Memories of Euro 2004
Euro 2008 will start this summer and it reminds me of Euro 2004. Some lucky dude called Pablo Corral caught the ball that ex-Manchester United player, David Beckham missed in a penalty. He smuggled it out and auctioned it on Ebay. The ball, which is embossed with the names of the two teams, the venue and the date of the contest, attracted an opening offer of just one Euro (66p) but bidding has since spiraled out of control.
At one point bids got as high £6.7 million! However Ebay thinks that the bidder is not genuine so finally Corral managed to sell it at £18,671. Isn’t it insane? To be selling a ball at that price? Don’t I wish I were the one who caught the ball.
I think Corral is also lucky because he knows how to market the ball correctly; which is by auctioning it on Ebay. And thank goodness he was IT savvy too. Im sure not everybody knows how to use Ebay even though they have some valuable things to sell off.
If that is the case, you can always turn too iSold It. They will assist you in estimating the value of your item. And when the item is sold, they will proceed by sending you a check or delivering it to your favorite charity. I think the service at iSold It is really good and you ought to try it out. You might sell your item at a higher value with their service than selling it on your own.
21 May 2008 manutd
Paid Blogger, The company you are promoting, iSold It, collected fees for over 900 franchise licenses before they got “caught.” Where are they today?
Only about 250 of those eBay drop-off stores opened before the failing ones started closing. Now there are only about 100 still open and trying to survive by continually remaking themselves in a effort to find what “works.” The plush iSold It corporate HQs closed outside LA and moved to a “home-based office” in San Diego. Two of their competitors, NuMarkets and QuikDrop, went out of business and a third, SnappyAuctions, is slowly disappearing.
All these companies have been fighting law suites. iSold It was removed from the Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 list because of their shady dealings. You can read the facts about eBay drop-off store scams on http://www.amitheonlyone.org.
None of the drop-off stores are what they were set up to be and they are not doing well. The owners are struggling to make money and putting their personal savings into them as long as they can. When they fail to produce revenue some owners are selling them for less than they spent to get into them.
Why the high failure rate? The eBay drop-off store concept doesn’t work. By using them you are costing them money, delaying the eventual closing, and supporting the corrupt franchisers. What if the store closes after you drop off your items? It has happened more than once. Some people have gotten their stuff or money back and others haven’t.
Here’s a blog that will open your eyes: http://www.franchisepick.com/isold-it-american-dream-or-franchise-nightmare/ read it and tell me you want to be part of a company like this!
Gene
P.S. iSold It claims to be the #1 seller on eBay. Ask them to prove it. (They can’t, because they aren’t.)