Blatant Opportunist #70 AUCTSCNE.PDF      The live auction scene. Finding events. How to become a crooked     auctioneer. Before you bid. Bidding strategies. Seeking value that     others miss. Random thoughts. Opporknockity tunes but once.

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Arizona Auction Resources Tour AZAUCT01.PDF #44      A tutorial guided tour of some Arizona Auction Resources. Classified      ads. Auctioneer associations. The biggies. Government Liquidation.      Good old boys and gals. Schools. Heavy equipment. more...

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Blatant Opportunist #65  MYEBAYS.PDF      My eBay Secrets. Fundamentals. Getting stuff. Listings. Images.     Geting paid. Closing your sale. Guarantees & refunds. Reserves,     Dutch,  BIN. Promotion. Storage. Protection. Snipers. Lots more...

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Blatant Opportunist #73 MOREEBAY.PDF      Son of eBay Secrets. Update & continuation of MYEBAYS.PDF     The $19.95 minimum sale. Drop shipping & pallet lots. Trucking info     Reducing weight. Reducing wait. Not shooting yourself in the foot.

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Logfile Reader & eBay Analyzer ANALOGEB.PDF #28      Tutorial shows how to use new web logfile analysis utilities that      include automatic eBay hit reports, eBay image theft detection, plus      detailed individual visitor logs. Totally customizable.

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One leading newsgroup is alt.marketing.online.ebay while its
Frequently Asked Questions FAQ is found here.

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One of the seldom mentioned advantages of all these "alternative
to eBay" sites is their tremendous savings in bubble wrap,
strapping tape and other shipping materials...

Froogle ultimately should provide serious eBay competition
because it has a much better model: No listing fees, no value
fees, true reverse Dutch auction ( prices drop till items sell ),
and each bid is an instant and certain winner.

Craig's List and Kijiji can be most useful for heavier items
sold locally. But may not be available in your area.

You can apparently start up your own direct eBay competition
by using the products at Rainworx.

Some other alternatives to eBay include..

Altec Trader
Atomic Mall
Auction Quests
Auction Warehouse
Blujay
Bonanzle
Buy It Sell It
Buy Sell Trades
Craigs List
Deal Tent
Ebid
Ecrater
Hi Bidder
Intershop Zone
Liquidation
Mighty Bids
Mystore
Online Auction
Overstock
Powersellers Unite
Specialist Auctions
Storm Pay
Tazbar
Treasure Soft
U Bid Right
US Auctions Live
Usiff
Webidz
Web Store
Your High Bid

This site tracks the popularity of some of the
above services. They are all, of course, ( with
the sole exception of Craigs List )  "noise on
the graph" below eBay.

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 We'll continue here with auction resources of general interest...

National Auctioneer's Assoc. AUCTIONEERS.ORG        Leading national group has listings of allauctioneers and many      auctions. Searchible by stateand even city or zip radius.

Click here for thet Arizona Auctioneer's Associations.
Click to find Other State Auctioneer's Associations.

		Webcast Services from Bid Spotter      Provides tools, expertise, and techniques to allow traditional      auction houses to conduct live web auctions.

Software from Auction Flex       ITools for clerking, accounting, list management, inventory control,     Complete software management for live auctions.

Worldwide Auctions from Bid it Up       Includes auctions, apprasials, liquidations, machinery for sale,      real estate, financing, leasing. Even pays finders fees.

International auctioneer GoIndustry / Dove Bid       Tends to be annoying with international listings, but otherwise is                  a major auction resource

US Government property  Gov Sales       Official sales site goes well beyond military surplus and includes       GSA, DEA, and most other agencies.

Local government auction lists from Public Surplus       Mostly sells 1973 pickup trucks with no title or broken highway       paint stripers, but occasionally has really outstanding bargains.

Find most anything with Yellow Pages       Categories of interest include auctioneers and auctions. Works       like traditional yellow page phone directories.

Internet broadcasts from Live Auctioneers      A gateway for live auctions broadcast via the web.     Used to extend the reach of local auctions nationwide.

Live auction locator Auction Zip       State by state live auction searches, Can be based       on radius from a selected zip code. Also search by categories.

Independent trade publication  Auction Bytes      Has latest eBay and other auction news for online merchants.      Includes podcasts, forums, ecommerce links.

		Promotion, Listing and Tracking from Vendio      Provides auction management software and other services      for online auction sellers. Used to call themselves Auction Watch.

		Privitazed DRMO auctions at Government Liquidation       The DRMO is in the process of privitazing many of their auction       offerings. But opportunities here have become sorely limited.

Industrial wholesale auctions at Liquidation.Com       The commercial arm of Govermnment Liquidation. Typically offers     truckload pallets at a listing fee of 15% over a $150 minimum.     Bettter deals can usually be found elsewhere. Watch shippng!

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		Live and online auction resources at USA Web       A web portal and link farm to such resources as Internet Auction     Link, Repoman, Auction Marketing Institute, Fast Talker Directory,     Auction Talk, and others.

Frank Stefanick's Inside the Auction Game       Books with useful live auction info in them are exceptionally scarce.      This is one extremely useful exception. Professional tips, bidder      psychology, bidding techniques, scams, much more.

You can click here for our own Live Auction tutorial.

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You can click here for our Son of eBay Secrets tutorial
You can click here for our eBay Photo Secrets tutorial

		Military surplus at DRMS/DRMO        Opportunities in military surplus have dried up dramatically in     most parts of the country. And privitized sources have obscenely     raised their minimum bids on most items. No longer a good deal.

		Other government surplus at GSA Auctions Online       Non military government surplus often gets sold via the      General Services Agency. Here's their main access link.

		Reach the main screen at eBay       The number one online auction site. You can also click here to      view our own eBay offerings.

		US Post Office Auction Info at USPS       Basically an urban lore myth. Atlanta only, and then only in very      large and highly competitive lots. Only a few times a year.

		A second online market at Yahoo Auctions       Online auction competitor to eBay seems to be placing a distant      second place. Traffic is everything.

National Assn of Bankruptcy Trustees at NABT       Find out about auctions before they even happen by using this      unique resource.

		Science & Lab Instruments from  Lab-X      Older resource for buying and selling of laboratory instruments and:     related research gear.

		USA Info Federal Part Specs NSN/NIIN Data       Service provides further content on military part numbers. More    detail can be outrageously costly to find.

Small Package Delivery via United Parcel Service UPS       Our preferred shipping resource. Just dump the stuff in your front     yard and it magically disappears into a big brown truck.

Check out their obscure UPS Hundredweight service.

Click here to reach their Federal Express competitor.
Chick here to reach their Airborne Express competitor.

Newly offered  United Parcel Service LTL Freight        Now handles larger and group items well above the old 150 pound     weight limit. Convenient but much pricier than some freight outfits.

Pack, ship, or item pickup at UPS Stores      Very expensive but convenient package pickups, packing, and     shipping. Many locations. But they broke an anvil we tried to ship!.

U.S. post office services from  USPS      Their flat rate priority mail services are hard to beat for     convenience and economy. Free boxes as well.

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		Routes and street views via Google Maps     Largest and most popular of mapping services. Travel mileage,   detailed travel routes, options, even street images.

		Topo and Satellite image info via Acme Mapper       Our favorite source for really difficult mapping problems. Combines     topos, satellite, GPS, markers, bunches more.

		Maps and travel route info via Maps on Us      Yet another map and routing services. Nothing more     embarassing than driving to an auction and forgetting the address.

		Compare shipping rates at InterShipper        Shippers service gives you instant comparisons of UPS, USPS,     FedEx, Airborne, and other charges by weight and zip

		Compare shipping rates at U-Ship      Calls themselves the first and largest auction-style marketplace     for shipping and transportation services.

		Compare shipping rates at Freight Center      Shippers service gives you instant comparisons of UPS, USPS,     FedEx, Airborne, and other charges by weight and zip

		Compare shipping rates at My Freight      Shippers service gives you instant comparisons of multiple   freight rates from hundreds of carriers.

		Trucks and Trailers from U-Haul       Often your fastest, cheapest, and simplest hauling or delivery      solution. Note that one-way rates continually change with demand.

New Trucking Service from FreightPro      New LCL and full trucking service seems simpler and cheaper than     many locals; works closely with Government Liquidation.

Also check their American Freight Company and
Transit Systems and  Freight Resource Center competitors.

		Handy eBay tools from Vrane      Free tools that greatly simplify management of your eBay      auctions. Their power bomb is particularly useful.

		Phrase generator from Quick Phrase       Universal free boilerplate generator is a must for any site, auction      management or otherwise.

		Superb IMAGV32 image editor from Arcata Pet       My favorite image processing toolset does PhotoShop essentials      faster and cheaper. Scale, sharpen, contrast, etc... Free tiral.

The Uniform Commercial Code from Cornell Law       All US business or auction transactions, eBay and otherwise, must      follow these enforcable UCC legal guidelines.

Click here for the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Real time auction stats from Power Sellers Unite      Hourly updates on the popularity of eBay and most competing     alternate auction sites

Click here for a PDF URL extractor.

Website Validator from W3.ORG      Quickly finds most HTML and XHTML structural errors and isolated      Browser differences. A most useful tool.

Click here for a Consulting Assistanc.

Link Validator from W3.ORG        Useful but quirky tools to test many ( but not all ) website links       for currency. Does not work on .PDF files.

		Blatant Opportunist #60  EBAYPHEN.PDF       The eBay Phenonomen opens up new possible revenue streams.      Intro. Photos and art images. Promoting the goodies. Mining the      seconds. Some secret guidelines. For more help.

Blatant Opportunist #65  REFURB.PDF       Don' Thoughts on Refurb. Reselling test equipment on eBay      and elsewhere. Establishing value. Scoring the goodies. What to      avoid. Manuals. Actual refurb. Stripping. Oscilloscopes. More...

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		Blatant Opportunist #59  WEBIMAGE.PDF       Don looks at web imaging secrets. New "scanner" method. Image      data formats. Bitmaps, GIF, JPEG, Acrobat. Getting your image on the      web. Some eBay specifics. Image prep secrets. Editing methods.

		Blatant Opportunist #54  AUCTION.PDF       A look at the Surplus and Auctions scene. Some useful venues.     Community colleges. Mil surplus. Distress sales. Hamfests and      online auctions. Some guidelines. The "Never be underbid "ploy.

		Resource Bin #81 RESBN81.PDF      New Secrets of mil surplus, part I DRMS web sites. Finding offered     items. Local, national, RCP, and group sales. Other Sales. Condition     codes. Efficient markets and typical prices. DRMO base list.

		Resource Bin #82 RESBN82.PDF       New Secrets of mil surplus, part II Where were we? Winners and      losers. A "never be underbid" ploy. The bidding process. Getting the      goods. $24 jeeps? Free surplus? For more help. ISMM contest.

Tech Musings #153  MUSE153.PDF september 2001)       Bouncy brick secrets. Privatizing mil surplus. Bogus water powered       cars. Fundamentals of electrolysis. Reducing table lookup sizes.       Quadratic interpolation. Bounty hunting patents for $$$$.

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		Resource Bin #73  RESBN73.PDF       Insider secrets of electronic surplus and auctions. Hamfests.       Government & Military. Electronic surplus. Web sites. Schools.      "Closeouts." Auction pubs. Auction houses. Contest.

		Tech Musings #148 MUSE148.PDF       Algae hydrogen source. Applying Taylor Series. Surplus & auction     update. Lithium polymer batteries. Understanding nonlinearity.      Battery books. Cave radio site, Maxim chargers, more...

		Tech Musings #133 MUSE133.PDF        A military surplus update. AC and DC lamp dimmer fundamentals.        Some selected magnetic recording books. A SETI search invitation.       CD and web USGS maps.

		Tech Musings #128 MUSE128.PDF        A look at used test equipment. Some Tesla Turbine lit. How to       buy military surplus electronics. Impulse radio communications.       New Class D amplifiers. Merry-go-round horses.

		Tech Musings #121 MUSE121.PDF         FM Wireless Broadcasters. The Radio Shack 12-2051. Surplus      and auction update. A homopolar traction motor. A new power      measurement chip. Understanding the Faraday Disk. Cool cars.

		Resource Bin #87 RESBN87.PDF     Exploring used test equipment options. The foremost rule. The      blue book. Some sources. Hamfests. Newsgroups. Auctions.       Mil surplus. Online auctions. For more help. ISMM III contest.

		Tech Musings #107 MUSE107.PDF       SX laser printer repairs, linear phase digital filters, home theater      opportunities and resources, debunking some techno-myths,      improved access to government surplus electronics.

		Resource Bin #06 RESBN06.PDF     An intro to the wondrous world of electronic surplus. Military       surplus. Hamfests. Wholesale sources. Personal favorites       Commuinty college auctions. Industrial surplus. (older classic)

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