| Remember the good old fashioned auction where you | | | | according to a new survey conducted for eBay by |
| rocked up and could crawl all over the goods, picking | | | | ACNielsen International Research, a leading research |
| and pocking at it to see whether there was something | | | | firm. More than 724,000 Americans report that eBay is |
| wrong with it? | | | | their primary or secondary source of income. In |
| I remember when people where reluctant to buy things | | | | addition to these professional eBay sellers, another 1.5 |
| from auction for the fear of buying someone else's | | | | million individuals say they supplement their income by |
| problems even when they could inspect it before | | | | selling on eBay, according to the July 2005 survey. |
| auction including the fact that most reputable auction | | | | In the first six months of 2005, eBay members in the |
| houses even did some kind of pre inspection on goods | | | | U.S. sold merchandise worth approximately $10.6 billion." |
| and let you know there was something wrong with it. | | | | In the automotive market major manufacturers are |
| And now. Now you can go to online auction centers | | | | making great use of online systems to sell ex lease |
| and buy anything you can think of from just about any | | | | vehicles saving them transportation costs, |
| part of the world. How times change. | | | | reconditioning fees and auction fees. For more details |
| Well.... what changed? | | | | visit to Some manufacturers are now selling up to |
| Was it the convenience of easily being able to locate | | | | 40% of these vehicles via online auction. For |
| goods? | | | | purchasers it is a relief to not have to travel to an |
| Or the fact you didn't have to wait for auction day as | | | | auction and spend a day standing around a |
| there are auctions taking place every minute of the | | | | warehouse to get the vehicles they need. |
| day. For more details visit to Or the rise and rise of the | | | | How times change and there appears to be no |
| internet as a shopping tool. | | | | restrictions to what can be sold online as anything |
| Or brand name marketing that gained consumer trust | | | | from machinery to a dolls dress can be found for sale. |
| and the mass marketing of its services namely ebay. | | | | Looking around traditional auction centers they all have |
| I believe it's a combination of all those factors and the | | | | some kind of online auction system in place as well as |
| fact that consumers themselves can also make | | | | there traditional style. |
| money online via online auctions further promoting its | | | | So how long will it be before they all move to online |
| use. | | | | and the traditional style of auction is dead? I can see |
| In a recent press release from ebay "Entrepreneurs in | | | | the freight business picking up! |
| record numbers are setting up shop on eBay, | | | | |