E-BAY AUCTIONS IS NOW EBAY "BUY IT NOW"?

We haven't E-Bay'ed in years and so much has changed on the site.  Reading around the subject we learned that more sellers are going for the BUY IT NOW option rather than the risk of an AUCTION.  We've also learned that many  Citizens of the United States of America are claiming E-Bay to be their first or second income on their taxes.  E-Bay is the number one HOME BASED BUSINESS!

People who have garage sales or post items for sale on the Pennysaver or Craig's List are dealing with more E-BAY auctioners who are buying stuff to sell on the site.

We hear kids laughing about selling gifts they've been given and "turning around" things that their friends sold them cheap on the site.

Maybe it's a response to the economy, that need to have to buy things more cheaply, to have things delivered to the door rather than spend money on gas to go out hunting for it.

Just for the fun of it, we decided to see if our VHS movie collection was at all valuable on E-Bay.  A few of our films were potentially selling for $10 to $50, but most were selling for $1.  If "selling" is the right word to use.   Looked like dozens of people were all trying to sell the same movie and there were NO BIDS!  Why waste that time listing and watching auctions.  Some people were selling dozens of movies for one price!

So if you want to cash out or turn around things you've been gifted or own, we think you should research the E-Bay site and see if items the same or  like yours are selling at all!

ecommercebytes.com on EBAY POLICY CHANGE AND BUY IT NOW

TWINKIES DUE BACK IN STORES IN JULY : AMERICANA

We never bought a whole lot of TWINKIES but once they disappeared off the shelf we wanted some.   We wanted those simple cakes with just the right amount of cream filling.  You see Twinkies are such an American Tradition that they've become AMERICANA!

Twinkies will be back to the stores July 15 2013, along with the new owners emphasis on NEW PRODUCTS, such as whole grain.

NPR BLOG ON HOSTESS CAKES RETURNING JULY 15 link!

EXCERPT" Hostess is owned by Apollo Global Management LLC (APO) and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., whose combined offer of as much as $410 million for company's snack-cake enterprise was the only one submitted during the bankruptcy process in March. The spongy yellow cakes went out of production, prompting bidding wars for boxes on auction sites like EBay."