Do Their Bidding
Auction help for eBay novices
By
Sara Wilson
This story appears in the
September 2004
issue of
Start Up.
What:
professional broker listing service that deals through eBay
Who: Perry Dodd
of AuctionMeThis
Where: Vancouver,
Washington
When: started in
1997
Seven years ago, Perry Dodd won the jackpot. But his jackpot came in the form of a dilapidated, wooden jack-in-the-box hidden amidst a box of goods he bought at an auction for $10. Dodd had slim hopes for the toy when he posted it on eBay, but cashed in big when bidders raised the final price to more than $700. He later discovered that the run-down toy was a German-made original from the late 1800s.
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