"A Closer Look" Programming Note

Our "A Closer Look" segment below, which outlines in some broad strokes what some see is trouble brewing in the online consignment store industry, is the first installment in a planned series on this topic. We'll talk more about this in our new podcast (which ought to be posted by Tuesday) and in a number of reports and interviews on our pages.

Coming up: Richard and Helene Chemel, two veteran eBayers who were among the first i-SoldIt franchisees, speak with us exclusively. The couple will share thoughts on what they've learned about eBay (and with over 25,000 transcations you can bet it's a lot) and gives us their perspective on the troubles inside the consignment store biz.