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Casa Verde: eBay Gets Green With DIYs

CasaSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:13 -0800

eBay, purveyor of thousands of used goods, is pretty green to begin with. But now the online auction house is asking you all to be earth-friendly, too. The eBay Green Team and sustainable style blog Ecofabulous have aligned forces, asking you to turn everyday items into fab must haves for a chance to win a $1,000 "shopping experience" on eBay and a personal consultation from Ecofabulous.

To inspire you, Ecofabulous founder and DIY superstar Zem Joaquin has given new life to a few vintage, used, and discarded furnishings with a little elbow grease and a few eco-friendly supplies. This stripped and refinished cabinet was one of her projects, in addition to a transformed telephone bench and a reupholstered couch. To enter, you need to send in pictures or a video of your eco-DIY project. Considering all of the wonderful before and after projects many of you have submitted to Su Casa, I'm sure you're up to the task!

eBay to Open an Interactive Pop-Up Holiday Store in NYC

GeekSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:44:03 -0800

On Nov. 20, eBay will be opening a 5,500 square-foot, fun interactive pop-up store on 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York where customers can shop the entire eBay Marketplace via Internet kiosks, handheld tablets and the eBay iPhone app. And on Black Friday, there will be a limited quantity of daily deal products which will be awarded to the first 100 shoppers who visit the store - get em' while they're hot!

Don't think you'll be making it to New York before the holidays, eBay will have its very own mobile boutique that will go to various cities around the country. On the tour, eBay experts will provide guests with trend insights, shopping tips and gift-giving advice. From Nov. 10 until Dec. 20, the eBay mobile will be visiting shopping areas in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and Orange County, so hopefully you can check it out then.

PicClick Makes eBay Way More User-Friendly

FabSugar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:50:22 -0700

I love eBay, but what I don't love is the crazy amount of scrolling I have to do. Sometimes my searches yield over 20 pages - ugh! If you share my pain, there's a cool solution: PicClick.com. It's a visual browser for eBay so you can see all of the auctions without having to scroll. For example, my search for booties gave me the image below. And you can make the images as small or big as you want. It's super simple, just type in your search terms per usual and start browsing this more user-friendly eBay.

Daily Tech: Palm's Pixi Lands in Stores Nov. 15

GeekSugar — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:05:26 -0700

The Palm Pixi will be making its way to Sprint stores on Nov. 15 for $100 - CrunchGear
Starting later this year, Netflix will start streaming movies on the PS3 - Gizmodo
eBay's CEO says that shoppers have already spent around $400 million by using the company's free iPhone app - TechCrunch
Spooky! Here are 15 of the scariest ghost videos from around the web - Switched
8 reasons why you can finally love eReaders - The Silicon Alley Insider
It's giveaway time on GeekSugar! Log in for your chances to win one of these AT&T Smartphones - GeekSugar

Look of the Day: Thinking Outside the Drape

FabSugar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:50:22 -0700

Draped tops are often associated with fanciness, but Stylistress opted to wear hers with denim cutoffs. Thinking outside the drape, I like it. The juxtaposition between the flowy, feminine top and the structured shorts and wicked boots is hot. Right?!

Here's what she has on:

Top: Hong Kong
Shorts: Japan
Boots: eBay

Congrats to Stylistress!

Everyone else, join the Look of the Day group then submit your looks. I might feature you on FabSugar!

The Significant Objects Project, Or, How to Sell Stuff on eBay

TresSugar — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:00 -0700

What makes an object significant, and possibly valuable? Some writers wagered that it's the story behind the object, and they set out to test their theory.

The Significant Objects Project pairs writers with an object and asks them to write a fictional story about it, with the belief it will then become significant to someone. Significance, in this case, means that someone would be moved to buy the object on eBay.

If you'd like to read the ~~description~~ story that accompanied the smiley face mug's auction on eBay and to find out its final price (it started at one dollar), read more.

The auction for this smiley face mug significant object started at $2 and ended at $32.08. Perhaps the price went up because of Ben Greenman's story, excerpted below?

"This object is best known from its appearance in the 1939 film No News From The Navy, a comedy starring James Wilton as a hapless midshipman who cannot set aside his seafaring ways, even when he is confined to dry land as a result of an injury. Wilton’s character (who is called, simply, “Sailor”) competes for the affection of a young woman named Evelyn (Mary Hannan) despite the opposition of her father (Gordon Howard) and a larger, determined suitor (Kenneth Lopp). The film is a second-tier comedy, but there is one classic scene. in which Sailor shaves before taking Evelyn out on a date. He is clearly accustomed to shaving aboard his ship, and as a result, he is constantly attempting to regain his balance, despite the fact the floor is level and stable. The critic Leonard Folsom has written that “The unheralded Wilton has a scene that combines the physical complexity of a Chaplin solo with close-ups of inexpressive expression that rival the finest moments of Keaton.” At the beginning of that scene, Wilton uses this smiling mug as his shaving mug, and while he sets it on the shelf above the washbasin midway through, it remains, as Folsom writes, 'an oddly compelling focus of the film so long as it is onscreen, enormous in its diminutive size, menacing in its cheer.' "

To find out how other significant objects fared on eBay, click here.

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Narciso Rodriguez Makes a Home on eBay

FabSugar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:08 -0700

Narciso Rodriguez is preparing for his Spring '10 show at New York Fashion Week as we speak - I'll be there to witness it tonight! - but in the meantime he has some exciting news. He's setting up an online home on eBay come next Spring. The store will house the exclusive Narciso Rodriguez Collection for eBay collection, the designer's debut casual line. Featuring eight Spring styles, ranging from $60 to $350, this line will only be available on eBay. None of the pieces have been sewn yet, but a few sketches (below and after the jump) are available to get you amped.

See a few more sketches.

Bid on eBay to Have Dinner With Sarah Palin!

TresSugar — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700

If you've ever dreamed of hanging out with Sarah Palin - now's your chance. But you'd better break open your piggy bank, because as of the time of this writing, the current eBay bid was $38,666.60 for a private dinner for five. But hey, there's free shipping!

All proceeds will go to Ride2Recovery, which benefits wounded soldiers. I have always found the concept of paying to have dinner with the famous and powerful very strange - if you had the money, would you want to meet her?

eBay Find of the Week

FabSugar — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:26:22 -0700

Maria Sharapova is one of my style icons, so if she's donning the teensy chain bag trend, I will too. After some perusing, I found this Petite Quilted Chain Bag. I'm smitten with the warm camel tone and interesting chain and leather strap. Cheap and chic!

The current bidding price is $3.63, and the auction ends on Monday, Aug. 24. Good luck and happy bidding!

Mom Sells Unborn Baby's Naming Rights on eBay

LilSugar — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:15:16 -0700

Can't decide what to call your impending babe? Put its naming rights up for auction on eBay! That's what an unemployed Arkansas mother of six is doing for her seventh baby.

With her husband in the Navy and stationed hundreds of miles away, and her financial troubles growing, Lavonne Drummond placed the ad on Sunday to raise money to "pay for a new car (one that can fit my BIG family) some baby cloths, and maybe if some one is generious [sic] enough a new house. but we are despritly [sic] in need of a new car."

The winning bidder will pick the legal first name for her son and meet him after he is born on Sept. 16. With just three days left in the auction, Drummond is a long way from the $25,000 she hopes to raise, but a flood of traffic on the site has raised the current bid to $2,550.