Several years ago, a colleague Shelly Hardin of SHOETIME mentioned a budding organization called PESA (http://www.gopesa.org), which stands for the Professional eBay Seller's Alliance. She and I were at a trade show, the date, event and details of which have evaporated with time...but she encouraged me to join this growing group of top sellers who used eBay as a channel for their businesses.

The salient point of her recommendation was the organization's dedication to the representation of eBay sellers and their interests and needs to help them prosper and improve their businesses. Sound's pretty good, huh?

I didn't join...