It’s not too late.
We have Elmo.
He can be under your tree Christmas morning! We are offering Express Mail delivery on this giggly guy so he can be under your tree on Christmas morning.
Get him here before he winds up under someone else’s tree!
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The Stocking was shipped and is on its way to our unit in Iraq!
We sent the books in a seperate package and had to make a monster size box for the stocking. It included lots of candy, including our favorite Christmas Cookie peeps, the traditional fruit cake, the not so traditional but very southern moon pies, DVDs, a Chocolate Moose, and Rudolph's head on a stick – he sings Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. 
Thank you to all who participated!
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Many of y’all know that I sell military care packages. About half the time, the ones I sell are to folks who don’t know anyone deployed – they just want a package sent to a soldier or marine who will enjoy it. I pick out a contact from anysoldier.com and send it on. I usually try to match up home towns, etc.
A while back, someone requested a Halloween goodie pack be sent to a Marine in Iraq.
I receved a letter from that Marine yesterday.
He wrote:
Dear Beth:
Thank you so much for your awesome package! Your Halloween candy has motivated some of our Marines to make costumes! Nothing you would see on a normal Halloween, mostly sand bags and mortars running around. It should be quite interesting. Our unit appreciates all the support we get from wonderful people like you and we are very grateful.
Right now is considered winter in Iraq, which consists of lightning storms, sand storms and a lot of rains and of course, the heat. If you would like pictures, I have enclosed my email address at the bottom and I can send them to your email.
Once again, thank you so much for your package and for supporting our troops. God Bless.
I’m gonna ask for pics!
But I’d like to do more.
I bought a GREAT BIG Christmas stocking – about 3 feet tall.
And I’d like to fill it with goodies for the men and women (there are abut 25 men and 25 women in this unit) there. That’s where y’all come in.
I’m selling shares in the stocking for $5 each. Every penny will be used for goodies for the stocking. I’d just really like to do something nice for this young man and his platoon – they’ll be in Iraq until March-ish.
Click HERE if you’d like to buy a share!
If you do buy a share, make sure you include a personal note if you’d like!
We are running a week long, starting at 99 GBP, no reserve auction on the hottest little red guy of the season – TMX Elmo! We’ve opened a Christmas Shop catering to our buyers across the pond – Happy Toys Christmas Shop. Elmo’s hanging out there for the next week – until the evening of Black Friday! Even though he’s listed in GBP, like everything we sell, he’s ready to ship to you worldwide.
Can’t wait until Friday? He’s in our store, Iron Chick’s Treasures, as well! Buy Him Now and sleep in next Friday.
While you’re waiting for him to arrive, check Elmo out on youtube!
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We have finally been able to restock this very popular calendar by artist Debbie Haviland.
This one won’t last through the season – it’s been very popular and is already hard to find.
Get yours here!
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BuyBundle.com is a new site that connects Amazon sellers with Google and gives us a storefront.
It’s FREE for the first three months – through the holidays! yipee! – so what do you have to lose?
And, users of The Art of Books can set up buybundle as a custom venue to integrate their inventory automagically!
Click here to sign up!
You can see my store here!
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Send a free printed postcard to U.S. Military personnel serving overseas.
It only takes a minute, it’s free, and it’s a great way to say Thank You with Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving right around the corner.
Click here!
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Now, if you live in Canada, you can get gallery images on ALL of your listings on the ebay.com site for $50 a month with the eBay.ca Seller Pack.
What sort of impact will this have?
Scott Wingo from Channel Advisor did the math:
Gallery is usually $.35 so if you list more than 143 items a month, you safe significant money on this plan. In fact here’s a schedule:
Listings / Savings
143 / break-even
1000 / $300
2000 / $650
5000 / $1,700
10k / $3,450
30k / $10,450
100k / $34,950
Some are speculating that eBay is using the CN site as a testing ground for this. (I’d rather they use sellers located in the state of Georgia.) I’m doubtful/skeptical. I think they hope to use the CN promo to try to *force* more US sellers to use gallery images in order to *compete* with the CN sellers.
Sorta like the monster store fee hike which they hoped would *force* more sellers to list in core. According to medved, that plan isn’t working very well.
Sonja Larson 18, of Deerfield Beach, FL
Christina Powell, 17, of Jacksonville, FL
Christa Hoyt, 18, of Archer, FL
Manuel (Manny) Taboada, 23, of Carol City, FL
Tracy Inez Paules, 23, of Miami, FL
May they rest in peace.
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What’s HOL99 #1? Its’s the first of two holiday themed special sales put on by the sellers of club99. These are no reserve auctions running on eBay.
Search during the sale week for HOL99 in the title to find all kinds of goodies including:
Holiday Gifts for the young, old, and in between!
Shoes, accessories, gloves, hats, jewelry, clothing; seasonal decorations; anything RED or GREEN; drink, goodie and feast cookbooks; Christmas, Jewish, Thanksgiving or Kwanzaa holiday craft books, booklets or patterns of any kind; magazines or books from November or December; angel; Santas; elves; reindeer; lights; menorahs; crosses; Christmas trees; ornaments; November or December themed items: textiles, art, figurines, holiday stationery, postcards; dolls, toys or plush animals; holiday music and movies or books. Anything that fits in with the holiday rush!!!! Don’t forget that Veteran’s Day falls in November. You could find military stuff, too!!!
We’ll be listing stocking stuffers for young and old as well as a military care packages (stockings to go to deployed soldiers!) and other patriotic items.
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Among life’s simple joys and one of the things I enjoy most about selling online is that I get the pleasure of *meeting* wonderful folks with whom I would not have otherwise crossed paths.
Debbie Haviland, a gifted artist, is one of those. Our paths crossed on the ‘net today when she found her calendar in my store.
You can see more of Ms. Haviland’s work and learn a bit about the artist by clicking here to access her website.
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I saw Flags of Our Fathers last night. I went with my mom, who was married to a WWII Navy vet and my son, who is a member of the Army National Guard and plans on joining the Marines after college.
It’s a wonderful movie – a big thumbs up from all three of us. Stay till the very end – they show photos of Iwo Jima and the flag raisers during the credits.
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Go to a trade show without the expense!
This fall’s show is 10/24 – 10/26. And it’s FREE to attend?
What is it?
eComXpo: 100% Virtual & Online
* First online virtual tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers.
* An easy, quick way to keep up with this rapidly evolving marketplace including email, search, affiliate, regulatory, branding, advertising, and technology trends and challenges.
* All the benefits of a top tradeshow, without the costs, hassles, or travel that make traditional tradeshows out of reach for 98% of participants.
Speakers include:
Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine and John Battelle, FM Publishing
Steven Denton, LinkShare
Nick Mihailovski and Paul Botto, Google Analytics
Alan Lewis, eBay
John Kim, Yahoo! Search Marketing
and more . . .
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An example of what is NOT copyright infringement
Apparently, SalonQuest is threatening to sue an eBay seller for copyright infringement . . . . for including a photo of the bottles of Aquage shampoo she is selling in her listings.
Apparently, SalonQuest’s lawyers missed the day they taught fair use doctrine in law school.
SalonQuest is making other, equally frivilous claims.
If I could get my hands on some Aquage, I’d list it.
Hey, SalonQuest . . . did ya notice I used a photograph of your product on this blog entry?
Read more here!
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We just re-upped because it’s time for that pre-holiday tune-up.
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