Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Get Up to the Minute Product Updates

One of the questions we get most frequently is, "how will I know when you get something in?" Historically, you wouldn't without stopping in during our "viewing hours" twice a week before public sales to review the sales floor. Our first step in addressing this question was to start placing certain items on eBay. We began this process in 2001 and it has been a good way to advertise. Currently, our eBay store catalog contains about 1400 items. Next we added our own online store (http://www.msusurplusstore.com/). This provided us the opportunity to list items online at a lower cost than eBay, with more flexibility. Our online store catalog has about 1000 items in its catalog. The newest addition we are adding is Twitter. Twitter is a free online service that will allow us to post quick updates about what we are putting up for sale. By signing up, you can receive the updates via e-mail, text message on your phone, or instant messenger. You can also just check this blog as our Twitter posts can be found on the right side menu. Watch for this new feature to expand over the next several months. We hope you find it useful.

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