item paid for 24 mar.07 but yet to be received. during phone call seller stated that item was shipped 9 apr 07. tried to contact e bay but time ran out before i could send resolution message. SELLER NOT VERY RESPONSIVE
e bay can you help?

Almost all the info i have gotten online about benzo’s showing up in drug tests has failed to differentiate between them. In my own personal experience clonazepam (Klonopin) is out of your system in about 24 hours, lorazepam (Ativan) and alprazolam (Xanax) in about 1 to 3 days, and diazepam (Valium) seems to stay in forever and a day, like maybe 7 to 14 days i’d say. All the info i have seen on methadone indicates it is out of your system in about 5 days, but healthcare and substance abuse professionals have led me to believe it can persist well over a week. Regular opiates (Oxycontin, Heroin, Vicodin, Percocet, Morphine Sulfate, etc.) can be eliminated from your system quickly by drinking tons of water and liquids such as green tea and cranberry juice, due to the fact that opiates are water-soluble. So instead of detection times lasting about 72 hours you can easily cut this time in halfwith patience and repeated trips to the bathroom. All of this is from my own experience. Hope it helps.

Whether your online business is a hobby near and dear to your heart, a part-time business or a full time endeavor, there are many things you need to take into consideration when choosing a venue or venues that will be the right one for your business and the right environment through which to sell your products.

One of the first things you will want to do is carefully research both your market and your competition. Taking into consideration the products or services that you sell, you need to objectively evaluate what’s going on with them in the marketplace.

Is the market flooded or very competitive? Are the products or services being offered at undervalued prices by the competition?

If this is the case, you need to do some special evaluating.

When a market is flooded for a particular range of products or services, that signals the need for you to evaluate what you do, how you do it, and what sets you apart from the competition.

Do you offer customizations, repairs, have exceptional service standards, offer a 100% no questions asked refund or exchange policy, offer outstanding customer service, state a willingness to go the extra mile for your customers?

Having the lowest price or greatest deals do not set you apart, except to the bargain hunter who will generally NOT develop a repeat buyer loyalty to you.

You need to offer something of quality that tells people they can depend on you now and for years to come. That sort of comfort sets you apart and generates repeat buyer loyalty. It also ensures your steady climb up the ladder from your competition.

It’s been proven time and again that people will pay the price if they feel they can count on the merchant.

If your competition is undervaluing products or services in order to produce quick sales and you choose to research your items, applying a correct value to them, or are pricing your services for a proper and reasonable value of your time spent, you need to, especially in this case, carefully evaluate the venue on which you sell.

In any event, you need to research the need / wants for your products or services, both locally and nationally / internationally ~ however far reaching you expect your business to be, you need to do the demographic evaluation.

Do a search on any search engine you choose or several to get a wide range analysis. See what comes up in your field. Dig deeper and explore a few competitor websites. Look objectively at how they offer what they offer, how they market and how they price. Then dig even deeper on each competitor. Select 1-3 competitors, you won’t need more than this to get a healthy overview of what’s going on in your general market.

Next is the venue.

Determine your business budget ~ at least the bare bones basics listed below:

• How much are you willing to spend on the venue itself? There could be website hosting, monthly shopping cart fees, an outright purchase of a shopping cart, there could be listing fees if in a store / auction venue setting, there could be final selling fees. There may be monthly fees for merchandise that sits there month after month until it sells ~ or that might be negated to no fees if it’s your own website.
• How much are you willing to spend on marketing? Or, are you willing to spend the time (which is an investment in it’s own right) necessary to do the marketing yourself? There are a number of free marketing venues such as your own blog, some social networking venues, some social shopping venues and the like. Do you have the staying power for an aggressive and constant marketing campaign? If you doubt that, does “Promote, Promote, Promote” sound familiar?
• How will you obtain and stock your products? Do you need an online inventory utility in your venue to keep inventory straight? Do you create your own products after buying your components wholesale? Do you buy to resell? Do you work with a reputable drop-shipper? How much inventory can you afford to have and to hold until sales do we part?
• How much are you willing to spend on professional design or guidance? Even if you are a die-hard do-it-yourselfer, are you ready, willing and able to install, setup, design, customize, optimize all by yourself? Are you proficient in coding, technical modifications, other technical issues, graphics, branding, etc.? Do you possess a thorough understanding of search engines and how to make them work for you?
• Have you determined your anticipated timeframe for basic success? Does your venue work with you on this timeframe?
• How professional of an image do you want to project? Does your venue of choice provide you with custom document pages where you can display through quality content and pictures your expertise and knowledge about your product / service to your customers, establishing your credibility and professionalism? Does the venue provide your customers with friendly site navigation? Does the venue provide your customers with an easy and relatively painless checkout and payment solution? Is it secure?
• Does the venue provide you with a way of making contact between yourself and your customer and vice versa easy? Or are you able to modify it to do so? Are you willing to provide multiple ways for customers to contact you should there be a problem, or even place orders with you over the phone should they prefer? The more options you provide your customers the less likely they will abandon the cart and shop elsewhere.

These are only a few ~ however basic ~ things you need to get started on when evaluating what you sell, what your market is and what venue would be right for you. But it’s enough to get the thought process going. Good Luck!

This is short and sweet. Anyone who says they have to hold your check for two weeks or more is lying to you. What they are doing is holding your money for two weeks before they deliver your goods. Why? You have to ask them, because there is no reason to do so. Checks used to be sent through clearing houses and it did take days and sometimes a couple of weeks for the money to get moved around, but not any more. Checks are treated the same way your debit card is. The bank get the check, they scan the bottom numbers in and key in the amount of the check, and at the end of the day they push a button and BINGO! The money is taken from your account at midnight the day the check is scanned.

The only delay is if the check is deposited on a weekend or holiday. It takes NO MORE THAN 72 HOURS for your check to clear in the modern world. Once it clears, that money is gone forever. Anyone telling you they had a check go bad after 72 hours or after the money was in their account is a lying to you. They either didn’t wait for the check to clear and verify the funds before spending it, or they just blaming a check because they over-spent their account balance.

It is that simple. Anyone telling you they hold the check for two weeks or more than 72 hours - feel free to EDUCATE THEM AND TELL THEM YOU WON’T DO BUSINESS WITH THEM….that will get their attention — most of the clowns that do this also don’t use PayPal….I sometimes get the impression they are just using their money to juggle their own expenses and too sorry to get your item in the mail. These people shouldn’t even be allowed to have a checking account, because they sure don’t know how one works so how can you trust them WITH YOUR MONEY, when they don’t know how THEIR OWN money works?

Hello, I’m rock-head! Welcome to my first guide. I hope this will help you generate some traffic to your store, or wherever else you would like visitors.

This is free, and pretty effective. If you’ve got an eBay store, or anything else you want to promote, you can get some free traffic. Alll you need to do is copy and paste the URL you want people to go to. I use it, and the nice thing is you can see how many people have signed up under you, so you know if it’s working. I am beginning to see the effect of the ad, and I only signed up two days ago. I didn’t get any virus or spam or anything like that. However, the ad itself is not the most attractive thing, it’s got a pic and the name of the guy who invented FreeViral, other than that it’s OK. If you click on my about me page you can see what the banner and the ad look like.
http://members..com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=rock-head

The concept is simple; if you click on the FreeViral link or banner , you will go to a new page and at the bottom of the page you will notice 6 classified ads. If you want to get your own viral link and/or banner, you have to get ‘codes’ by clicking on each add, then you can sign up for free. When you create your own add, it will be put at the top of the list. You then post your unique link/banner on your Yuwie page, your about me eBay page, or wherever you can copy and paste some HTML. This is pretty important; you do have to promote the ad yourself. People who click on your ad, and want to get their own FreeViral ad HAVE to click on your link, and see your site. This goes through six generations so LOTS of people will see your add.

Okay, if you’re new to downline systems, the above explanation may be a bit confusing. Here’s a simpler one….

People who sign up under you will put their ad in the first ad position, and yours will get bumped to the number two spot. Your ad stays there, and must be clicked on by peple who want FreeViral! Your ad will always be in the second position on the FreeViral pages of all the people who sign up under you. So it’s important to post your ad wherever you can.

Of course, people who sign up under you will promote their FreeViral pages. As a result, people will signup below them. That moves your ad to the third spot. This continues for five levels, and as your downline grows five levels deep, your ad will be present on every FreeViral page in your ‘downline’.

When someone wants to sign up for FreeViral, they must first click on your classified ad which will open a new window leading to your main website. They will have to wait a short while for the code to appear at the top of the screen.

While they wait, they will have time to read what you have to offer. This can equate to more sales, downline members, affiliate sign-ups, ezine subscribers, etc.! Each classified ad will have to be clicked on to retrieve a unique code meaning that you will receive free traffic throughout all levels.

Thanks for reading my guide, I hope it helps you in all your endeavors,

rock-head

How to invest Mid-Level Risk With Mutual Funds

Much ado about mutual funds.

Mutual funds are a great investment option if you’re a beginning

investor, if you don’t have a lot to invest, or if you want

diversification in your portfolio. To see the value mutual funds can

deliver, take a look at Angie’s story:

Angie

is a senior nursing major. She understands the basics of investing, and

wants to protect her interests by spreading her money equally across the risk catagories (which we originally detailed in the first installment

of this series). This is a smart move, because it will allow Angie to balance out her risk and her potential gains.

Angie’s

strategy is commonly called diversification, and here’s why it’s

important. Consider what could happen if Angie invests all her money in

one stock. Then, her entire investment portfolio will live or die based

on the performance of one company. If that company stumbles or fails,

then she could lose everything. Talk about putting all your eggs in one

basket!

Mutual funds: the easy way to diversify.

One of the easiest ways to diversify is to invest in mutual funds.

Mutual funds reduce your risk of losing money by investing in a variety

of investments. Fund managers keep a close eye on all the investments

within the fund for you, and make trades to keep the fund as

financially healthy as possible.

Mutual

fund companies have several funds to choose from. Each is composed of a

different collection of investments, and each has its own investment

focus and projections for risk and return. The fund “mix” shows the

distribution of investments within the fund鈥攚hich could include

everything from money market funds, bonds and stocks. This

information鈥攁nd more鈥攃an all be found in a fund’s prospectus (a

detailed report on the fund) that you can request to see at any time.

And remember, some mutual

funds will be higher risk than others, and no mutual fund is a sure

thing. That’s why it’s so important to research the funds available and

find the right one for you. But the fact that mutual funds are

diversified groups of investments reduces your risk while allowing for

a greater potential reward than many low-risk investments.by: Wellsfargo