AuctionDrop Opens Fifth eBay Drop-off Store in San Jose.News Editors/Business Editors 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)--Feb. 5, 2004 AuctionDrop, the original eBay drop-off store, today announced the opening of its fifth company-owned store in the Westgate West shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at 5379 Prospect Road in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . Five more locations are planned for 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 in Burlingame, Fremont, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , San Ramon San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
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 later this year. "As the pioneers of the eBay drop-off market, we've learned from experience how best to manage eBay auctions for our customers so that their items sell for a higher price," said Randy Adams, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AuctionDrop. "Our advantage is the ability to centralize all our processing for economies of scale. We've collected an incredible knowledge base at our processing center made up of category experts, professional photographers, a dedicated customer service department and a meticulous pack and ship team." People can drop off their items at the San Jose AuctionDrop or any other location and work with an AuctionDrop consultant. Once all the pertinent information is gathered from the customer, the item is sent to AuctionDrop's processing center where it is photographed, researched, listed, warehoused, packed and shipped. AuctionDrop has sold over 14,000 items since its first store opened in March 2003. Total gross merchandise sales have exceeded $1.6 million. AuctionDrop is the only drop-off store with eBay Titanium PowerSeller status and is also an official eBay Trading Post trading post See post. . "We've developed an eBay expertise that people can depend on," said Bill Rollinson, chief marketing officer of AuctionDrop. "People come to us with a variety of valuable items including bikes, fur coats, collectibles and electronics and we know how to best sell them on eBay. Our customers trust us with the entire eBay process." A San Jose Grand Opening celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2004. The AuctionDrop store at Westgate West shopping center can be found at the corner of Lawrence Expressway and Prospect Road. AuctionDrop is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 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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