eBay sent out coupons this week to select eBay user accounts. They’re not active for all eBay accounts, but if you’re buying something on eBay this week and didn’t get the e-mail, it’s worth a try.
Just start shopping on eBay and pay for your item by June 30, 2009 with Paypal. [...]

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We work with many businesses and individuals who tell us that they were about to throw something away and decided to ask us first. It’s a good thing they did.
Before I show you a few examples, let’s get one thing straight. The old adage, “one mans trash is another treasure”, needs [...]

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In a recent post to this blog, I mentioned that things show up at our store in waves. It happened again. Last week a customer came into the store with a guitar and while she was here, another showed up at the same time! What a coincidence.
One of these two guitars was [...]

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It’s interesting how things show up at our store in waves.
One person brings in a sword. Sure enough, another will arrive in a day or so. Wheels, tires, musical instruments, bicycles. It’s the same thing. If we have one, you can count on another showing up pretty soon.
A few [...]

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103,362!
That’s the number of times the videos we’ve created about the products we’ve sold have been watched by potential bidders.
What does that mean to you?

More bidders seeing your products
More bidders seeing your products working
More bidders gaining more confidence that they’re buying from the right seller
More bidders bidding more money
More money in your [...]

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We recently sold a commercial trencher for a customer. The machine is used to dig trenches to bury cable, irrigation hoses, etc. and was made by one of the most respected manufacturers of this type of equipment. It was previously used in a commercial rental business and has been sitting idle for a [...]

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We occasionally receive questions about shipping costs from both buyers and sellers. We thought it might be valuable to provide a little background on the actual cost of shipping an item.
This is a pretty lengthy topic, so I’ll break it up into several segments over the coming weeks. Today, let’s talk about the [...]

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It really makes our day to know that we’ve exceeded someone’s expectations. Our entire family here at Simply Sold works hard each day to do a complete job for each of our customers. We’re in the unique position of having two customers, one who is selling an item and another who is buying [...]

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We’ve hit a new milestone!
In just over three years, Simply Sold has reached the 10,000 feedback mark on eBay, placing us on the top 10 percent of all sellers by feedback. (If you’re not familiar with eBay’s feedback system, each time a transaction occurs, buyers have the opportunity to rate the seller [...]

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Our gold buying event in November was a huge success! At your request, we are pleased to announce that we have teamed up with MidwestGoldBuyers.com to hold another Gold Buying Event at our Romeoville store on Thursday, January 15. They’ll be here from 2-6 PM and will be paying cash on the spot [...]

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