EM was kind enough to send along the new FBI online fraud website so here’s a brief recap of your possible courses of actions when an auction goes awry. YOU ARE YOUR OWN KEEPER Unfortunately, the first onus is on you to read everything carefully and see if the auction and the seller passes the […]

“SlicePie” found a few more items for the CARS bomb shelter … Are these actually McQueen shaped Spaghetti-O’s? I haven’t eaten Spaghetti-O’s in a while but I’m guessing we have the technology to make them in other than o-shapes? I spoke too soon, the answer is yes! Uh, ChickHicks? McQueen? Wingo! And Graham “Snacks” which […]

This is going to be a long post so pour yourself a foamy one, a cold one, a hot one or have an energy drink. Or one after the other … Because this is a story that is interesting, amazing, thrill-a-minute, filled with cute kids in peril, strong women who can down AND fix helicopters, […]

From Last March … “Disney Eyes More Online Investment The Walt Disney Co. will invest more in online games and virtual worlds following the success of sites with themes based on Disney Fairies and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” In 2008, the company will launch an online game site based on the Disney/Pixar film “Cars,” Disney […]

Hey, I’m all about the gimmicky … I mean, who doesn’t want candy you can reconfigure 33 different ways? For the Octover issue, Esquire mag added an e-ink element to the front cover … E-ink in theory will be cool one day, a wafer thing sheet of an LCD like screen that can be re-fresh, […]

While the calendar year has a few more months to run (119 shopping days until you know what day) … the CARS year is just about over. In the next week or so, CASE T should ship and 2008 by the CARS Calendar will have come to a close. As part of the ancient ritual, […]

“Starting September 16, we are lowering the listing fee for all items sold via the fixed price format to only 35 cents, and a special rate of only 5 cents through the end of the year for Buy It Now™ fixed price listings in the Media categories (Books, Video Games, Music and DVDs/Movies) using pre-filled […]

“Stickers” McQueen or officially known as Lightning McQueen with Bumper Stickers has arrived … Well, in the West Coast warehouse … (screen shot from film) (photo of actual retail “stickers” McQueen – no, not mine) (photo of actual retail “stickers” McQueen – no, not mine) Appearing soon … starting early next  week … might be […]

SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 UPDATE I know with the recent avalanche/cavalcade of good news, it’s hard to sort out what’s coming and what’s in stores so here’s a brief rundown of the newest things that are actually on the store shelves-hitting the stores shelves-about to hit and/or can be found online right about now. SINGLES – […]

Thanks to Heather & others, we’re going to try a specific trading area and see how that works under this somewhat limited ‘theme/template/format.’ As some of you know, we’re still moving and trying to get everything in order so plugins and ‘extra features’ of the site are coming but slowly. For now, I just set […]