eBay Live Was A Huge Success

Dallas for eBay on Location was a blast! What an awesome city! I flew in from Albuquerque and was picked up at the airport by my very good friend Robin Kanter. I have not seen Robin in about five years. It was such a treat! She and I worked together at the May Company Wilshire Store in the late 1980s when we were department managers. Her husband Herb is the CEO of Moosejaw.com. What a fun outdoor apparel company. I got to go out to sushi with Robin, Herb and their adorable daughter Maddie, before heading to the hotel.

Here we are at dinner.

The next morning I was very fortunate to have breakfast with some past Live Boot Camp attendees, some new Live Boot Camp attendees and some Queen’s Court members and Jarsie (who is all of the previous and one of a kind!).

From left to right…back row first: Shirley, Luanne,
Me, Steve (aka Roger), Melanie and Jarsie.

Later that day, I had a blast at the Dallas eBabes and eMales mixer. This is Stephanie Inge’s and eBetsy’s Group. (Here is the link to their group.) I walked in and ran into Herb (another Herb in the same city–Oh my goodness!) with whom I had shared the teaching stage with at eBay Live in Chicago and he said, “I love hearing about Houston–a one hitter.” And I said, “Herb, what about Indy?” Herb said, “You don’t write about her as much”. That broke my heart. Not really, but it made me realize I need to word check my writing and make sure that all is fair.So, let’s insert a neat anecdote about Indy. She is amazing at soccer. My mom and I got to check her out this past Tuesday night at her soccer game. She is a natural, just like H (this way I won’t get in trouble when I word check!).

So back to the eBay on Location event. After the eBabes event, we (Cindy Shebley and I went to the Melinda’s amazing party at the top of Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant. (Check out Cindy here.) Melinda’s Dallas eBay group is incredible. You can check out her blog here. What a fun night! Thanks Melinda! I was also on Melinda’s radio show this past Wednesday night with Jarsie. Here is a link to The River, The Ranch, and The Bay radio page, I was a guest on episode 116.

The next day at eBay on Location was even more fun. Can you believe it? If you are considering attending eBay on Location in Chicago or San Jose this year, I highly recommend it. Here is a link to learn more. (Early Bird registration for Chicago ends soon.) I will be on a panel with Griff, Cindy, Elizabeth and Jordan at both of the events.

Here is a photo of all of us on stage in Dallas for the “Top Seller Panel.”  Left to right: Griff, Cindy, me, Jordan and Elizabeth.

I returned from Dallas and was astounded to find that I had sold on eBay a book on Amazon.com for $122.44.

Notice that there was NO picture and it says your item didn’t sell (I will tell you more about that in my feature article). AND I sold it to the Smithsonian Institute Library. I got goosebumps! It really brought home to me that my book business has been such a joy and low maintenance operation since I learned about books from Sheila Anderson Mochrie at last year’s eBay Live Boot Camp.

Drum roll please…Sheila has agreed to do another book teleseminar with me. This will take place next week on May 25th. This will be the Queen’s Court gift for May. If you aren’t a member, you may purchase this eBay teleseminar. And don’t worry, if you can’t make the live call, it will be recorded for a download later.

Once you have purchased the teleseminar, please email your questions to Lynn@thequeenofauctions.com. We want to have lots to talk about. I can’t wait!!!!

Speaking of the Queen’s Court, their gift for April was something pretty cool. It is a downloadable PDF and online video showing my Garage Sale finds for a weekend, what I decide to research, and how I researched my finds in just a matter of minutes.

Here is one of those items that has sold. Check it out here.