Archive for 2010

Liquidating Business Assets for a Good Cause

A high school Junior in Arden Hills, MN (northeast of St. Paul) has organized an eBay auction program in order to both save money and earn money at the same time. The student took note of the high price of recycling electronics at his high school, Mounds View High School. In an earlier post, we covered the high cost of [...]

Extreme Garage Makeover – DFWReporting.com

At first glance all looks normal at the Cory’s residence in Rockwall, Texas but a team of specialists have arrived in this quiet suburb of Dallas to do what may seem impossible; clean their garage.
Voted the messiest garage in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex Goldstein, volunteers, and a group of professional organizers lead [...]

Reputation Matters

My grandparents recently moved to New Mexico from California and they had to get rid of a lot of their belongings first. Not only did they need to pare down in order to fit into a smaller place, but also in order to raise some cash to finance their trip to the Southwest. Like most old folk, they’re on [...]

Detailed Item Conditions to be Mandatory by July 27

One change announced in Ebay’s 2010 Summer Seller Update was increased specificity with regards to item condition. This will be useful for buyers trying to determine whether “new” means “newish” or ”refurbished” or “still in the package” et cetera. As of May 10, this new system should be in full effect.
The descriptors will vary from category to category, [...]

E-Waste As A Moral Tragedy

Imagine this life: The sunlight, reddened as it sneaks past a latent layer of atmospheric pollution, is partially blocked by the billowing clouds of black smoke smoldering from the night before. Your shallow lungs ache from your daily vigil in front of fiery altars of consumerist waste. The sight of burning circuit boards is as commonplace as flora once were. [...]