Michael’s Background

Michael is a pioneering eBay expert with over 25 years in online auctions, drop-off stores, and high-value consignment sales. His career launched in 1999 selling Y2K t-shirts from a Massachusetts shipping store, evolving into co-founding the first public eBay drop-off service with MyEZsale in 2000. Backed by $10M from Softbank affiliates, it scaled to 100+ kiosks nationwide before closing amid high costs.

Key milestones span multiple ventures. In 2002, he founded OASIS from Connecticut, specializing in house calls for rare antiques, cars, and collections like Amistad movie carriages; by 2003, he opened Long Island’s first dedicated eBay store, earning Newsday’s front-page fe