[Publib] "Price It!" Gale Database Usage and Feedback?

[Jennie J. Stoltz]

I haven't actually used "Price it" myself (yet) but I will say that I suspect that we will see a continued increase in people selling their antiques and collectibles (or not so collectible non-antiques) through places like eBay or consignment shops for two reasons - (1) because of the recession and (2) because of environmental issues (reuse).


Jennie J. Stoltz, MLIS
Director / eco-Librarian
Pewaukee Public Library
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tanya Pomeroy <tpomeroy at GPTX.org>
Date: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:58 pm
Subject: [Publib] "Price It!" Gale Database Usage and Feedback?
To: publib at webjunction.org


>  Hi all in Library-Land,
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>  My library is thinking about getting Price It! from Gale. We think it
>  would be popular in our community but we aren't sure. GP, TX is a town
>  of about 164,000 people SW of Dallas, TX. We have a large Hispanic and
>  African American communities and patrons of both low and high 
> incomes. I
>  already have a few patrons using the computers to sell on Ebay. One man
>  did need help setting a price for his item.
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>  Is anyone out there using this? Have you had good usage stats? Positive
>  feedback from customers? Successful sales on Ebay from patrons who have
>  used the service to set a price? Has it been a negative experience, aka
>  not worth the investment?
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>  Any recommendations are welcome.
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>  Thank you,
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>  Tanya Pomeroy
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>  ILL / Reference Librarian
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>  972-237-5713
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>  Grand Prairie Memorial Library
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>  Interlibrary Loan 
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>  901 Conover Dr. 
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>  Grand Prairie, TX 75051
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