Attention Shoppers: Yahoo! Classifieds Concierge Helping Sellers and Buyers at `World's Longest Garage Sale'.Business Editors/Consumer Writers JAMESTOWN Jamestown, cities, United States Jamestown. 1 City (1990 pop. 34,681), Chautauqua co., W N.Y., on Chautauqua Lake; founded c.1806, inc. as a city 1886. It is the business and financial center of a dairy, livestock, and vineyard area. , Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2002 The Highway 127 Yard Sale - the self-proclaimed "World's Longest Garage Sale" - kicks-off in just two days (August 15), and Yahoo! Classifieds will be there to lend a helping hand to thousands of sellers and buyers of used goods. "The Yahoo! Classifieds Concierge" will be located at 2527 South York York, former name of Toronto, Canada York, Ont.: see Toronto, Ont., Canada. York, city, England York, city (1991 pop. 123,126) and district, North Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers. Highway (Route 127) in Jamestown, Tenn., the epicenter ep·i·cen·ter n. 1. The point of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. 2. A focal point: stood at the epicenter of the international crisis. of the 450-mile, four-day bargain blowout Blowout The rapid sale of all shares in a new securities offering. See: hot issue. blowout The nearly immediate sale of a new security issue because of great investor demand. See also hot issue. , and will be offering a number of services for garage sale goers, including: -- Internet-connected computers where sellers can tap into millions of additional potential buyers by posting items online through Yahoo! Classifieds (http://classifieds.yahoo.com ); -- "Garage Sale Susan," the leading authority on garage sales and persona behind A&E's "The Incurable Collector" show, will be available to discuss buying and selling tips, price negotiation, garage sale etiquette, what's hot, what's not and more; and, -- Free Route 127 information, water, sun screen, handi-wipes, tags for sellers to price their items, and item reminder sheets for buyers to mark hot deals on items they liked, the negotiated price, and the booth number they discovered it "Consumers are flocking flocking 1. counterpart of herding but for a flock. 2. precipitation, usually by the addition of a chemical, of protein in a solution for the purpose of clarifying it. to the World's Longest Garage Sale for great deals. We see this as an excellent opportunity to help buyers and sellers of used goods to realize their shopping potential online," said Ryan Rigoli, marketing manager of Yahoo! Classifieds. "Having thousands of people at the Garage Sale event is powerful; however, posting items online can significantly extend a seller's potential buying audience by millions of online shoppers hungry for good deals. Additionally, buyers unable to attend the event in person can participate `virtually' and find featured items from the Garage Sale, as well as hundreds of thousands of other great deals on Yahoo! Classifieds." The Highway 127 Yard Sale The Highway 127 Yard Sale - often called the "World's Longest Garage Sale" - takes place August 15-18, covering 450-miles over three states--Kentucky, Tennessee Tennessee, state, United States Tennessee (tĕn`əsē', tĕn'əsē`), state in the south-central United States. and Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). . Started by the residents of Jamestown, Tenn., the sale was created to increase traffic to towns that were off the main highway. Fifteen years later, it represents the world's longest garage sale. About Yahoo! Classifieds Yahoo! Classifieds (http://classifieds.yahoo.com) is an online resource for buyers and sellers to meet and transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting online. As a place to buy or sell a wide variety of items - from computers to cars - Yahoo! Classifieds is viewed by millions of potential buyers every month. Buyers can search for a particular item by specific location; and sellers have the opportunity to post their ad on Yahoo! Classifieds and gain access to the 237 million consumers coming to Yahoo! each month. Starting at $7.95 per item, sellers receive a customized listing, full-color photo, access to ad statistics and reporting information, a personal URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. and e-mail response links so potential buyers can easily access the seller. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! reaches more than 237 million individuals worldwide each month, and is the No. 1 Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the brand globally. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 World properties and is available in 13 languages. Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners |
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