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Penny Start Auctions

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:45 GMT

eBay Alternatives Offer Bargain Penny Start Auctions

Date: 10/27/2008

If, like me, you enjoy surfing the online auctions looking for potential bargains then maybe this week eBay isn't the obvious place to be. Several sellers have come together to list a wide variety of valuable items for auction with a starting bid of just a penny at sites like eBid, MilBid, Biritzs, Tazbar, WantOneGotOne, Zolanta and ChallengeCoinAuctions.

With eBay constantly changing this year to be more like a mall for larger but less interesting retailers, many of the alternative auction venues are looking to provide for smaller traders and their more interesting items - the kind that originally helped eBay get established. So, in the first of what we plan to become a weekly article to highlight potential bargains, these 15 penny start auctions are all running now with an end time next weekend:

Auction 1 is a new deck of Spanish Tarot Cards listed at eBid.net: Le Tarot de Marseille bilingual vintage sealed BNIB.

Auction 2 is a 10 Carat (apx) Sterling 925 Silver necklace listed at WantOneGotOne.com: Sterling Silver Emerald Necklace.

Auction 3 is for an Old GOEBEL Hummel FIGURINE-LITTLE GARDENER listed at eBid.net: Old GOEBEL Hummel FIGURINE-LITTLE GARDENER #74 TMK2 nr.

Auction 4 is for another Vintage GOEBEL HUMMEL FIGURINE - BAND LEADER #129 - TMK5 No Reserve listed at MilBid.com: Vintage GOEBEL HUMMEL FIGURINE - BAND LEADER #129 - TMK5 No Reserve.

Auction 5 is for a brand new Alba DVD player listed at Zolanta.com: BRAND NEW ALBA DVD / CD PLAYER.

Auction 6 is for a Sterling Silver 16 inch Necklace and Earing "I Love You" set listed at Biritzs.biz: I LOVE YOU - Sterling Silver Necklace & Earring Set.

Auction 7 is for an illuminatd puchbowl Cocktail Fountain listed at Tazbar.com: Illuminated Punch Bowl Cocktail Fountain No reserve.

Auction 8 is for a rare motoring book (not available on Amazon) about the Paris Dakar Cairo route listed on Zolanta.com: Paris-Dakar-Cairo-Dakar 2000 As New $98 On Bookfinder.com.

Auction 9 is for a "Magical wizard" ornament listed at Tazbar.com: Magical wizard *new* ornament 20cm high ~ low 1p start no reserve.

Auction 10 is for a lucky dip of eight romance books plus a free pen bonus listed at Biritzs.biz: Lucky Dip of EIGHT Romance Books plus pen - no reserve.

Auction 11 is for a Pretty in Pink Silk Taffeta Handbag - Handmade Fairtrade listed at Biritzs.biz: Pretty in Pink Silk Taffeta Handbag - Handmade Fairtrade.

Auction 12 is for a Fisher Price baby grand piano listed at MilBid.com: Fisher Price baby grand piano.

Auction 13 is for an exquisite 18K White Gold Plated Round Brilliant Cut Amethyst Bracelet listed at WantOneGotOne.com (fundraising for the RSPCA animal welfare charity): 18K White Gold Plated Round Brilliant Cut Amethyst Bracelet - RSPCA (WOGO Management will match sale price and add to donation).

Auction 14 is for a U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division Challenge Coin listed at MilBid.com: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division Challenge Coin.

Auction 15 is for a U.S. Army 112th Transportation Battalion Challenge Coin plus a "John McCain Commander In Chief" bonus coin listed at ChallengeCoinAuctions.com: U.S. Army 112th Transportation Battalion Challenge Coin plus a "John McCain Commander In Chief" bonus coin.

0ctavias0fferings has also kindly published a Penny Auctions Squidoo Lens to keep track of all these auctions in one location and Pheebay plans to continue promoting similar penny start auctions each week from now on.

So why not pop over to any of the auctions featured and see if you can snag a bargain!!

Sellers that are offering a penny start auction can get their listing featured here by following the directions in our Auction Forums.

For more information about Penny Auctions visit Auction Buzz.

Barbie! icon of the age !

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:37:26 GMT

Barbie is much more than a toy, she is a symbol of the age, estimates are that there are more than 100,000 Barbie collectors buying more than twenty Barbie dolls a year, just under half of which spend upwards of $1000 per year.

Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years sell at auction for huge amounts, the original cost of Barbie in 1959 was $3.00 a mint boxed Barbie from that year sold for $3552.50 on an auction site in 2004.

In 2006 a Barbie doll set a world record, selling at auction for £9,000, the doll was from 1965 and was "Barbie in midnight red " and was from a collector who owned 4,000 Barbie dolls.

A colour tier system has been introduced for the collectors edition Barbie dolls , pink, silver, gold and platinum depending on how many of the dolls are produced .

In more recent years the maker of Barbie, Mattel, designed and sold a wide range of Barbie dolls aimed specifically at collectors. The range includes porcelain versions, vintage reproductions and Barbie as a range of characters from televison series such as the Munsters and Star Trek.

There are also dolls depicting Barbie with different ethnic identities and styles.

Barbie will celebrate her 50th anniversary in 2009, and Mattel plans a new reproduction of the original 1959 Barbie doll.

Zolanta.com is therefore very pleased to announce that we have a huge range of special outfits made especially to fit and compliment the various guises of Barbie, these outfits are designer and top quality, stunning to look at and at very good prices.

Whats even more exciting is that they have been donated by one of our top sellers to be sold to raise money for Little Hen Rescue, needless to say they are flying out of the store ,

www.zolanta.com/stores/tali's chooks

If you are a collector you wont want to miss these and if you know of a girl who loves her Barbie then you will bring a big smile to her face if you make her Barbie the best dressed Barbie on the block.

Movin on up

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:19:42 GMT

Lots going on at Zolanta this week - we are learning to Squidoo ! its very absorbing and once you have done one lens then you are keen to do another, having started one for Zolanta and the stores I am now constructing one for the ex-batts - we are linking in to make a whole series of lens for sellers on Zolanta which will be good .
New seller this week Kiddygifts - traditional toys - wooden and instructional things to make plus the most fab pedal car - I hope they do well with us specially in the run up to Christmas
Several new sellers have come on board for the Christmas promotion and KitKare has new stock of packaging materials geared to this time of year so hope we have a good one
Zolanta has adopted Little Hen Rescue as a charity and so far we have sent them £100 which is really brilliant and hope its helping . My store Tali's Chooks is stocked with books and other items donated by sellers including some spectacular dresses for Sindy and Barbie dolls which are flying out of the store - all donated by Simpli-Special and KitKare which is wonderful of them

News from www.zolanta.com

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:22:54 GMT

Race towards the Christmas buying spree with a very special offer from Zolanta.com

we invite you to list with us in the run up to Christmas:–

In the great retailing tradition of buy one get one free

open a store with us, pay for one month

and get the next month free – no catch, just free, simple as that !

This is a bogof you wont want to put in the bin !

Of course, along with this offer you get our standard personal customer service

and help from our knowledgeable support team

Live Help -
Automatic upload to google -
Items on rss feed –
google checkout direct payment option as well as paypal and other pay methods

PLUS

stay with us through December and get a special Zolanta posting pack free

Contact support@zolanta.com or use our livehelp facility on the main site

to take advantage of the offer

Existing sellers, refer a friend who opens a store and you too will get a rent free store

for a month !

Chooks update

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:19:28 GMT

The chickens are coming along very nicely and I never imagined they would be so much fun - they do take over every aspect of your life more of which later.
henrietta, our poorly lady is doing fabulously well, we got to be experts at administering antibiotics into the beak of a hen with minimum fuss and stress, tho it took a while lol, she is fully recovered now ( or seems to be ) and is scratching and running around with the rest of the brood happily, she does lay but only about once a week and the egg is thick shelled and ridged, I am happy with this as given her injury I hoped she wouldnt lay at all, laying doesnt seem to cause her any distress so all is well.
As for invading every aspect of your life well . . . . I posted some pics on Zolanta and bless them the members took the story of battery hens to heart and adopted Little Hen Rescue as the forum charity, Simpli special has donated lots of items which we have listed as charity auctions, they are going very well and everyone has been more than generous with time and money, every penny of which is going to
www.littlehenrescue.co.uk to help rehome more ex battery hens and give them a decent life.
I heartily recommend rehoming these ladies they are endlessly fascinating and give so much pleasure its great

Chicken house

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:15:24 GMT

Well we are into our 2nd week of being chicken rehomers - we have taken 4 ex battery hens into our lives and believe me its been a steep learning curve - I have learnt that if you let them roam in the garden all day they dont lay cos they spend all day rummaging - I have learnt about hens with prolapse and have been medicating and bathing one of our ladies who has had this sad condition - she is in her very own little space to stop the others pecking her which in its self is sad cos she cant socialise but I think she is getting used to it .
The big suprise is that the dog takes no notice of them at all - mainly I suspect because he is a bit of a scaredy and a few clucks and wing flaps send him flying
All in all tho we love our hens and what makes me smile most of all is the fact that they put themselves to bed when dusk comes - very sensible

Zolanta High Street

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:21:32 GMT

I love this piece it was written by our author in residence and I think its great

always get a sense of excitement coming down here. You never know what to expect; there are new stores opening all the time, people busy with unloading listings and setting up shop. A very friendly place, indeed. I love it here in Zolanta’s main shopping street.

The shop to my left is new; that is going to be very popular. The window display is very colourful with lots of different tissue paper, for packing goods. They sell mail bags as well. With my hands on the sill, I study the shop window. I look up at the name above the door – ‘KitKare’. That’s one to come back to in the future.

Across the street I can see Yarnfest talking to a customer at the door to her shop. She appears to have bought several balls of yarn. I’m not surprised - Yarnfest sells some good brands; Sirdar; Lion Brand and Prym. An excellent store for anyone interested in Crochet and knitting.

The next shop along the street belongs to Template Girl. An excellent shop for anyone needing a template for their listings. We have two template shops I think, on the Zolanta high street. The other store is called Scotia Templates – yes, I’m sure that’s it. Templates are so attractive. A lot of people use them, I know.

What have we here? That’s fairly new. Someone selling Avon Perfumes and cosmetics. Lots of eye shadows and lipsticks. I push the door open to the store, reading the name on the top: Fragrant Folly. Smells nice in here as well. I work my way along the shelves, picking up a bottle of ‘sun spray for kids’. That’s a good idea. I must call back here later. Avon products are very good.

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Pheebay

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:39:44 GMT

We have been very busy this week raising the profile of www.zolanta.com as we want to give our sellers the very best chance of attracting buyers, to help us on our way Octavia has written a very good review of our site for the front page of Pheebay.
Just a word about Pheebay, for information on how to sell online this site can not be bettered contributers are some of the best known and respected names in the industry, of which Octavia is one .
They have been of immense help to us at Zolanta and the review reflects that.
We now have entries on Digg and other news sites including del.icio.us and it is great fun keeping it up with it all - if you would like to link to us or Digg us then contact me and we can set it up, more importantly we need people like you to come and join us on www.zolanta.com and would be soooo pleased to see you

Onwards and Upwards

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:40:54 GMT

Oh Zolanta is moving onwards and upwards, we have moved to a new server and the move went very very well thanks to our techie crew who are brilliant - the site is looking very nice and sellers are joining daily - we are getting quite a reputation for crafting items although of course have many more catagories which are filling up nicely - most recent addition is KitKare with a large range of packaging materials which of course is very useful - everything from tissue paper to mail bags just the thing for our sellers !
The treasure hunt went well with two winners who duly collected their prizes
In addition to all that we have added googlecheckout to our payment options thus giving sellers and buyers the choice of how to pay - it is very easy to use and the invoicing system is brilliant - we have also chosen to support Pheebay which we think is a very important internet resource for those buying and selling across the net, very useful information and views and tips from very experienced sellers and buyers .

Zolanta Treasure Hunt

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:15:36 GMT

July 1st sees the start of the great Zolanta treasure hunt - come and join us for fun and prizes given by some of the great sellers listing on the site !
free to enter of course - though you must register with Zolanta as a member to play !
Listings still increasing nicely - new CDs and DVDs making an appearance with book listings also building - some nice art and of course the crafting stuff is a huge part of the inventory so if you are that way inclined come and take a look
Chickens still a topic of conversation as I am now in possession of my chicken shack and getting ready to welcome my little posse of hens which are reserved through the BHWT from the August rescue - cant wait !