SwitchBooksNow.com Launches eBay-like Online Marketplace to Help College Students Trade Textbooks and Other Items
Boise, ID (ContentDesk) December 12, 2005 -- SwitchBooksNow.com announces the launch of its eBay-like online marketplace that proactively matches wants and needs of college students looking to buy, sell, or trade their textbooks and anything else.
A division of Matchbin.com, SwitchBooksNow has the advantage of providing an effective community based system that also links its members to a larger global network.SwitchBooksNow is powered by Matchbins Activematch" technology, allowing users to create a list of goods and services they have to sell and/or want to buy.
The system then proactively searches those haves and wants within the global Matchbin network. When a match is made the buyer and seller are alerted, and can then trade, buy or sell on whatever terms they see fit.
Matches are listed geographically so that the closest match appears first.
The community focus of SwitchBooksNow reduces or eliminates shipping costs by creating a localized trading environment.
Currently, SwitchBooksNow allows users to trade, buy and sell for free.
This no fee option will allow members to list three haves and an unlimited number of wants.
Within two weeks of introducing the site to other students at Boise State University, with a few flyers and an article in the school newspaper, over fifty students have signed up. By providing only a user name, email address and zip code students are now actively trading with each other.
I was matched with a student that wanted one of the books on my list, said Kip Kugler co-founder of SwitchBooksNow. That student offered to pay more than the bookstore would and got a great deal on a needed textbook. Kugler believes the technology of Matchbin will greatly influence the future of E-Commerce.For additional information about SwitchBooksNow see www.switchbooksnow.com.
Glory Beyond the Gridiron
(ContentDesk) July 13, 2004 -- Foregoing the National Football League, Darius returns to school his senior year, determined to win the Elvin Schumacher Award.
The award can only be given to one student-athlete per year, and to qualify, he/she must achieve three things: (1) be named First Team All-America in his/her sport, (2) graduate Summa Cum Laude, and (3) win the National Leadership Award, given to only twenty students per year by the President.
The award does not have to be given every year, and the last time someone received the award was over twenty years prior to Darius' return.
In pursuit of this venture, Darius faces limitless temptation, as well as those whose only goal is to try to pull him backward.Grime and Glory was written by Emeka Onyejekwe, a law student at New York University School of Law in the Class of 2006, and a former Ohio State University football player.
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Experienced Independent Florist Shares 15 Tips on Ordering Flowers and Gifts
(ContentDesk) October 15, 2005 -- "In the not-too-distant past," says the owner of Nations Florist, "people ordered their floral arrangements and gifts from a neighborhood florist someone they knew and trusted. Now they often call a toll-free number or order online. They don't really know what they're getting."Although they may think they got a bargain, consumers may end up being disappointed in the quality they receive. Or worse, if they send a floral gift, they spend a lot of money to give...
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Principal Facts about Interest-Only Mortgages
"Interest-only mortgages are those where the borrower is required to pay only the interest on the loan for a fixed period of time, though the borrower has the freedom to pay more than the interest. This fixed period usually lasts around 5-10 years. However, if the borrower pays only the interest during the initial period, after the interest-only period ends, the borrower has to pay the entire principal along with the interest within the remaining mortgage term.
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Ladies Wild Golf Weekend in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota September 23-25
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Sage Training in the workplace
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Sage Training - A helpful guide for anyone that has had the task of company accounting dumped on them using Sage Software without the investment in training. If you need to have Sage training because you are not sure of what you are doing then conveniently place this article on the bosses chair to bring it to their attention.
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Wedding Shoes Inspired by the Wizard of OZ
(ContentDesk) January 12, 2006 -- An enterprising 18-year-old has successfully started a business all because of her sisters plea. Stephanie Bates desperately needed a pair of Dorothy Ruby shoes for her own business and no matter how hard she tried she couldnt find any. Chloe Bates stepped in and customised a pair of satin shoes with sequins and Make Believe Land was created. The first pair were wearable but a bit untidy, says Chloe, so I decided to use holographic sequins for the next pair...
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Top 3 Yogi's Secrets for Health and Happiness!
For hundreds of years, the yogi's have been known to know the secrets for health, peace and happiness. In this short, but informative article, I will briefly describe 3 of these secrets with you.Let's get started: Secret#1: You are not your physical body.The Yogis believe, you know, that the real Man is not his body. They know that the immortal "I" of which each human being is conscious to a greater or lesser degree, is not the body which it merely occupies and uses. They know thatthe body is...
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