as stores returned to their regular hours and promotions were scaled back.
Black Friday -- as the day after Thanksgiving is known because it can push retailers into the black for the year -- posted sales of $8.96 billion, a 6 percent increase over last year, according to ShopperTrak RCT, which monitors customer traffic for retailers.
On Saturday, however, sales totaled $5.7 billion, a slip of 0.4 percent from last year.
"The promotions on Friday were very effective in getting consumers out, and once they reached that, Saturday was essentially flat," said Jim Martin, vice president of information products for ShopperTrak RCT.
read more http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/28/MNGHSML5LC1.DTL&feed=rss.news
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