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Asp frenzy continued from Page b1 roughly 100 million clients buy and sell goods on the internet bidding megalith according to stats published on the site and Gigiel wants a share in the frenzy. Gigiel photographs the dropped off objects in his makeshift studio and then places them online shipping them off to buyers if sold. He then posts a Cheque to his clients by regular mail minus his minimum 30 per cent service fee and fees for Paypal and Ebay. Though Gigiel says he could be pulling Down Between $ 60,000 and $ 70,000 a year when his business takes off other local business people have also tried to ride the Ebay wave with mixed results. Local Vintage clothing store proprietress Kristen Andrews of rag pickers ant fashion Emporium and books picked up area news coverage for Selling an old hawaiian shirt for close to $ 800 on the site in 1999. Yet since 2001, she says Sheds slowed Down her postings on the internet. The Market has really changed and been saturated because of a flood of what i Call armchair collectors she says. People buy everything out at value Village or garage sales and then put it All online and sell on speculation which is bad for business. Yet after 25 years pushing products ranging from Chrysler cars to schneiders meats As a face to face salesperson Gigiel says hers pleased with his new position even if it Means about 12 hours a Day in front of the computer to Monitor bids. This sure beats driving All Over Hellas half acre doing sales Calls when theress Snow and ice on the roads says Gigiel bedecked in a Cuba baseball Cap and flaunting a dark Tan. Gigiel notes he has been putting together the storefront project for a year and the trend is catching on in Canada with two recently launched stores in downtown Toronto. Currently the highest priced item stored in Gigue los Backrooms is an underwater camera set he estimates could fetch close to $ 4,000. And then theress also the less than everyday items Gigiel has sold. Take the e meter Short for electro Psychrometer a tool scientologists use to measure their mental state. After a local devotee of the religion lapsed Gigiel says he netted $ 400 for the device from a buyer in Pasadena Calif. Or a Ball Marker from the 1982 u. S. Open Tennis tournament used to tag a spot on the court where a hit landed which pulled in close to $ 60 thanks to a japanese Superman. But not every specially item is guaranteed to go though. While rag pickers Andrews still puts some specially items online like a Versace leather jacket she currently has flagged for Ebay destiny she says a lot of sales Are fad driven and not Worth her while. Ive backed off the Ebay thing a lot because i want to preserve the local level and see people wearing the stuff i sell. One celebrity will Wear something one week and the next week Ebay will be full of it she says. There Are some things though like the Versace coat that wont go in Winnipeg for what its Worth so ill take it online. The Promise of designer labels for less is a valuable marketing Hook on Ebay but not foolproof from virtual snafus As Gigue los storeroom can attest. Two girls in Winnipeg ordered these jeans off the internet but when they got them they did not fit he says carrying a pair of fitted Dolce and Gabbana size 31s that must have demanded a pretty Penny when they Hung on Racks. Checking out this reporters outfit he asks what size Are you. Gabrielle. Giro Day free press. My. Ca Lindor continued from Page b 1 they prefer to keep their snapshots of the Royal family private. We got candid photos of All the royals. We were so close we could see their speaking notes. The Mcfeeters also spoke to gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson and her husband John Ralston Saul. He did not reveal whether or not he swapped wisecracks with fellow guest comedienne Joan Rivers. Mcfeeters describes the elegance of every detail at the reception from the lavish portable toilets to the elegant food to the aluminium decking put Down to turn a sports Field into a parking lot. The rooms the state rooms at Windsor Castle were magnificent. When Prince Charles and his new wife left the reception he reports guests threw dried Flower petals. So How do you top this fairytale Day Mcfeeters admits thatus probably not possible. One cant Ever anticipate doing it again he says. It was being part of history. Lindor. Reynolds free press. My. Ca careers Odd Anderson / associated press archives Mcfeeters above circled and below second from right watches Prince Charles and Camilla walk from Chapel. Murray continued from Page b 1 Martins appointment of Murray to the round table was rejected last month by both a parliamentary committee that reviews political appointments and by a vote in the House of commons. Despite this Martin appointed Murray to the Job. Yesterday in the commons tory environment critic Bob Mills accused the prime minister of contempt for appointing Murray Over the objections of both the environment committee and the House. At what Point does parliament take a stand against a prime minister who continually thumbs his nose at parliament Mills said rising on a Point of privilege. Mills said parliamentary rules allow for the House to punish people for certain affronts against the dignity and authority of parliament. Why would any member in the future question an appointment and bring it before committee Mills charged. The prime minister does not listen. Speaker Peter Milliken said he would report Back to the House after studying Mills complaint. Murray continued to shrug off the attacks describing them As typical minority government politics. As chairman of the round tables plenary committee made up of business leaders academics and special interests Murray said he has until this fall to produce specific policy recommendations for the prime minister on Long term targets for the reduction of greenhouse Gas emissions. Murray said Over the past few weeks he was reminded about the Rigours of life in Public service As opposition politicians launched shrill attacks against the prime minister for his decision to forge ahead with the round table appointment. You lose a lot of control Murray said. So much is said about you. A lot of what is reported people dont even talk to you. You feel a Little like a Cork floating in an Ocean. Murray said after his defeat in last junes Federal election he has lost interest in politics in Large part because of what is happening now in Ottawa with the minority parliament. In the future Murray said he Hopes to relocate Back to Winnipeg once his consulting business is better established. Ism counting the Days where i can be Back in Winnipeg full time. Dan. Lett free press. My. Ca. Paul. Samyn free press. My. Ca fringe continued from Page b 1 the committee also gave a tax break yesterday to the it cos master playwright festival for similar reasons As the fringe and a show at the Mac called driving miss Daisy because it is coming to Winnipeg As part of a play Exchange with a Small California based non profit theatre. Arts groups have Long lobbied against the entertainment tax called the amusement tax until it was revised in 2001 saying it forces ticket prices higher and discourages acts from visiting the City. A crackdown this year by the Cit yes tax department on performances by nonprofit groups with few Winnipeg artists has fuelled the debate. Mayor Sam Katz has countered that while the tax could be simplified detractors forget the Money goes Back into the arts Community through the Winnipeg arts Council. A review of the tax is in the works. It should give events like the fringe that deserve to be exempted a permanent break from the tax said Clement. Last summer the Winnipeg fringe festival became the country is Box office Champ Selling More tickets than any other fringe festival in Canada. Paid attendance at the 17th annual festival totalled 68,470, up almost 1,500 in ticket sales from 2003. If tickets to the fringe festival were subject to the tax it would have brought in an estimated $ 44,000. It would have been bad across the Board for everybody said Tim Webster of a comedy group called the Cross eyed rascals. It would have picked the pockets of the performers the people who could afford it least and it would have created a bureaucratic Nightmare for Mac if the City had come and said you have to enforce the tax. The biggest advocate for the fringe yesterday was coun. Lillian Thomas who has gone to the festival with her son for More than a decade. They each buy a $ 60 pass that lets them watch 10 shows. Thomas told the committee that it would be difficult for the fringe to collect the tax and still offer the popular cards if some plays were taxable and others we rent. While it was a win for the Mac yesterday two classical music groups will get dinged with the 10 per cent tax. The Agassiz summer chamber music festival will have to pay the tax on five of eight of its shows because it does not have enough local performers. Virtuoso concert a non profit organization that puts on concerts with the University of Winnipeg has already paid $ 4,700 in entertainment taxes for this months Beethoven est and 10 shows in the virtuoso concert series. Artistic director and u of w professor Harry Strub argued for a refund accusing the City of a tax grab. Patti. Edgar free press. My. Ca Murray wont run ;