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AuctionDrop Launches eBay Drop-off Store in San Rafael with Charity Fundraiser.


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SAN CARLOS San Carlos (săn kär`lōs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,167), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1925. The chief manufactures are plastic products, hardware, and machine parts. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003

AuctionDrop, the leading eBay drop-off service, today announced the opening of its first Marin County location in San Rafael's Montecito Plaza at 219 Third Street. This is the fourth AuctionDrop location in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation).

The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay
. AuctionDrop offers people a simple and convenient way to sell on eBay.

A Grand Opening Party and charity event will be held on Saturday, November 15 between 11 a.m.-3 p.m. People are invited to bring items to donate. The net proceeds Net Proceeds

The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security.

Notes:
In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions).
 of these auctions are donated to Family House, provider of housing to families of pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children.

pe·di·at·ric
adj.
Of or relating to pediatrics.
 cancer patients at UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco . Whole Foods will provide refreshments for this family-friendly event and door prizes will be awarded at 1:00 p.m.

"AuctionDrop not only offers a great service to individuals, it also offers a service to the entire community," said Effie Milionis, fundraising program manager at AuctionDrop. "We can help local non-profits and schools fundraise fund·raise or fund-raise also fund raise  
intr.v. fund·raised, fund·rais·ing, fund·rais·es
To engage in fundraising.

Verb 1.
 in a new and creative way. San Rafael High School |image= Sanrafaelhighschool.jpg |imagesize= 300px |motto= |motto_translation= San Rafael High School main building |streetaddress= 185 Mission Avenue |city= San Rafael |state= California |zipcode= 94901 |url= [1] |schoolnumber= |schoolboard= San Rafael City Schools Board  District's Public Education Foundation is part of our program. People drop off items and allocate the net proceeds to their school or non-profit organization of choice. During this holiday season people will be able to give without having to open their checkbooks."

AuctionDrop's knowledgeable staff takes care of every aspect of the auction including professional photography, eBay listing, payment processing, customer service, shipping and returns. For those sales proceeds that are donated to charity, AuctionDrop sends each customer an acknowledgement of their tax-deductible cash donation.

AuctionDrop has locations in Menlo Park, San Carlos, San Rafael and Los Altos, Calif., and will open additional stores this year in the Bay Area followed by Los Angeles and New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. AuctionDrop is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday.

About AuctionDrop

AuctionDrop is the first retail company dedicated to providing a simple, fast and convenient way for consumers to sell goods on eBay. Founded in 2002 by Randy Adams, Bill Rollinson and Andy Jeffrey, AuctionDrop is a privately owned company. Rollinson and Adams also founded the first online retailer on the web, the Internet Shopping Network in 1994. AuctionDrop receives funding from leading Silicon Valley venture firms Draper Associates and Mobius Venture Capital. For more information go to www.auctiondrop.com or call toll free 1-866-DROP-IT-OFF (1-866-376-7486).

AuctionDrop is a trademark of AuctionDrop, Inc. All other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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