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Steven Aldrich with Outright (http://www.outright.com) called to tell us that October 17th is the last day to file your tax returns if you used an extension. Jeanette, Hopatcong NJ (bushellcollectibles), won the Secret Word Contest. Mark, Huntington Beach CA (guppy64), called regarding something that happened to him recently that changed his mind about new buyers.

Online trademarks, copyright, and your eBay user ID! Our guest is Cliff Ennico, nationally known attorney and small business expert. http://www.succeedinginyourbusiness.com

Five Top-Rated Seller tips! Our guest is Stephanie Inge, known on eBay as Top-Rated Seller stephintexas, a Certified eBay Education Specialist, and founder/organizer of the Dallas eBaybe & Emales sellers group.

Richard Brewer-Hay from eBay's StubHub joined Griff and Lee in the studio. CB, Chicago IL (beararmour), called about a deceptive auction. Charlie on the chat board asked, "Why is the word "SELF' appearing under Account Preferences/Third Party?" Beth, Levitttown PA (woadieland), called regarding social media buttons that are missing.

New picture requirements! Our guest is Jahan Shafizadeh, Head of eBay Trust Factors. http://ebay.com/sellerinformation

Jahan Shafizadeh, Head of eBay Trust Factor, stayed on with Griff and Lee. Jason, Las Vegas NV (tikipugmusic), called to tell us about Thrifting with the Boys' Top-Rated Seller Webinar following our show this Thursday, October 4, 2012; for details and to register, go to http://www.topratedsellerwebinars.com. Debbie, Rustin LA (debkat_17), called regarding the new photo rules and asked, "How do I know what size a scanned photo is?" Jon, Dallas TX (monjott), called regarding jewelry photograph and how a lot of it is real tiny, so flaws are overly magnified with eBay's recommended photo size. Griff, Lee, and Jaan dished a listing for Ahmed: item number 330802522669. Ahmed received a score of 4.9 tureens.

Lee Mirabal reads the eBay Radio news. Stories include the real keys to the city and the requirement to include at least one photo with every listing as of October 1st.

Lee took Griff to visit a listing for an unusual painting by Kata Billups featuring Paul McCartney, Jesus, and a Lamb Chop puppet (item 190336609113). Next they discussed an auction for Lady Gaga's authentic fake fingernail. They also talked about the latest cell phones. Lee is reluctant to buy a new phone because of the new ones coming out. Ed, Corning NY (esp830), called regarding using Auctiva's embedded photos in your listing and how it looks on mobile devices.

First-time caller Marilyn, Loveland CO (mmmost), told us that she is in a beta test where she can see how many people are watching an item – even items from other sellers. George, Elgin IL (george809), called about an issue with automatic population of information from eBay's post-sale emails into his database. Griff and Lee dished a listing for duckcotshirts' item number 190721169142. They received 4.8 tureens. Carmie, DeBarry FL (gmaof5sofar), called to say that she is getting new members joining her Central Florida Ecommerce Group because they've heard about it on eBay Radio. The sellers group's next meeting is next Tuesday, October 2nd, 6:45pm at La Hacienda Mexican Grill.. Go to http://www.meetup.com/centralfloridaecommercegroup to RSVP or to join the group.

Griff and Lee talked about the upcoming Supreme Court case involving the First Sale Doctrine. Tom, Pittsburgh PA (blackandgoldgifts), called to tell us about his inaugural sellers group meeting, which is taking place Sunday, October 14th, 3pm at Kiln In Time, 3801 Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh. Look up Steel City Shooting Stars eBay Sellers Group at http://www.meetup.com or in our Sellers Groups Directory (under the Sellers Groups tab on any archives page) to RSVP and to join the group. Gina, Cleveland OH (chiefgina), called regarding eBay doing away with eBay Pulse.

Griff and Lee talked about eBay Radio Chief Engineer John Sell's recovery from surgery. He is doing fine. They also gave us some tips about optimizing your listings for mobile viewing from eBay's Holiday Selling Guide, located under the Selling Resources tab in the Seller Information Center at http://www.ebay.com/sellerinformation. George, Atlantic City NJ (khachick), called with a great suggestion for putting feedback about the item in multi-quantity listings.

Brand-new social commerce tips from the expert who wrote the book! Our guest is Marsha Collier, bestselling author of the eBay for Dummies series and Social Commerce and known on eBay as Top-Rated Seller marsha_c. http://www.coolebaytools.com

Selling items for other people! Our guests are Mike Boerschinger and Nichole Pirolo. He is President/CEO and she is the Manager of Operations and Auction Services of Sell It Now Store, Wisconsin's largest eBay Registered Drop-Off Location (REDOL), known on eBay as midwest-sellitnowstore. http://www.sellitnowstore.com

Griff and Lee talked about all the different ways you can listen to eBay Radio, including via the MP3 stream available at http://ww.VoicemarketingRadio.mobi as well as on iTunes and RSS feed. Starting next week, listeners will be able to listen from eBay Radio's FaceBook page as well. Lee gave her entrepreneurial tip for the week.

What's new with eBay Daily Deals? Our guest is Jennifer Deal, Marketing Manager for Daily Deals. http://www.deals.ebay.com