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w smscftmwzoos economist sun stouffville tribune diversions sheryl greenspan notes on a napkin indian kitchen has spices for every taste the indian kitchen location 7330yongestthornhill phone 9058810195 vype indian entree selection excellent and varied price range entrees 695 and up hours daily lunch buffet 1130 am to 230 pm 899 dinner sunday to thursday 5 to 10 pm friday to saturday 5 to 1030 pm even though ive been dining in york region for more than 30 years i never cease to be amazed by the hidden gems that exist around almost every corner the indian kitchen is one such gem tucked into the bottom of a residen tialmedical building at the corner of yonge street and clark avenue in thornhill the indian kitchen is a wellrun comfortably decorated restaurant offer ing a unique and delicious selection of specialties from many regions of india if you are a novice to indian dining you should take advantage ofthe knowl edgeable and professionally attentive ystaff at the indian kitchen even if you enjoy indian food regularly you are like- ly to come across some regional delica cy here you havent seen elsewhere indian food is some of the most interesting and flavourful cuisines any where however there is a misconcep tion all indian food is fiery hot in fact indian food utilizes a vast assortment of spices including hot sweet and aromatic ones to help you find the heat level that works for you see dish page 17 schomberg artist sharon eyres sells her folk art on ebay 4 ttd6m staff photomike barrett ebay shoppers quick on the click byannehowland staff writer imagine you had a garage sale and 45 million people showed up thats what its like to use ebay according to york region residents who frequent the worlds largest community of online buyers and sellers after a classified ad elicited lit tle interest in a camera and some darkroom equipment robert nichol of newmarket ventured into the virtual marketplace he registered himself on ebay and placed two ads i made sure to include photos ofthe items to attract buyers then chose the oneweek auction for mat mr nichol explains being cautious he specified cold hard cash as payment then he let the fun begin the most exciting part was watching the scrum over the items in the last halfhour of the auction when everyone is trying to get the last bid in when the fur stopped flying mr nichol got less than he want ed for the camera but twice the amount he expected for the dark- room equipment just like a neighbourhood garage sale ebay was started by a small community of internet users to buy and sell stuff but the trustbased system quickly grew into a multibillion- dollar enterprise selling every thing from teacups to timeshares tirekickers scam artists with size came problems the growing phenomenon quickly attracted its own tirekickers hucksters and scam artists while ebay estimates only about 1 100th of 1 per cent of transactions are fraudulent it can be difficult to determine if that teacup was used by queen victoria or bought on the week end at walmart king citys rebecca macbride has been cruising ebay for four years and knows a red flag when she sees one one woman listed six small rubyred liquor glasses as being early 18thcentury french glass in fact these were glasses that had been a part of a texaco gas station promotion in the 60s or 70s she notes while frowning on such gaffes she admits there is a flipside many people are selling fami ly possessions but dont really know the actual value of what they have so prices on smaller items can be very good confides ms macbride who scooped up a 1940s necklace of small gold flow ers with amethyst centre stones for a fantastic price using oldfashioned word-of- mouth ebays buyer and seller profiles help run cyber shysters out oftown although there is little to stop them returning under a different name its important to ask lots of questions before bid ding ms macbride says particu larly about payment and ship pingwhich can be costly or even nonexistent dont be disappointed if a seller says they do not ship to canada often if you contact them they will review your profile comments made about you by j others you have done business with and this is an excellent gauge for a buyer or sellers integrity she says based on that they have always told me to go ahead and bid and they will ship after all while ebay does not offer appraisal value it lets you know exactly what people are willing to pay thats useful for sharon eyres a schomberg artist who has used ebay to sell her folk art scenes for the past year the reason ebay works for me is that my art is available for sale 247 to all of canada and the united states she says someone can bid or peruse at their leisure they also have direct access to ask me any questions ms eyres pulls in 130 to 600 per canvas and has built a follow ing south of the border she gets artistic inspiration from watching bidders compete for her work and has learned a littleknown mar keting secret it seems around a new moon 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