eBay not, ebid yes!

Hi Everyone,
I go back a long way with eBay. They came/sponsored one of the early NE PEZ Conventions and I even helped them with the eBay Heart dispenser. There was another on-line auction company, Auction Universe that came to one of our early NE PEZ Conventions. Looking back, maybe we should have given Auction Universe more of a chance to grow and get better. But now we are stuck with eBay, or are we?

Now to get to the main point of my story. If you didn’t already know, eBay is changing their fee structure in March. Without getting into it all, they are raising prices, again! Listing prices are going up and final value fees are going up regardless of what eBay says. In the end when you sell, it will cost more. So, as of Feb 15th I will be closing my eBay store and removing my listings.
As you may know, I sell my rare PEZ Pinz through eBay auctions and also list PEZ Convention Charity Pins on eBay to raise money for convention charities. The good news is I found a new place for auctions which I will be using and I would like to see all PEZ dealers and collectors come over there to sell also. The web site is ebid.net. Quickly, it’s free to join for buyers and sellers. You can upgrade your account to a lifetime seller account, which has some good perks. During the month of February it’s only $49.95 for a lifetime membership. You can open, up to five stores, start listings when you want, end them when you want and run them as long as you want. Let them run until sold. Sellers can take checks, money order, Pay Pal or Google checkout. Oh, I forgot to mention the biggie- no listing fees and its way cheaper than eBay!

To read a review by Auction Bytes-An Independent Trade Publication of Online Merchants click here: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abu/y210/m01/abu0255/s10

The auction site already has a PEZ classification section under Collectibles and they just added new sub sections for us: Current, Vintage and Other. Right now there isn’t any real vintage PEZ listed yet, some are starting to be listed now. I feel we can make this site big if we get enough people to start using it. I would like to get everyone to check it out. If we get enough sellers/dealers to sign up, then it will be good for all of us.
To test and see how things work I listed some PEZ Pinz samples (auction style) starting at only one cent and I started some at $1!!! I want to get a feel for the site and I want others also to check it out. If you are brave enough to sign up and bid you might get $10 pins for a buck!
Now either I am really brave or really stupid here. Hey, no comments! I also listed the Northeast PEZ Convention Charity Pin auctions on the Ebid site. Hopefully, we get the people that usually bid on our charity pins to bid at the new site. This year Troy’s Family asked that we donate the money to “Make a Wish”. So hopefully we will raise some nice money through the sales of these pins for the charity like we have in the past. It just will not be on eBay. So if you bid on our charity pins please check them out. Bidding ends on Feb 28th. It gives people time to sign up and bid.

To see what a store looks like on ebid, check out my online store and auction items: http://us.ebid.net/stores/PCN-Store

If you want to join please use this link http://us.ebid.net/perl/normal.cgi?ref=857098&mo=register-main so I get credit for the referrals and they know PEZheads are joining! Maybe we can make this place the next big on-line auction place. It’s worth a shot!
Thank you, Richie

Read About new PEZ soft candy here!

New Product: "PEZ Soft" range of fruit jelly candy by PEZ International Group (Austria) http://bit.ly/aQaApk

Do you know this man? Joe PEZ Collector on Pawn Stars

Who is this man? We would like to talk to him. Thank you "Joe" for standing up for PEZ collectors everywhere.

PEZ on TV Show Pawn Stars- "Joe the PEZ Collector" says offer is "an insult to the PEZ Community"!

"Joe the PEZ Collector" says offer is "an insult to the PEZ Community"! Spread the word!

NE PEZ Con info- April 2010

PEZ- Pezheads-the Movie on Netflix!

If you didnt buy it, now is your chance to rent the movie which is a must see for all Pezhead PEZ collectors. Click here for PEZheads-the Movie on Netflix

New Toy Story PEZ- Picture

Just missed making it into the new issue PEZ Collectors News, sorry!

NE PEZ Con- less than 3 months away

It’s now less than 3 months until the 12th Annual Northeast PEZ Collectors Gathering. It’s time to make plans. The deadline for convention packet registration and discounted hotel rooms is March 1st and early dealer registration deadline is Feb 15th.
Due to not booking enough hotel rooms last year we had to make several changes. It will be held again in Stamford CT on April 8, 9, 10, 2010. This time it will be at the old Sheraton Stamford Hotel which is now called the “Stamford Plaza Hotel and Conference Center” http://www.stamfordplazahotel.com . When booking your hotel room please make sure you book under the PEZ group. Hopefully we will make our room booking quota and we can return to this hotel again in 2011.
The big change is we are opening up the Saturday show/room hopping to all candy collectibles. More dealers, more candy collectibles! Our Saturday pubic show has always been busy, so it should be really busy. So please make your plans and reservations early!
For more info check out http://www.PezGathering.com

Largest PEZ dispenser display

NY Times Story about Pezident Allina

Finally on Sunday (Jan 3) NY Times has story about Curt Allina PEZ "Pezident" who died in Dec.. http://bit.ly/4E8svf

PEZ ad in Sunday paper

Today (Jan 3) in the Rite Aid ad they had Valentine PEZ for $1. Perfect time to fill in ones you may need. Rite Aid here I come!

Happy 2010 with giant Peep drop!

As the big Peep drops, 3,2,1...Happy New Year!

Peek at new PEZ pins + buttons for 2010!

PEZ Collectors News- Free Sample issue now on-line!

Thats right, if you would like to see a sample issue of PEZ Collectors News just go to our web site

**PEZ Collectors News Homepage w/Social Sites www.My-PCN.com

and click the link on the main page to download the PDF file. Its 36 pages so it will take a couple minutes. Enjoy!

PEZ Dispensers- Rocket Powered PEZ Cars!

Video from the "PEZ in the Sun" Convention in Myrtle Beach- Nov 2009

Hollywood Video + Movie Gallery PEZ trucks

Check the web site for the store listings..
NOTE- I have gotten several emails from Hollywood Video. Some report they are having tables for PEZ collectors, so if you live near a Hollywood Video or Movie Gallery their big PEZ event is Nov 21st. Check them out.

Myrtle Beach PEZ Con is over!

The "Largest PEZ Display" held 823 dispensers! Phew, thats a lot of PEZ! More about the convention later. Have to work on the newsletter to get it out to the printer! Next new issue to be sent before the end of Nov. Want to subscribe, visit www.PezheadStore.com or send pay pal for $21 to sub@pez.me .

New- PEZ Collector pins

The PEZ Pal Boy + Gril are available now at www.PezheadStore.com and many other PEZ collector pins. The Lion and Duck with flower will be available mid November.

PEZ- new Fairies!

They are showing up in stores now. But if you are like me you need to know what the new ones look like, so here they are pictured on a DisplayPals.com prototype PEZ stand! Good luck in your hunt.

"PEZ" the performer gets a PEZ candy shirt

NE PEZ Con and NE Candy Collector Expo Information for 2010

NE PEZ Con - Collector Quest video

PEZ - Stop Motion Video

World Record for Largest Building made out of PEZ Candy!

Chuck Gameon is a Principal that the Choteau Elementary School in Choteau Montana. Readers may know his name from the classified ads in PEZ Collectors News. He collects PEZ and looks for donations of PEZ dispensers. He gives PEZ dispensers to the children as rewards for various things.
Earlier in the school year Chuck came up with the idea of a cool school project. He wanted to get the kids (grades K-6th) to build the local courthouse out of PEZ candy and to get into the Book of World records. There was a problem with that, but that didn't stop Chuck from the class project.
With the help of PEZ Candy, PEZ Collectors News was able to sponsor this project and it was underway.
The base of the building is 4’ x 5’ and the building stands at least 4’ tall. Close to 9,000 candy packs were used to make this historic building.
It is a work of art. These pictures do not show all of the hard work they put into this school project. They did the project during their free time during the day and near the end of the school year they had to work more hours just to get it done before the end of the school year. Great job guys it’s something to be very proud of!

Michael Jackson PEZ? They made Elvis, why not?

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PEZ News- Social links @ www.My-PCN.com

Check out our new page @ **www.My-PCN.com, it has links to all of our Facebook pages, Myspace page, Twitter pages and Blogs.

PEZ Collectors News- Subcriber survey

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new Ice Age 3

Found the new ones at World Market-more in next issue PCN

PEZ - Nascar Trucks @ Dollar Tree

At $1 each I had to buy them all to open and display, right?

PEZ- New Package, Candy + price

Today I went to the Dollar Tree searching for non-PEZ candy dispensers. Didnt find any, but found they had new Star Wars and Nascar in bag. Found #49 Lowes truck and All Star Helmet-great find @ $1 each in bag!
Went to Wal Mart and found the new Disney Clubhouse in new package and the new candy pack pictured. The dispenser comes with 2 packs candy. The candy pack and dispenser with candy were $1.50 each at Wal Mart! New prices on the new packages.