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bidStart Veteran Seller Wins Penny Black
Michael Generali is the winner of bidStart - The Collectible Marketplace's Framed Penny Black giveaway. Any member who posted three messages in a single day in the bidStart forums during the week ending April 29th was eligible for the random drawing. Michael was picked, to his "complete surprise and utter jubilation! I enter contests of all sorts all the time. I have never won a main prize like this before."He's been a bidStart seller almost since the beginning (2005) and a stamp dealer for more than 35 years. He also sold the one-millionth item on bidStart, and has posted nearly 14,000 messages in the bidStart Community.
"Over the years, StampWants, then later bidStart, was the only major e-commerce site that continued to improve in its functionality, member base, maintain contact with its users to keep it easy for people to use, and provide a safe place for people to conduct business," Michael tells the bidStart Newsletter. "As a collector who buys and sells stamps, I have had great dealings with many people here, and have developed many friendships along the way as well."
Michael is a member of the American Philatelic Society, Texas Philatelic Society and the National Model Railroad Association, and is one of the prize co-sponsors of the Mega Name That Stamp Tournament on bidStart.