Going to Las Vegas (and will be on TV)

Right now, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, 15,000-plus eBay buyers and sellers are whooping it up at eBay Live, the annual convention hosted by the world's largest online auction website. I'm flying down tomorrow and will try to spend some time at the event.

Why would I go to eBay Live? I haven't sold on eBay for years, and was banned for life from the site in the wake of the scandal that led to my book FAKE.

Well, mainly to say hello. Until 2004 I ran an online auction software company called HammerTap, and the people I sold it to have a double-sized booth at the convention this year. HammerTap is like a baby I gave up for adoption, and I enjoy following its progress as it is nurtured by its new parents. The people who bought it and run it now have done a great job with it.

I hope to meet with some of the other people I met back when I was running HammerTap, as well.

Plus, well, it's Las Vegas, and it's a nice place to distract oneself for a day-and-a-half, and perhaps lose some money at a poker table.

As luck would have it, I was also invited to appear on the FOX5/KVVU TV show "Live in Las Vegas," at the very un-Vegas hour of 7:00 AM on Thursday. If you're in Las Vegas and want to watch it, I'm scheduled to come on at about 7:20. I'll try to get a copy of it to post here.