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eBay is one of the all-time online success stories. It arrived in 1995, the same year as a Newsweek feature on why Internet businesses would never make money, and it proved them extraordinarily wrong. It survived the dot-com disaster and now trades in over thirty countries with twenty-two billion dollars in assets.

Unfortunately, growth causes its own problems. The service simply can’t respond quickly to every complaint while its immense popularity makes it a prime target for scammers and counterfeit auctions. Other complaints leveled at eBay are less innocent less…

I don’t know about you, but I like saving money. Unlike a lot of other people, I actually look forward to getting my semi-weekly flyers in the mail, as well as the other ads that come with the community newspaper. The trouble, of course, is that I end up spending a lot of time clipping those coupons. Time is money, and unfortunately, the paper versions of these flyers don’t have a search function.

And that’s why sites like Coupon Sherpa are positively fantastic. Instead of spending hours sifting…

eBay is twenty billion dollars worth of dot-com success story, making up for the scarcity of such things its own sheer size. It’s so successful, it even overrides the “capitalize at the start of a sentence” rule, and most of us have known that rule since grade school. Started in 1995, the auction site has grown larger than many countries’ armies and is much, much more welcome around the world. Last year they made over six hundred dollars per second because “take a percentage of everyone buying and selling everything”…

Everyone struggles with finding the right gifts for the right recipients, so we’ve got some great ideas for you.

A perfect gift displays thought and is something the recipient would never have bought for themselves. This is normally taken to mean an indulgence they’d normally never treat themselves to, but it’s even better when the present is something they’d never had thought of but afterwards can’t live without.

We’ve collected five fantastic items you can buy for just about anyone…or put on your wish list when anyone embarrassingly asks, “So,…

When you’re managing an office, the time it takes to actually leave the office may be put to better use. If you’re willing to sit down and make a list of what your office actually needs, rather than wandering the aisles of a local store, you can have your office supplies delivered as you need them. That sure beats driving all the way across town just to pick up some sticky notes!

These sites will help you get the job done in a timely manner. Some even offer free delivery.…

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Book.ly

Brief Description

Like Kayak searches airlines, book.ly scans prices across reputable textbook renters and vendors, showing all of the prices and purchasing options available online within seconds. Equipped with school specific information for over 1500 colleges and universities, book.ly allows students to search by course for the books they need and instantly find the best deals online – saving them time and money. Students at schools not yet supported by book.ly may search by Title, Author, or ISBN. Students may also sell their used books directly to…