"I am so frazzled at the edges" pleaded the voice at the end of the phone.

"I've hardly had any sleep.  Spent yesterday in London.  Got home to Somerset to find the car had given up on me. Had to get up at the crack o'dawn to do my weekly radio show in Taunton. I was late.  I hate being late. Then had to sort out a blimmin' hire car to get to Bristol for some important charity work at NACOA.  I'm still in Bristol.  My blogpost has done a disappearing act.  It's 8.30pm.  I've got a 90 minute drive home and I just need to go to bed!"

The panic stopped, followed by a pause and a big intake of breath and the magic words..."So would you like to do a guest post for Thursday?"

Now when the gorgeous Tracey Smith rings you up in the middle of the evening and provides an open invitation to take over her blog for the day, the only thing to do is to switch on your laptop and pull together a cunning plan that will give her such a wonderful surprise she thinks all her Christmases have come at once.

And I've got a fabulous surprise planned for this amazing lady.  It's huge.  In fact it is so massive, I simply cannot do this on my own.

It needs you!  It needs your sense of fun.  It needs your invigorated spirit and it needs your commitment to reduce your rubbish big style.  And I mean BIG STYLE!

If you've read Tracey's fabulous book and are following her marvellous hints and tips on reducing your household rubbish, you will be ready to help make this happen, even if all you've taken are a few small steps here and there and what I am about to suggest will give our very own Queen of Rubbish a warm glow all over!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to ask you to take one extra step in your rubbish journey.  That's right just put one foot forward and step up to the challenge of not creating any rubbish for one whole week.

Yep, that's it.  Just one week of not generating any waste that has to be dumped in landfill. 

A Zero Waste Week!

All you have to do is go for seven days without buying or throwing away anything that can't be recycled or composted! 

All you need to do is pick your week, get prepared and go for it and after the week is up, I can guarantee you will have a lovely slim bin to show for your efforts!

Can you imagine the impact?  Waking up on Bin Day and not having to worry about putting your bin out that week!  Not having to scuttle out in the cloak of darkness in your slippers and dressing gown and legging it in before your neighbours see you.  Instead you will be able to enjoy a lie-in, in the knowledge that landfill will be a lot lighter thanks to your efforts.

So, are you up for it?

Good. I hoped so because when it comes to slimming your bin, it's a case of the more the merrier.  Indeed, why do it on your own?  Challenge your family, friends and colleagues at work and then get cracking on a plan of action.

And talking of plans, here are some top tips to help you on along.  Even if you follow just some of these ideas, you will be well on your way to a lighter life with less rubbish.

1. Start by ringing your council, to make sure you are up-to-date with recycling facilities or if you live in the UK, check the Recycle Now website for details. 
2. Find out if Tetra Pak collect drink cartons in your area.
3. Check if your local supermarket recycles all polythene wrappers as well as carrier bags and take back any frozen food bags, bread bags and magazine wrappers that would otherwise be thrown away.
4. Organise storage space at home to make recycling easier.
5. Start composting at home or find out about community composting.
6. Avoid plastic bags and take reusable ones instead. 
7. When shopping, avoid bring rubbish home.  Buy less, buy loose and switch to products where the packaging can be recycled or composted.  Try taking your own containers to avoid packaging and avoid crisps, snack bars and chocolate bars, which are packaged in film which can't be recycled.  Buy produce from your local markets or farm shops.  If you live in a city sign up for a veg box delivery.
8. Ditch ready-meals and takeaway lunches.  Take packed lunches and cook from scratch, even if it's as simple as a jacket potato or scrambled egg on toast.  Try the Love Food Hate Waste website for inspiration.
9. Avoid food waste by using up fresh products, reducing portions, freezing or reusing leftovers.  If you still have the odd plate scraping and food waste isn't collected in your area, find out about Bokashi composting for managing cooked scraps.
10. Finally take your unwanted goods to a charity shop, give them away on Freecycle or swap them for other goodies at your local LETS group.  Alternatively make some cash for you own pocket on eBay or at your local boot fair.

By signing up for your very own Zero Waste Week challenge, you will become part of a craze that's already taking the country by storm. 

To see for yourself, check out some of the following sites which are packed full of news, links and ideas, including my very own Rubbish Diet website, the excellent site My Zero Waste and the wonderful Zero Waist Blog, each revealing how ordinary people have managed to slim their bins to almost size zero.

And if you really want to add some extra pizzazz, get your friends to sponsor you so while you're reducing your rubbish you can raise money for your favourite charity at the same time.

Trust me, by the end of your week, life will never be the same again!           

And as for our Tracey, your efforts will make her a happy bunny forever more.  Now isn't that the most wonderful surprise to wake up to!

Karen Cannard is a freelance writer and the author of The Rubbish Diet blog, which details her own Zero Waste challenge, during which all she threw out was just one sticking plaster.   If you're up for the challenge and would like further advice, Karen can be reached by email.

It's likely that they will tour after this, but these three days in Hampton will be epic.  And it doesn't look like anyone gets to go.

Let me explain.  Tickets went on presale early October.  I know countless people who tried to get tickets, some with 20 orders.  I know of 2 people who scored.  Everyone else, including me failed.  I mean, its a country full of hippies, who havent heard Phish play live in over 4 years, all trying for the same show.  They go on GA sale on Saturday morning, but I'm already predicting the worst.

Last week, everyone was super pumped.  As of yesterday, everyone is super let down.  Ive never travelled cross country for a show, and being a west coast fan, my "touring" was much different than the east coast experience.  I thought this would be my chance.

So far, no good.  Especially when you go on to ebay, and people are selling tickets for $290 for one, or $1000 for 4, or $2000 for 2 tickets for all three shows.  its nuts.  So, while cruising ebay today, I came across a listing for $.01.  It looked like a regular listing. Had the photo of the venue and everything.

Looked up to par except for the part at the top that explicitly said to read the entire posting before bidding.   I was intrigued, so I went to the listing and what I saw is after the break.

PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE LISTING BEFORE PURCHASING PHISH TICKETS ON EBAY! (THIS LISTING IS NOT FOR TICKETS - THIS LISTING IS FOR THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW)

*I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE BAND - BELOW ARE MY STATEMENTS*

#1.  Phish Is AGAINST scalping.  Any tickets that can be tracked & confirmed as being sold for above face value ($49.50) will be cancelled.

#2.  Purchasing tickets on eBay right now and then waiting until March to receive them puts you in a pickle if they don't arrive.

a. Because it will be past the deadline to claim non-receipt of an item through eBay

b.  It will be beyond the 90 day grace period to file a claim with PayPal to receive your money back.

c.  It will be beyond the 60 day time frame to leave negative feedback for any seller who does not actually send you any tickets.

#3.  Those selling tickets well above face value have ruined the chance for long-time fans (such as myself) who legitimately registered with the random drawing and those who will be on hold with Ticketmaster all day Saturday that may never get through in time.

ALRIGHTY - SO THAT THIS LISTING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITHIN ALL OF eBay's POLICIES - I MUST NOW OFFER SOMETHING UP FOR BID

I HAVE NOT USED KEYWORD SPAMMING BECAUSE THE ITEM OFFERED DOES PERTAIN TO THE BAND AND THE TICKET DATES AND THE VENUE

IF YOU CHOOSE TO BID ON THIS LISTING, YOU WILL RECEIVE A PRINT OUT OF MY DENIED REQUEST FOR 2 TICKETS PER EACH PHISH SHOW AT THE HAMPTON COLISEUM.  I WILL ALSO THROW IN A PURPLE "BE GOOD FAMILY" BUMPER STICKER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THIS LISTING IS ALL ABOUT!

BE GOOD FAMILY!!!!

I wrote to the seller, and congratulated her on the awesome post.  Gotta respect someone who can tell it like it is, and really, only have the fans best interest in mind.

Response: Thank You!

It really is a crock. I wish there would have been a better way to weed out the bad eggs so that only people wanting to actually go to the shows got the tickets! It's definitely sickening to see so many of them listed here on eBay...especially at these prices!!!

Thanks for sharing the vibe!
Billie

WISH ME LUCK ON SATURDAY!  FINGERS CROSSED I CAN GET THROUGH TO TICKETMASTER

EBay said the broad worldwide downturn cut into e-commerce growth rates over the past two months and the turbulent environment will continue to tamp down consumer spending in the fourth quarter and beyond.

The online auction powerhouse reported third quarter earnings Wednesday and said it saw "considerable" slowing across its entire business beginning in mid August. Consumer held onto their wallets and the average sale size came under pressure.

Not surprisingly, vehicle purchases on the site were soft.

"We anticipate a very challenging fourth-quarter holiday season," said John Donahue, chief executive of eBay. "This (downturn) is impacting consumer spending and growth rates."

As a result, eBay lowered its sales projection for the fourth quarter. Sales are now likely to slump 4 percent from the third quarter with the economic environment and the stronger dollar having an impact. "These are turbulent times for which no one has a perfect playbook," Donahue said on a conference call.

"GOO/ZON/BAY/FACE/TUBE" (everything to everyone)

Highly searchable social network with video rankings of products that actually buy and ship themselves. Guaranteed to be profitable from day one.

FOLLOW Jack's continuing story and don't forget to start from the beginning.

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Quello che non sapete è che tempo fa avevo comprato su ebay (Cina) un HD da 1.8 pollici, per capirci sono quelli usati negli ipod, il mio è da 30GB.
Bene, oggi è arrivato, così sono andato da Euronics a prendere 512MB di ram e tornato a casa mi sono divertito nel vivisezionare il mio portatilino....
Il HD (come suona male...) è stato alloggiato sotto la scheda madre, fortunatamente ci entra, così dopo momenti di panico e varie, sono riuscito a fissare il toshiba al case e a collegarlo in modo giusto...
Ora ho un Aspire one con 30GB di HD e 1GB di ram.... In questo momento sto creando la usb bootabile per installare la nuova distro...

Lo siento por el artículo si se me nota más alterado que de costumbre, pero estoy bastante cabreado. Tenía (y aún tengo) un iPod Touch de 8Gb de primera generación, que se me había quedado pequeño de espacio. Pensé en venderlo por Ebay y así sacar unos euros para poder comprar otro de segunda generación y de 16Gb. Lo mandé a subasta por un precio bastante bajo esperando venderlo rápidamente. Obtuve 10 pujas y además me llevé la sorpresa de que el precio subió más de lo que había previsto. Todo correcto. Localicé al usuario ganador de la puja y le mandé mis datos bancarios, procediendo a preparar el paquete con el Touch bien limpito dentro.

Esta mañana me despierto y tenía un correo de el usuario ganador, que me decía que a lo largo de la mañana me ingresaría el dinero. Y esta tarde me sorprendo cuando el tipo me escribe diciendo que se confundió pensando que pujaba por un iPhone y que si podríamos solucionar el tema y dejarlo pasar... Bueno, de primeras y quien me conoce personalmente sabe que siempre tiendo a ser comprensivo con los errores ajenos, pero mira tú por donde además de sonarme todo muy raro, es IMPOSIBLE confundirse con un iPhone, cuando no solo había puesto tres veces las palabras "iPod Touch", sino que estaba en la categoría de MP3/4 y además en el título del artículo puse iPod Touch en mayusculas. Por si fuera poco cuando le mandé los datos bancarios le puse bien claro de nuevo que era un iPod Touch. ¿Qué no entiende la gente?

Yo lo siento mucho, pero además me pilló en un día bastante malo, por lo que ya le avisé al tipo que eBay tenía unas normas y que no solo el pujar te vincula, sino que cuando se gana una subasta se tiene que realizar la transación. Lo siento, pero no soy una hermanita de la caridad cuando además me están cobrando por poner el anuncio en el sitio. Cada uno somos responsables de nuestros actos y más cuando estamos hablando de dinero. Por eso os recomiendo que si sois compradores de eBay aseguraos bien cuando pujéis por un artículo, porque luego se os va a exigir la responsabilidad del pago, como vosotros debéis pedir una buena realización del envío y del estado del producto ganado. Si sois vendedores, lo mismo, tenéis vuestros derechos y el poner un artículo a subasta os cuesta dinero, así que exigidlos.

Ya os contaré como evoluciona el tema, pero de momento el tipo este me ha jodido por el momento el poder cambiar de Touch, además de buscar problemas donde no debería haberlos.

Een plek full of interesting stuff. Bij mij gaat er eigenlijk geen dag voorbij zonder even ebay te checken.

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How Can You Support St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance Using iGive?

iGive is the first online charity shopping mall. iGive.com enables individuals to shop online at over 600 reputable stores and simultaneously support any cause they wish, such as St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance.  Up to 26 percent or more of every purchase is donated to the selected cause at no extra cost to shoppers or causes. 

        “We have found iGive.com to be an excellent and nearly effortless way to raise needed funds. Many of our supporters are already shopping online. Now with their shopping through the Mall at iGive.com, everything they buy – from CDs, books, toothpaste to computers – helps St. Mary's Food Bank,” says Terry Shannon, President and CEO of SMFBA.  “We’re excited about how technology allows iGive.com to enable our supporters to raise funds to help fight poverty in Arizona--often buying items for the holidays or gifts they never thought could make a difference for their charity of choice."  

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Check out my feedback left for some of the designs

NOTE: Not all the designs on my feedback left are on this cd.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150260768951&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005

Granted, eBay has big growth problems today (the company will report quarterly earnings after the market close today), but Whitman will run on her impressive record of building an organization from 30 people to 15,000 when she handed over the CEO reins to John Donahoe this past March. Revenues rose from $4 million to $7.7 billion during her 10-year tenure. If she runs for governor, her competitors for the Republican nomination will likely include California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and maybe former Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Carly Fiorina -- a McCain adviser who, coincidentally, topped the Fortune MPWomen list for six straight years before she got ousted from HP and Whitman replaced her as No. 1 on the list.

While Fiorina has considered running for governor, she is less likely to following last month's flap over her remark that Sarah Palin doesn't have the experience to run a major company like Hewlett Packard. (The flap was ridiculous and unfair; as Fiorina told the interviewer, "That's not what she's running for." The fact is, neither McCain, Obama nor any other politician has the experience to run Hewlett-Packard -- and this doesn't diminish their ability to lead the nation.)

If Whitman decides to enter the gubernatorial race and wins the Republican nod, she could be competing with any of these Democrats who have signalled interest in running: California Attorney General (and former Governor) Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, Lieutanant Governor John Garamendi, and former Controller Steve Westly, who failed to win the Democratic nomination two years ago. Brown is viewed as the favorite among the Democrats. But how interesting it would be if it were Whitman vs. Westly. Westly, one of eBay's first executives, once worked for Whitman, heading marketing and business development. Even more intriguing: If Senator Dianne Feinstein runs -- as she is rumored to do every four years -- California could have an all-female contest. Feinstein's age is her disadvantage. She's 75. Whitman is 52.

Here's one positive sign for Whitman: Last month, we asked 126 participants of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, "Who is more likely to become the next Governor of California? Carly Fiorina or Meg Whitman? Twenty-six percent said Fiorina. Sixty-eight percent said Whitman. (Six percent said they don't know.)

As for the bigger race -- for the Presidency -- 57% of the MPWomen Summit participants predicted that Obama will win. The exact same percentage said they want Obama to win. McCain's MPWomen votes weren't pretty. Only 39% predicted that McCain will win the Presidency. Even fewer, 29%, said they'd likely vote for him.

I'm a child of the '80s, and my favorite line of toys from my childhood were The Transformers.  I currently have them (most in good, if well-played-with shape) in a box in my barn, along with a few MASK vehicles and the odd Go-Bot or two.

The guy in this video (who happens to be my age) puts my collection to shame.

As of this morning, his asking price on ebay is a paltry $68 thousand.

Mom and Dad, if you're reading this (and if you're $!#%! rich)...

WANT.

When I got that damaged card, I gave the seller the benefit of the doubt and filed an insurance claim with USPS for damage upon shipment. The seller had the foresight to buy insurance for the item, which was good, otherwise, I would have had to go through PayPal claims (which might not have been a bad thing since they are much faster in response time). Anyway, I sent the claim off on September 24 and I guess they processed it last week on the 9th and I received it back today, October 14, 20 days after first submitting the claim. There was no explaination or anything - just a check for $128.50. I'm still pretty annoyed that I didn't get the full amount for shipping as well since I didn't get what I was promised, and I contacted the seller about covering the rest, but who knows where that might lead - it's only a couple bucks.

Anyway, at least we know USPS insurance claim isn't that shady. I was afraid they just took my card and ran with it. It's so shady how they go through the insurance process because when I turned it in, they gave me nothing back except a notarized stamp. There was no claim number or anything so when I called their help line, they had no info of when I woudl get anything back or anything. But at least I got my money back. Too bad now there are only 9 of those silk cards in existence now. I wonder what USPS does with all those damaged insured items. Do they just keep them or do they destroy them? I know at Walmart, if you return something that is damaged or used, it is their policy to have those items destroyed. Same goes for stores such as Brookstone. That would be a shame. I would still pay like $10 for a silk card with a dinged corner, wouldn't you?

Sie haben bei Ebay plötzlich einen Account und sind aber nie selbst Mitglied geworden?  Sie sind Mitglied und Sie bekommen Telefonanrufe von wütenden oder enttäuschten Käufern? Aber der Account-Name der Ihnen genannt wird ist ein ganz anderer!

Dann willkommen im Club!!!

Sie gehören jetzt zu den Personen denen Ihre IDENTITÄT geklaut wurde 

Sie werden sich jetzt fragen wie geht das denn?  Oder wer war das?

Nun möglich ist es, weil das Anmeldeverfahren bei Ebay sehr lax ist und die Anmeldedaten nicht geprüft werden. So kann sich jeder mit irgendwelchen Daten anmelden.  Sie müssen auch nicht denken, das irgend jemand Sie nicht leiden könnte und das deshalb plötzlich ein Account auf Ihren Namen existiert. Nein, hier geht es um Kriminalität und um viel Geld.

Oft wird der Identitätsdiebstahl gar nicht bemerkt oder erst nach einer Zeit von 2 bis 3 Wochen. Es ist sogar vorgekommen, das Opfer von einem Identitätsdiebstahl gar nichts mitbekommen haben, weil die Käufer frühzeitig gemerkt haben, das hier etwas nicht stimmt oder aber noch gewarnt werden konnten.

Was aber auch passieren kann, ist, das Sie als ahnungsloses Opfer vom einem Identitätsdiebstahl Post von einem Inkassobüro bekommen, welches von Ebay beauftragt ist, um die Einstellgebühren, Verkaufsprovision und natürlich die Mahnkosten und Anwaltskosten bei Ihnen einzufordern.

Hier will Ebay Ihnen  Kosten von (bei einem Opfer wurde dieser Betrag verlangt)  € 124,-- in Rechnung stellen.

Dann haben Sie als ahnungsloses Opfer des Identitätsklau’s auch noch das Problem das Sie beweisen müssen, das es sich um einen Identitätsklau handelt.  Auch in diesem Fall hilft Ihnen Ebay nicht.

Gehen Sie zur Polizei und zeigen Sie die Straftat an.  Wenn Sie den Ebay-Account Namen wissen, der wird Ihnen meistens im Schreiben vom Anwalt/Inkassobüro genannt suchen Sie im Ebay danach.

Gehen Sie zur erweiterten Suchfunktion: Suchen nach einem Mitglied, dort geben Sie den Namen ein. Über die Funktion: gelaufene Auktionen können Sie vielleicht noch herausbekommen was Sie angeblich verkauft haben sollen.

W I C H T I G: Drucken Sie die Daten / Seiten aus. Wenn Sie die Käufer-Namen (Account-Namen der Käufer) noch einsehen können, nehmen Sie mit diesen Kontakt auf über die Funktion: Kontakt mit einem Mitglied aufnehmen und schildern Sie was passiert ist.  Lassen Sie sich von den Käufern alle Informationen geben die Sie bekommen können.

Mit all diesen Informationen gehen Sie zur Polizei und erstatten Anzeige. 

Sagen Sie es weiter und helfen Sie, sich und andere zu schützen.

Ich danke Ihnen von Herzen.

Das ist keine Rechtsberatung sondern soll nur denjenigen helfen die betrogen wurden und vielleicht hilft es auch weitere Betrügereien zu vermeiden.

Bener-bener ga punya etika, sopan santun dan pendidikan online nih.

Kalo kesel sama orang lain, ya tulis aja di blog nya sendiri, atau blog orang itu, jangan nyebar komentar negatif di tempat saya, yang tidak ada hubungannya dengan pembuat masalah dong..

Untuk informasi, saya tidak menjual VCC FOR EBAY transaction, tapi saya menjual VCC FOR PAYPAL VERIFICATION. Dan tidak ada seorangpun yang bisa menjual VCC for EBAY transaction, paling2 untuk EBAY REGISTRATION.

Tolong dimengerti deh, vcc itu hanya bisa dipake 1x, bukan berkali-kali, jadi kalo ada yang melanggar, resiko tanggung sendiri dong, berani berbuat, berani tanggung jawab!

Kadang orang itu yang salah mengartikan, menggunakan vcc lebih dari 1x untuk transaksi di eBay, jelas atuh, kalo akun eBaynya di blokir sm eBay.

Ke-TOLOL-an sendiri, tapi menyalahkan orang lain.. ini ciri khas orang yang pendidikan rendah.. udah tolol, masih bikin malu diri sendiri pula..

Untuk yang mengaku bernama Dian Permana (email dianpermana@telkom.net) dan Riko Nasution (email antiglobal@usa.com) dengan IP address 202.152.172.4, silakan baca postingan komentar anda di bawah ini.

Saya sudah coba hubungi via email ternyata emailnya palsu semua. Ga berani ya?

"hati2 penjual vcc untuk registrasi ebay, dengan nick PALUPI DEWI! orang ini penipu!!!!! kata nya vcc ebay bisa buat registrasi, nggak sampai sehari account kita langsung di suspend ama ebay, taik!!

info ini akan saya sebarkan kesemua forum di internet, saya dirugikan!! biar tau rasa penjual vcc ebay!!!!"

Dikirim: Oct 15, 10:38 PM

Astaga itu tulisan!!! Menyebarkan kebencian, dan menggunakan kata-kata kotor!

Rekan pengunjung bisa melihat sendiri, bahwa orang-orang ini sesungguhnya hanya ingin memancing di air keruh.. menghancurkan bisnis saya, dengan membawa2 nama Dewi Palupi yang ternyata tidak nyata, alias FAKE ID. Makanya, jangan beli di tempat yang nggak jelas orangnya! Teliti sebelum membeli dong!

Saya cuma merasa kasihan, karena orang ini kena tipu.. vcc murah, ga tau nya nggak valid..

Anda merasa takut membeli vcc untuk paypal? Silakan kroscek dengan saya di sini. Ingat, selalu gunakan logika, bukan emosi untuk menyelesaikan masalah.

Salam dahsyat!

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Collegandoci al sito www.ebay.it, dovremo innantitutto loggarci. Per fare ciò basta cliccare in alto su "Il mio Ebay" e la schermata successiva ci chiederà di inserire il nostro id utente e la nostra password. Per evitare di inserire ogni volta questi due dati, possiamo dare il comando al nostro browser di ricordarli, successivamente, ogni volta che si visita il sito. In questo modo, la prossima volta che cliccherete su "Il mio Ebay", nei campi id utente e password spunteranno già i valori salvati e vi basterà cliccare solo su Accedi.

Una volta loggati, dobbiamo sfruttare il motore di ricerca interno del sito, in modo da individuare l'oggetto a cui siamo interessati. Il consiglio che vi do è di cercare con attenzione, leggendo fino in fondo le descrizioni presenti all'interno delle aste; in particolare, riguardo ai metodi di pagamento accettati e di spedizione offerti.

Una volta individuato l'oggetto a cui siamo interessati, dobbiamo analizzare l'asta. Innanzitutto in alto possiamo individuare il prezzo che l'asta ha raggiunto in quel momento; subito sotto troviamo invece un modulo, dove dobbiamo inserire l'importo massimo che intendiamo pagare per quel determinato oggetto.

Tuttavia prima di inserire il prezzo dobbiamo leggere attentamente la descrizione dell'oggetto, stando bene attenti ai particolari come difetti, rotture, malfunzionamenti, ecc. Se la descrizione dell'asta ci soddisfa, passiamo ad analizzare i metodi di spedizione accettati dal venditore e i metodi di spedizione offerti. Se anche qui rimaniamo soddisfatti, passiamo a fare la nostra offerta.

Tornando in alto, inseriamo all'interno del modulo dell'offerta massima l'importo massimo che siamo disposti a pagare, escluso le spese di spedizione. Quest'ultime, infatti, saranno aggiunte successivamente al prezzo finale dell'asta. All'interno del modulo possiamo inserire tranquillamente il prezzo massimo che siamo disposti a pagare, anche se maggiore (e di molto) del prezzo attuale; il sistema di Ebay, infatti, rilancerà il prezzo fino a superare quella attuale e si fermerà. Nel caso in cui vengano fatte altre offerte da parte di altri utenti, il sistema rilancerà automaticamente fino al raggiungimento del prezzo massimo. Se un'altra offerta supererà la nostra massima, il sistema non rilancerà più e sarà nostro compito effettuare, eventualmente, un'altra offerta.

Mi raccomando di essere sicuri al momento dell'offerta: se vi aggiudicherete l'asta sarete obbligati ad acquistare l'oggetto del venditore. In ogni modo il sistema ve lo ricorderà prima di confermare la vosra offerta.

Una volta effettuato l'acquisto, verrete cotattati dal venditore via mail o messaggi di ebay, in cui vi comunicherà gli estremi del pagamento. Vi consiglio di chiedere al venditore di confermarvi l'avvenuta ricezione del pagamento e di confermargli l'indirizzo a cui spedire.

Una volta ricevuto il vostro oggetto e verificato il corretto funzionamento o il perfetto stato dello stesso o meno, dovrete lasciare il commento di feedback al venditore con le impressioni avute.

When talking to companies, frequently consumer-facing companies, I often have a version of the following short conversation below:

Me: So the product looks really great - how are you going to convince consumers to switch to you from [old, hidebound web 1.0 service or manual process]?

Founder: Well, that old [site/product/service] is terrible! Ours has better functionality, is more reliable and look how pretty the rounded corners are (ok, I made that last one up). People will see how much better our product is and users will flock to us. Word of mouth will be inherently viral.

This is a dangerous place to be with your business, and if you're talking to me or most of my colleagues you're going to get a lot of push back on this line of reasoning.

Let's step back. When I was in business school I was fortunate enough to have taken a strategy class from Bruce Greenwald. Professor Greenwald has a powerfully descriptive and predictive framework for considering the competitive positioning of a given company (although I am still working through how to best apply his precepts to early-stage businesses). The framework essentially posits that while there are many different strategic forces acting on a company (including Porter's five, for the MBAs and business geeks out there), the one that matters far more than anything else are barriers to entry. And if you break down Greenwald's view of barriers to entry, he looks to one of several sources.
1. Proprietary Technology
2. Economies of Scale
3. Customer Captivity

The first two are pretty well-known in the technology world. Many of the first several generations of successful companies were built by developing technology that others couldn't match and couldn't legally copy. There are plenty of examples on the web and elsewhere of companies that have built scale advantage (Ebay, Amazon). And the best companies will have all three (Google).

But I want to talk here about an aspect customer captivity and a how it potentially impacts early stage companies. Professor Greenwald argues (and I agree) that customers (particularly consumers, although businesses as well in limited circumstances) can become captive through sheer habit. There are other, more obvious forms of customer captivity (technology lock-in, ongoing investment, loyalty programs, etc...) but these aren't present in, say, a consumer-facing web service. And so it seems pretty easy to lure customers away with a better product. And to some extent this logic is rationale, in that if you have chosen to compete against companies without these more obvious forms of customer captivity, you've done your business a favor.

But it's a mistake to think you're out of the woods just because switching costs are low. In fact, the unseen switching costs of customer habit can be dauntingly high. By way of example I'll use (as I often do) my mother. My mother uses AOL. My dad got the whole family AOL accounts in 1995. I never used mine because I already had a university account and my younger brothers eventually ditched theirs as well. Even Dad ultimately switched. But Mom is still chugging away on AOL. My brother (who spent almost four years at Google) tried endlessly to convince her to switch to the more elegant, functional and reliable gmail. No dice. She's used to AOL. And so she stays.

I bring this up because it demonstrates some powerful captive behavior. Email is an impure example because the archives and persistence of a long-standing email address provide additional sources of captivity besides habit. Think about someone you might know who still uses the travel site they started using in 1997. Or the mapping site they started using in 2000. Better alternatives have arisen since then, yet people frequently "just stay with what they know".

This has powerful implications both offensively and defensively for your web business. Offensively it means that you can't simply rely on "if you build it, he will come" product superiority. Customer habit is such that EVEN IF users can be convinced with marketing to check out your terrific new product, your war is far from won, because some large percentage of them will say some variant of, "Yeah that's cool. But I'm fine with what I have". Your marketing battle with this customer has just begun. On the defensive side, it is useful to think about instrumenting your product or service to encourage customer captivity. And while that sounds nefarious, it doesn't have to be - building habit and addictive experience is powerful medicine, and by building customer habit you are generating captivity explicitly by delivering value to your customers.

Build something that users want to use every day and by the time someone comes out with something a little shinier, you will have the benefit of customer habit. Today, though, you need to work on how to overcome it.

If you love fashion blogs, you may recognize the girl in this pics- it's Rumi from the look-book blog fashiontoast.com. Her whole look epitomizes LA style. Fortunately, you can acquire some of this laid-back-edgy style by taking a stroll through her eBay store, Treasure Chest Vintage. Mostly carrying pieces from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, this store is a perfect stop for pieces that are stylish, simple, and easy to wear.