NICE LITTLE NUMBER – EBAY
jeanniejeanniejeannie.co.uk BLOG 4th September 2020
NICE LITTLE NUMBER – EBAY
EBAY FACTS:
Numbers all about EBAY – ENJOY
1.5b Total Listings
183m Buyers
91% Fixed Price
$90.2b GMV (Turnover)
71% Ship Free
81% New Items
$2.8b 1999 Turnover First year turnover over £1b
$95m Turnover 1997
$10.8b 2019 Profit
1995 EBAY launch year
13,300 Employees 2019
MOST UNUSUAL SOLD ON EBAY
$3K Water from Swan Lake, Armenia sold for on Ebay after Kanye West jumped in it during his concert in 2015
$1.63 (£1.20) For a single cornflake in 2004
$25k For William Shatner’s Kidney stone in 2006
$1209 For a Dorito shaped like the Pope’s hat in 2005
MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM SOLD ON EBAY
$168m For a Gigayatch
$4.9m For a Gulfstream II aircraft
$2.6m For lunch with Warren Buffett
$2.5m For the town of Albert, TX USA
$2.1m For a house with a war proof bunker
$1.77m For the town of Bridgeville CA, USA
$1m For Ferrari Enzo
$577m Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball bat
$309,292 Ian Usher’s Life
$50,000 A Michael Jackson “What More Can I Give” studio reference CD sold on eBay for $50,000 in 2015
DON’T FORGET TO LAUGH EVERYDAY ESPECIALLY WHILST IN ISOLATION
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE FOR THE DAY
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough -Emily Dickinson
HAPPINESS IS…
Happiness is…selling on Ebay
GRANDAD’S ONE LINER JOKE OF THE DAY
A book fell on my head…
I only have myshelf to blame!
LOVE IS…
Love is… letting her have the first bite
WHAT IS THERE A SEASON FOR TODAY TURN, TURN, TURN …
A time to sell on Ebay…A time to buy on Ebay
SOMETHING TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT & GRATEFUL FOR IN THE WORLD
For the beauty of the earth
SOMETHING TO LAUGH ABOUT
Tom & Jerry Cartoon
VIZ MAGAZINE TOP TIP
Can’t remember the artist or title to a song that is stuck in your head? Simply record and release the song and wait to be sued for breach of copyright. The information you need will be on the writ, – Simon Sandall, Brisbane.
TOTAL STAIRWAY TO EVEREST CLIMB CHALLENGE
Thursday 3/9/2020 DAY 152 16 Times – 144 Feet Cumulative Total 22,635 Feet
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