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NASCAR fans and racing collectors now have the opportunity to own an exclusive piece of racing history -- the actual hood from the late Dale Earnhardt's famous black No. 3 Monte Carlo, which he crashed in the final laps of the 1997 Daytona 500.
The story of Earnhardt's 1997 Daytona "Crash Car" is one that truly personifies who Earnhardt was as a person and a racer -- tough and determined. He never gave up, no matter how much the deck was stacked against him. In the closing laps of the race, Earnhardt had maneuvered into second place and was battling Jeff Gordon for the lead when he lost control of the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet. The car smacked the wall at close to 200 miles per hour and rolled several times, before somehow winding up on its wheels in the infield.
Earnhardt was being escorted to the ambulance when he realized that the car could be restarted. "I looked back over and said, 'Man, the wheels ain't knocked off the car yet,'" Earnhardt said. "So I went back over and told the guy in the car to fire it up. He hit the switch and it fired. I said, 'Give me my car back!'"
With hundreds of thousands of fans going wild, Earnhardt refused medical attention and climbed back into his wounded race car. He drove it back to the pits for repair and a new set of tires, and finished the race five laps down in 31st place.
After the race, the hood was removed from the car, autographed by car owner Richard Childress and crew chief Larry McReynolds, and displayed at Richard Childress Racing (RCR) before being purchased by private collector Charles Ross. Ross kept the hood under lock and key as part of he and his wife's massive NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt collection. After years of enjoyment, Ross has decided to let other collectors have a chance at ownership.
Ross commissioned GoMotorBids.com, the authority for authentic racing collectibles and automotive memorabilia, to auction his entire collection piece-by-piece, including the one-and-only "Crash Car" hood. "We call the Crash Car hood the 'Holy Grail' of NASCAR collectibles," said Russ Dickey, director of marketing for GoMotorBids.com. "Honestly, I can't think of a more significant piece of sheet metal for a more significant driver in all of NASCAR history. It's one of those pieces that you'd think you'd only see in a museum, or maybe even the future NASCAR Hall of Fame."
The hood is being auctioned off to the highest bidder with no reserve price. Collectors and enthusiasts can see pictorial and video imagery, along with more information about this rare hood, source>>>

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The city of Fernandina Beach has withdrawn an eBay auction selling historic clay bricks at a starting bid of 99 cents per lot of 100, or about a penny per brick.

Fleet maintenance supervisor Jeremiah Glisson, who also handles the city's online auctions, canceled the historic brick listing because the city could not put restrictions on who bought the bricks.

When a buyer from out of town wanted to purchase the whole lot, Glisson said, staff decided it was a better idea to keep the bricks local and canceled the auction. Now, he says, the bricks will be used in the city's pocket parks and other projects.

According to an e-mail from City Manager Michael Czymbor, the bricks came from the Centre Street rehabilitation in the late 1970s and were later used to construct the parking lot at the Beech Street Grill. Those bricks were recently removed, according to Glisson, because they were being improperly maintained and presented a hazard to pedestrians.

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As anticipated, eBay (EBAY) announced a new fixed priced listing format with significantly lower upfront fees ($0.35 for a month listing) that is better suited for retailers looking to use eBay as a channel for new goods, plus other changes to payments and shipping requirements. In the US the new format will be in addition to the auction and stores format and will replace auction/buy-in-now hybrid. We think these change reflect a more discerning eCommerce consumer, weak auction format GMV growth (just 2% in 2Q) and opportunity to increase PayPal adoption.

Take-rate (revenue) impact likely negative, PayPal offsets

The take rate impact will depend upon product category, ASP, and conversion rate. In many cases, however, the take-rate is lower for items using the new format, and since sellers will choose other formats when the new format is more expensive, we believe overall take-rates will be lower. This will be offset by greater PayPal penetration. We estimate a negative $125-150mn impact on '09 revenues assuming about 30% of items move to new format and 10% lower avg. take rates, which should be offset by a $100-150mn PayPal penetration boost.

Marginal impact on buyer experience, maintain Neutral

While an increase in listings in September following fee decrease could be a catalyst, the new listing format alone is unlikely to significantly alter the buying experience, in our view, as inventory availability is not the core issue for eBay. Search improvements remain a wild card, and more uniform shipping fees and fraud prevention should help, but we believe the buying experience will still fall short of other fixed price retailers. At 13x 2009E EPS, we think stock will remain range bound into 2009 guidance (expected in January), which could be below street if changes don't stabilize GMV growth, in our view.source>>>

Even a hard-core do-gooder needs a tote bag, right?

That's the thinking behind WorldofGood.com, a new shopping site from eBay launched early Wednesday morning. The site's mission: to preserve "People Positive and Eco Positive" principles that make a positive impact on the people that make them, as well as the environment. In essence, it's similar to The Body Shop: buy ecologically sound products, while allowing the seller to charge a fair price.

All products, producers and sellers are verified by various third parties called Trust Providers -- like TransFair USA (Fair Trade Certified), Co-op America and Aid to Artisans -- to meet a core set of ethical and environmental standards, according to the site. Some example items: an artisan-crafted plate from Chile, banana-fiber animal napkin rings from Kenya, and a stuffed llama from Peru. You may also still find this amusing test listing, as the site went live overnight.

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- A Calgary fraudster who used his 70-year-old grandmother's ebay account to rip off a Tennessee man for $27,400 US when he sold on an Internet auction a Toyota Forerunner he did not own should go to jail, a judge was told on Tuesday.

Crown prosecutor Nadine Nesbitt urged provincial court Judge John Bascom to impose a nine-month actual jail sentence on Eric Ireneusz Rudy, 31, had previously pleaded guilty to the July 2005 ebay fraud.

Nesbitt noted it was the second similar offence for Rudy, who also admitted to selling another car he did not own to an unsuspecting American customer in 2002.

She also told the judge Rudy pleaded guilty earlier this year to a pair of drunken assaults, at least one of them racially motivated, on taxi drivers.

He is currently facing a criminal harassment charge against a girlfriend, she added.

The prosecutor said in an agreed statement of facts read into court that Rudy had seen the Forerunner for sale in Calgary and obtained pictures and the vehicle identification number from the owner on the pretext he an interested buyer.

He then used that data to post his auction on ebay and the winning bid was made by David Wear of Pigeon Forge, Tenn. When Wear did not receive the goods, as promised, he reported it to ebay and found out the seller was using his grandmother's account. He then contacted her, prompting Rudy to return $10,000. His lawyer, Steve Wojick, who is seeking a conditional jail sentence to be served in the community, gave the court the rest of the restitution on Tuesday.

Rudy apologized in court, saying he had intended to purchase the vehicle to re-sell, but that the deal fell through. Nesbitt said Wear has told her the fraud has had a great strain on his family, who needed the money to purchase a vehicle to use for when they had their first child in 2005.

Bascom reserved his sentencing until Oct. 2 . source>>>

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Google AdSense For Video Hits Beta

Big publishers (and Bob Vila) take note

This time, Google's beta tag means something - to become a user,
publishers will need to have English-language, U.S.-based sites,
and serve at least one million video streams per month. But, beta
tag or not, AdSense for video has officially arrived.

Google has promised that it will expand the program "in the near
future." Meanwhile, sites like BobVila.com, MyDamnChannel, and
blip.tv are getting to experience a sort of test drive. And for
a description of what they're seeing (we're assuming you don't
want to chase down and sit through random videos), we can turn
to the Official Google Blog.

Shamim Samadi and Ryan Hayward write, "This approach takes the
same non-intrusive InVideo ad format used on YouTube and extends
it across video partner sites on the Google Content Network. This
enables advertisers to run a single campaign across the largest
network of online video content."

Also, in the event that you want to watch a carefully selected
clip, something on the Inside AdSense blog provides more
information about Google, video content, and revenue.

All of this points back to what we covered in the opening: if
you're not close buds with Google, AdSense for video is still a
little out of reach. There's no reason you can't scope it out,
though, and be ready to accept (or reject) the program as it
approaches a wider release.