Bargainbloodhound's NPB Buyer "the Platinum PowerSeller" Gets Some Press

[mandy]

Find out how 10 entrepreneurs tapped into the power of eBay and made millions.

Many Facets to His Business: Today, Wirtenberg sells through his websites...and through eBay. "I use eBay to get new customers and new traffic," he says. "Most of my diamond auctions start at 99 cents. Sometimes I lose money; sometimes I make money. Whatever makes the customer happy, I do...

Secrets to Success: Like many full-time eBay entrepreneurs, Denenberg uses a third-party auction service pro-vider-in this case, a company called ChannelAdvisor-to build volume. He has also used his computer science background to develop customized software that streamlines shipping and addressing. These days, he completes 50 to 80 transactions per day, and averages $4,000 in daily sales. Having negotiated volume discounts with UPS, he also attracts a good deal of business by offering free shipping to customers who purchase directly through his website.

full article: http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Co...29,00.html

Bargainbloodhound discussing the first seller profiled in that article back on September 1st:

My recent venue specific irritations:

Overstock- a buyer who bought a $2.49 toy truck and didn't pay until after an NPB was filed.  This one was realllllllly irritating because A. the buyer is a Platinum Power Seller on eBay and should have been able to come up with the fr_k'n money for a under $3 toy, and B. the buyer was only buying because he wanted to build up his feedback before he started selling on O.

http://community.tuliptools.com/index.ph...l#msg1173 

Bargainbloodhound was apparently confused.  It was a $2.99 toy truck not $2.49 ;D
http://auctions.overstock.com/cgi-bin/auctions.cgi?PAGE=PRODDET&PRODUCTID=5290287