June 10, 2007
eBay Live! Collector Pins
Theyíve been described as the ìcurrency of eBay Live!î When music plays from overhead, seemingly normal people end their conversations and rush around the eBay Live! Solutions Center exhibit hall searching for an eBay staff member handing out little treasures. What are they?
eBay Live! Collector Pins
Since 2002, eBay Live! has brought the eBay community together to celebrate all things eBay. This annual event (held this year from June 14-16 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center) has something for nearly everyone... buyers, sellers, and vendors alike (it's part trade show, part conference, and a networking opportunity like no other for eBay enthusiasts from around the world).
Each year, eBay creates a unique set of highly sought-after collector pins that are doled out one at a time throughout eBay Live!. You can also purchase an entire set on site, however this is not nearly as exciting as collecting the set for free.
Besides the official set created for each each year's event, a special edition collector pin is made available to eBay attendees who meet certain requirements or just happen to be in the right place at the right time. The special pin last year in Las Vegas featured what appeared to be a roulette wheel studded with precious stones, and the eBay Live! logo.
This year, at least one special pin offering will be the Education Pin. This pin will be offered to those eBay Live! attendees who sign up for classes ahead of time using an online agenda builder eBay provides for everyone attending the show. When an attendee presents their their printed agenda to an Education Consultant on-site, they will be given one of the special Education pins. Of course in the eBay tradition, these pins are limited, so once they are gone theyíll only be available on eBay.com.
Since I just filled out my eBay Live! agenda online--which includes making sure that I'll be attending my own presentation ("Blog to Boost your Business on eBay," Saturday, June 16, in Boston Convention Center Ballroom #205), I'm hopeful that I'll be able to secure one of this year's Education pins. If I do, I'll post the pin for sale on eBay, and donate the proceeds to The Cottonwood Institute--a Colorado-based not-for-profit that develops engaging outdoor programs aimed at transforming the way kids become involved with their communities and surrounding environments.
More soon.
Posted by Mikal at June 10, 2007 3:33 PM
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Mikal, you are a gentleman, a scholar, and a philanthropist! Thank you so much for thinking of the Cottonwood Institute. All proceeds will go directly to our General Scholarship Fund to help underwrite our educational programs at public schools in Colorado.
