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Yep, it's in my messsages. Registered on eBay August 8, 1998.

Just to add to the timeframe here, I've been a member since March 20, 1998.

Just checked my inbox and I got the same message about being an old-timer (signed up December 1998)

This is great!  Been a eBayer since 1997.  Thanks for the heads up!!

Yours in The Journey - Felix

I didn't get an email until about 3 hours ago. I found out about it the other day from a deals web site that I check daily.

Got it!  I was bugged by not getting anywhere with an offer on a card listed for $34, but I'll pay that all day for $25 off!

Now I have the message - I didn't have the message when I used it however. That's funny.

Oh and I've been signed up on ebay since July 4, 1998.

I'm a "HAPPY25" old-timer as well.  Just got my code offer today.  I joined ebay in November of 1998.

According to the message, my first ebay purchase was a "Boracio Estrada rookie baseball autograph" in January of 2002.  It must have been the Horatio Estrada "Boys of Summer" insert AU from 2001 Royal Rookies Throwbacks.  They used a fancy lower-case text for player names, which made the "h" look like a "b".  Probably got a good deal on it, considering the seller wasn't too observant.

In the early days, typos were rampant. And I used to search based on the common ones for the players I was looking for and scored big time on several items because no one else found them. :)

It said the first item I put on a watch list was the JaMarcus Russell Star Rookie. yikes.