Who's the very first Ebayer.... (AND WHEN DID YOU JOIN)

Peaceman · October 23, 2005 1:36PM

I guess it's this guy.....

ILikeDimes · October 23, 2005 2:07PM

well, not to start anything but.......he ain't necessarily the first Ebayer, just the first to 10 years.

D · October 23, 2005 2:15PM

Holy Crap!

-Daniel

foodude · October 23, 2005 2:21PM

I wonder if the winner could get a free an autograph from the seller

ultradmpldollars · October 23, 2005 2:37PM

I wonder if the winner could get a free an autograph from the seller

The autograph would promptly hit the auction block as soon as I got it...

fc · October 23, 2005 2:39PM

hm 10 years selling on ebay, and he is pimping a PCI slabbed coin. yay.

solid · October 23, 2005 2:42PM

I've been a member since May 4, 1997 (ID: solid) - anyone here sign up earlier?

Ken

cullenbryant · October 23, 2005 4:02PM

I'd have rather be known as the first guy to ever buy stock in it,
still neat though..........didn't realize they had been around that long.

clackamas · October 23, 2005 4:51PM

I had an account prior to this one but I lost the password.
Now I am a member since Jan-07-98

RegistryNut · October 23, 2005 6:52PM

He's celebrating early! His 10 year anniversery is on 10-30-05.

Oh Well!!!! Let's party early anyway.

RegistryNut

RobJoyce1921dVAMguy · October 23, 2005 9:15PM

Ken,
You've got me beat by half a year. I arrived at ebay Nov-19-1997.
Rob

RalphE · October 23, 2005 9:36PM

Sept. 1999 here.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZrge604QQssPageNameZSTRKQ3aMEFSQ3aMESOI[S=My eBay auctions]

Barry · October 23, 2005 9:51PM

Is First Ebayer like First Strike?

kryptonitecomics · October 23, 2005 9:59PM

Nov-17-98

Weiss · October 23, 2005 10:10PM

October 2, 1998.

MrHalfDime · October 23, 2005 10:25PM

If you were the FIRST eBayer, who did you sell to, or buy from?

dougwtx · October 23, 2005 10:42PM

Nov. 3, 1996

USAROK · October 23, 2005 10:57PM

Feb. 3, 1998

xbob · October 23, 2005 11:03PM

Member since: Jan-06-98

mercurynut · October 23, 2005 11:05PM

As part of the celebration every item is 99 CENTS with NO RESERVE. As another part of the celebration the cost of SHIPPING ACTUALLY GOES DOWN THE MORE ITEMS YOU BUY --so be sure to check out my other auctions.

Just say I combine shipping.......geez!

seanq · October 23, 2005 11:08PM

I joined eBay on Oct 28, 1998. That could have been about six months earlier, but I didn't believe my online friends when they were pimping the site as the best new place to find coins.

Sean Reynolds

mgoodm3 · October 24, 2005 1:00AM

9/14/99. Got my feedback all the way up to 3 now.

Conder101 · October 24, 2005 1:47AM

April 1998 for me. Just as a buyer. Coming up on eight years, still with perfect feedback.

nwcs · October 24, 2005 1:49AM

And he's celebrating with PCI, of course.

nwcs · October 24, 2005 1:51AM

Since everyone is putting in their dates, mine has been nwcs2 since May-14-99 though I knew about it about 2 years earlier. Just didn't bother with registering.

Cladiator · October 24, 2005 1:58AM

<< If you were the FIRST eBayer, who did you sell to, or buy from? >>

The second and third member of course

Spinynorman · October 24, 2005 2:26AM

<< Nov. 3, 1996 >>

That's about the same time I started, but I didn't officially register until they required it in jan 1997.

rhedden · October 24, 2005 2:34AM

July 10, 1997 here. I used to sell coins on another board before that- might have been the old www.collectors.com site? Can't remember the details. At first, I did better on the other site because there were no listing fees, and there was a lot of competition for the few coins listed.

flaminio · October 24, 2005 2:35AM

He may have been on for ten years, but he's only used that ID since 2000. I've used the same ID continuously since November 27, 1998. Also, what's up with this:

<< As part of the celebration every item is 99 CENTS with NO RESERVE. As another part of the celebration the cost of SHIPPING ACTUALLY GOES DOWN THE MORE ITEMS YOU BUY --so be sure to check out my other auctions. >>

I guess I celebrate with every auction then, since I always start mine at 1c/NR and offer reduced shipping on multiples.

EDIT: I'm a little dubious about the dates. The first feedback he ever received was from delta15b8d on November 12, 1996. However, if you check out that ID, they're a member since April 21, 1998. Huh? How could they have left a feedback before becoming a member? I realize that feedbacks in the old days were not transaction based, but I think you still had to be a member to leave one.

dthigpen · October 24, 2005 2:36AM

I was registered in '96, but I registered in '99 under the ID I use now.

koynekwest · October 24, 2005 2:46AM

December of 1998.

flaminio · October 24, 2005 2:51AM

I'm calling shenanigans on this guy. There's some sort of glitch in the eBay matrix. eBay's founder, Pierre Omidyar, has a start date of May 17, 1996. Also, this page indicates that eBay wasn't even eBay until May of 1996 (although it was AuctionWeb prior to that).

numonebuyer · October 24, 2005 2:57AM

Feb 22, 1999

jabba · October 24, 2005 3:25AM

8-22-99

Russ · October 24, 2005 3:37AM

The founder of eBay only has a 94% feedback rating.

Russ, NCNE

mnmcoin · October 24, 2005 3:37AM

Member since: May-31-99

morris <><

nwcs · October 24, 2005 3:56AM

Russ, did you read the comments in the feedback for pierre? Hilarious!

Craton · October 24, 2005 4:05AM

October 26, 1997 with my "jcraton" account.

VTCoins · October 24, 2005 4:05AM

Member since: Jan-13-98

BlindedByEgo · October 24, 2005 4:12AM

Member since: Aug-07-98

Under the unlikely seller i.d. of khunt

What was I thinking?

dbldie55 · October 24, 2005 4:17AM

01-08-98

dizzyfoxx · October 24, 2005 4:18AM

Sept. '99

Russ · October 24, 2005 4:25AM

<< EDIT: I'm a little dubious about the dates. The first feedback he ever received was from delta15b8d on November 12, 1996. However, if you check out that ID, they're a member since April 21, 1998 >>

There appears to be a lot of that in the early days. This comment left for the founder, for example:

<< MISSING cottrell3sir ( 6 ) Aug-23-96 09:45 >>

The user has a registration date of July 16, 1998.

<< Russ, did you read the comments in the feedback for pierre? Hilarious! >>

There's some good stuff in there.

<< You are a theif!! You stole my idea while we were once lovers back in FL!!

this is Mark; you thief why did you steal my idea?wait tillyou hearfrom mylawyor

Can I have some money daddy?? Did you know I am your long lost love child?

I'm just leaving positive as a way to suck up to the founder. Can I have a job? >>

Russ, NCNE