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LiveDeal.com Offers Students Convenient, Low-Cost Way to Stock-Up on Dorm Room Must-Haves

Free Local Online Classifieds Site Features Broad Selection of Cars, Furniture, Computers and More, Making Every Campus Town Its Own Trading Community

SANTA CLARA, Calif. , August 02, 2005 – No matter where they’re headed this fall, college-bound students have a new friend on campus to help them outfit their dorm rooms and gear up for campus life: free local online classifieds site LiveDeal.com (www.livedeal.com). With LiveDeal™, students can browse hundreds of thousands of new and used items for sale, even searching those closest to campus to avoid long distance shipping charges and moving hassles.

LiveDeal.com features more than $1 billion in merchandise for sale and more than 200,000 items in a variety of categories that can be searched locally anywhere in the U.S. It’s ideal for finding smart deals on all school and dorm room necessities, including:

• New and used vehicles (from Hondas to Harleys)
• Computer and stereo equipment
• Couches, chairs, desks and rugs
• mini refrigerators, TVs and DVD players
• Sports & exercise equipment

“From UCLA to NYU, LiveDeal.com offers everything college students might need to furnish their new life on campus,” said Steve Harmon, vice president of corporate development for LiveDeal. “And because our listings are free, those savings are passed on to the cost-conscious student looking for great prices on the items they need.”

Students simply enter their zip code or city/state and LiveDeal shows them all of the merchandise for sale within a 50-mile radius of their home or school.  Plus, LiveDeal offers a unique Alerts feature that enables students to sign up to be notified via email when an item they’re seeking (e.g., Apple iMac G5 laptop, Tower stereo speakers) is available for sale.  Because LiveDeal connects buyers and sellers in person, buyers avoid online fraud and can pick up items same-day. 

LiveDeal’s founder, Rajesh Navar , has a particular appreciation for the hassles students go through at the beginning and end of each school year. The idea for LiveDeal was born out of Stanford University in 2002 by Navar, then a graduate student and former eBay veteran, who realized the need for an efficient and cost-effective way to sell unwanted items at the end of the school year. Since then, Navar has led LiveDeal to become one of the largest and most successful online classifieds sites in the nation. Unlike other online classifieds sites, which only have a pr esence in a few major U.S. cities, LiveDeal’s platform is available in every city and state, more than 70,000 zip codes across the country. 

For more information on LiveDeal.com, visit www.livedeal.com.