Viva: The Woman Trading to the World From a Two-Bed House in Rhyl

Daily PostAugust 24, 2004

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T started out as little more than a glorified market stall -- a forum where would-be Del Boys and Girls could sell their unwanted belongings and those with an eye for a bargain could pick up interesting odds and ends. Now internet trading site e Bay has grown into a mammoth on line hypermarket, where shoppers all over the globe can purchase everything from Jimmy Choo stilettos to an Old Masters oil painting as well as more eccentric offerings like Glastonbury mud and half eaten food.

And Welsh e Bay addicts have not been slow in coming forward with their goods to flog. A Pembrokeshire family eager to emigrate put their home up for sale on the website, while Colwyn Bay Pier has also made an appearance. A humorous husband from Wrexham even asked punters to bid for his wife.

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Viva: The Woman Trading to the World From a Two-Bed House in Rhyl

And for Michelle Arthur, e Bay is fast becoming a lucrative way of life. Because the 34-year-old makes her living -- a projected pounds 20, 000 profit this year -- trading on the site, selling vintage and modern scarves, shawls, ponchos, bags, belts and jewe...

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