20/12/2005 - Last Minute Christmas Shopping on eBay

(PRWEB) December 20, 2005 -- As Christmas quickly approaches so does the shipping deadline of most online stores. For last minute shoppers using eBay the window closes even sooner as buyers rely inexperienced sellers trying to ship the item on time. mapBid at http://www.mapbid.com solves this problem by providing a local eBay search. By using a local search the customer can quickly find eBay items in close proximity to their home. This gives the customer an option to simply drive down to the item location and pick it up themselves. Picking up the item in person also gives the added benefit of getting exactly what you paid for... Read the full article on Yahoo! News. Unfortunately, the service is only in use in the United States!