eBay made easy: ready to start an eBay business? These 5 simple steps will get you on your way
Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, January 24th, 2008.

If you think eBay is just about bobblehead dolls and Pez dispensers, think again. While $2.2 billion worth of goods in collectibles were sold on eBay in 2004, antiques and collectibles ranked only No. 6 among eBay’s sales categories. The five highest were: automobiles and auto supplies ($11.1 billion); consumer electronics ($3-5 billion); computers ($3.0 billion); clothes and accessories ($2.9 billion); and books, movies and music ($2.4 billion).

Real people are making big bucks on eBay–and thousands have even reached PowerSeller status by maintaining at least $1,000 per month in sales for three consecutive months. Case in point: Angle Cash, 37, a stay-at-home mom who started selling on eBay nearly six years ago because it was “something I could do and watch the kids at the same time.” Today, her Kennesaw, Georgia, company, Cashco1000 Inc. (www. cashco1000.com), sells thousands of home-decoration and other items each month on eBay and expects to break $500,000 in sales on eBay this year.

Even owners of existing businesses have found success on eBay by using it as an adjunct to their brick-and-mortar operations. Dan Morphy, 33, runs the Adamstown Antique Gallery (www. aagal.com), a 10,000-square-foot antiques mall in Denver, Pennsylvania. After a few successful eBay auctions, he started offering the antiques vendors who rent space in his gallery the opportunity to sell five items a month on eBay, at no charge other than out-of-pocket expenses. Within two years, Morphy not only had a full gallery of dealers, but was also listing 700 pieces a month and had exceeded $2.5 million in eBay sales.

If you dream of building your own eBay business, it’s easier than you think. We’ve distilled what you need to know into five basic steps.

Step 1: Register Your Business

Getting set up as an eBay seller is a simple process that takes just a few minutes. You’ll be required to provide your name, address, e-mail and phone number, as well as a credit card number and your checking account information. This information is used to confirm your identity–which protects the integrity of eBay’s operation–and to collect auction fees.

Since every eBay business is a retail business, you should also register your business with federal, state and local tax authorities and consider forming a corporation or an LLC to protect you against legal liability. (For more legal issues you should know about before you start, go to www. entrepreneur.com/ebay/legaltips.)

Most eBay sellers are also encouraged to open an account with PayPal, an online payment service owned by eBay that enables buyers to pay you by credit card or by debiting their checking accounts, without you having to obtain merchant card accounts.

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Keeping it simple: interior designer Michael Lee finds an overdesigned Malibu house and creates a serene, comfortable home using natural materials and neutral colors.
Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, January 24th, 2008.

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Many countries now have a mobile penetration rate above 100%, report says
Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, January 24th, 2008.

A new research report claims that 30 countries around the world now have a greater number of mobile phone subscriptions than the size of their population.

The study from Informa Telecoms and Media, a provider of business intelligence and strategic marketing solutions, says that countries including Hong Kong, Kuwait and the Czech Republic have a mobile phone penetration rate of over 100%, while in some markets such as Sweden, the United Kingdom and Italy the penetration rate is over 110%.

This reflects a trend for many users to buy second or third subscriptions.

Meanwhile in most markets of the developed world the proportion of the population using mobile phones has stabilised at around 80-85%, the report states.

Informa Telecoms and Media has forecast that by the end of 2006 the number of countries with a mobile penetration rate above 100% will reach 40, with Russia expected to be among the countries joining the list.

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The growing gap: driving distances are skyrocketing on the PGA Tour. So why is the average golfer being left behind? - Special Report - widening gap between amateur and professional golfers
Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, January 24th, 2008.

Everyone’s talking about golf’s distance revolution and how it’s changing the game. But the sad reality is, if your name’s not on your bag, you’re almost certainly being left behind. A recent Golf Digest study confirmed that the gap between tour pros and average golfers is wider than ever.

It all starts with talent. But tour pros also are maximizing their skills with the sophisticated technology of launch monitors (see page 142), the latest generation of bigger titanium drivers (page 146), and subtle changes to their technique (page 148). All of it is there for you, too. Applied intelligently, it can improve your game almost as much as it has revolutionized the game on tour.

When pros play, the 400-yard drive is now part of the golf lexicon. And we’re not just talking long-drive competitors, although four-time world champion Jason Zuback recently launched a 425-yard bomb. We mean the guys who have to play their foul balls, too. At The International last year, Hank Kuehne played the longest hole on the PGA Tour, the 644-yard par-5 first at Castle Pines, with a 465-yard drive and a 180-yard 9-iron. During a tour de force at Kapalua in January, Ernie Els, who led the tour in driving distance with a 320-yard average through March, provided the symbolic start to a new era by wowing a prime-time East Coast audience with effortless blasts–one rolling out to 398 yards. Two weeks later in Phoenix (where, by the way, the entire field averaged better than 300 yards), Phil Mickelson drove a 403-yard par 4. Victor Schwamkrug, whose 329-yard average made him Big Dog among the 15 players who averaged more than 300 yards on the Buy.com (now Nationwide) Tour last year, says in his calm Texas drawl, “If a hole is right around 400 yards and sets up so I can go ahead and hit it, well, I’m going to get to it. I’m not the only one out here like that.”

Basically, every player who wants to be competitive in that arena is hitting it farther. Take Rocco Mediate, whose 106-mph swing speed is one of the slowest on tour (an average 80s shooter swings about 89 mph). By getting more physically fit and taking advantage of every technological breakthrough in the golf industry the past few years, Mediate is averaging 289.6 yards, the highest of his career and an increase of more than 12 yards over last year.

“It’s a distance war on tour, and for me to stay in it I need to understand exactly what I’m doing with my swing, my equipment and my body,” says Mediate. “Basically, I have to absolutely max out.”

That phrase could easily be the new motto in professional golf–the reason why these guys are good. Not only have tour players learned how to play at full throttle without fear, they’re swinging at speeds and with a mind-set that average golfers can barely comprehend. And that’s why the distance gap between today’s tour pro and the average amateur is wider than it has ever been.

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Ledger’s death still mystery; Olsen twin was called
Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, January 24th, 2008. Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell Wins Green Car Vision Award(TM) (The Auto Channel)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2008 — The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell has received Green Car Journal’s first-ever Green Car Vision Award(TM), which honors the vehicle that best envisions the road ahead. The award was presented at a press conference at the Washington Auto Show.

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Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, January 24th, 2008. Aiken man dead in crash
A 43-year-old Aiken man died today of what appears to be natural causes in an incident where his 1994 Chevrolet Camaro ran off Dragstrip Road.

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:29:41 GMT
General Motors, Toyota neck-and-neck in global sales
International Herald Tribune - It’s the closest GM has come to relinquishing its title as exclusive global sales leader since 1931, when Herbert Hoover was president and GM’s top seller was the Chevrolet 9AE, a two-door, five-passenger coach that cost just $545. GM said its …

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