>On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 10:03  AM, tedd, speaking of eBay, wrote:
>>
>>I've purchased many things there (i.e., camera, programming books, 
>>etc.) and have never had any problems. I find it an interesting 
>>source for real world stuff. Also, I have friends and family that 
>>use eBay for business (i.e., drop ship) and make considerable money.
>
>So what you're saying is that it's long past time for me to join the 
>20th century (even if I'm still a century late)???
>--
>Ted Spencer

Ted:

Hey, what's a century one way or the other? The point is, as Jay 
mentioned, eBay is an interesting source where you can see the value 
some things demand -- so there's comparison shopping there.

It's also interesting the types of things that are on eBay. For 
example, a friend of mine lost her brownie girl scout badge a long 
time ago and always missed it (for whatever reason). She was able to 
replace the badge from shopping on eBay -- so, there are interesting 
and unusual things there.

My daughter purchases baby formula and sells it on eBay. When she 
gets an order, she then contacts the company that sells the formula, 
buys the formula via her special discount (i.e., coupons) and drop 
ships directly to the customer -- she never sees the merchandise nor 
has to do the shipping. Also, a friend of mine did the same thing 
with toddler toys and made a considerable amount of money -- so there 
is opportunity there.

Another person sold the domain name of "act.com" for $5,000 on eBay 
and the purchaser (a person I know) sold it to ACT! Software for a 
cool $500,000 -- so, you can find deals there.

eBay is worth the time to review.

tedd