Archive for July, 2006

Digg account for sale on Ebay

Monday, July 31st, 2006

A member of social news site Digg has put their account up for sale on Ebay.
The user, going by the name Geekforlife, announced the auction on Digg.
The member profile is currently ranked 73, making it one of the top 100 users. Users in the top 100 are believed to have greater influence in promoting submitted [...]

eBay enforcers crack down

Monday, July 31st, 2006

EBay’s enforcers cracked down last month on Julie Ann Brown, a marketing professor who sells prayer cards and Victorian paper in her spare time.
She had violated a policy against bidding on one of her own items, or “shill bidding,” an incident she acknowledges took place but said was an accident that should be outweighed by [...]

eBay Toys and Collectibles prices

Monday, July 31st, 2006

1933 Buck Rogers Cut-Out Adventure Book Order Folder in excellent condition brought $404
• 1960s Disney Cookie Bus Cookie Jar in excellent condition sold for $241.48
• 1959 Reddy Kilowatt NSP Service Award in excellent condition $321.76
• 1946 Captain Marvel Felt Club Patch in fine condition closed at $48.88
• 1941 Captain Midnight Flight Commander Ring in [...]

Indian Man held for cheating on eBay

Monday, July 31st, 2006

The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh today arrested one Amit Kumar Chauhan for defrauding an online trading company of lakhs.
On the commercial website of the company, eBay India Private Ltd, www.ebay.in, millions of items are traded each day. The company headquartered in San Jose, US, operates in as many as 33 countries.
During the [...]

eBay Selling Tips

Monday, July 31st, 2006

UK Auction Info
Write a simple description and do not clutter your auction with unneeded items like animated Gifs, and colored backgrounds. Remember, you are selling not entertaining.
Charge a flat rate for shipping, and mention the shipping costs prominently within your auction description.
Write a title that accurately describes your item. Use manufacturers name and model number [...]

eBay Radio: Call In Today at 3:00pm PT

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

eBay Radio: Call In Today at 3:00pm PT

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Denver Man To Auction Elvis Presley Couch on eBay

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

US Auction Info
A retired physician is putting up his ten-piece brown leather sectional sofa on online auctioneer eBay, the same piece of furniture that Elvis Presley slept, ate, and watched TV on.
Donald Huttner said the sofa was housed in his condo in Vail for about 10 years, during which Presley and his group visited there [...]

eBay Corporate Staff Changes

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

At a time when eBay is facing slower growth and greater competition, particularly from Google, the online marketplace giant recently announced the departure of one of its top execs and guiding forces, as well as a reshuffling of managers.
On July 6, eBay said Jeff Jordan, who led eBay North America from 2000 to 2004, and [...]

Evansville polluted air on eBay

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

US Auction Info
Evansville resident Carly Cresswell-Watson is advertising the bag of air on the Internet auction site eBay to draw attention to the region’s air pollution.
“I wanted to do this for my little environmental group — five or six ladies who get together to try to solve environmental problems down here,” said Cresswell-Watson, who moved [...]

Majority of web phishing attacks aimed at eBay and PayPal

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

AuctionInfo.org
The majority of phishers target users of the auction site eBay and payment service PayPal, according to a security company.
Researchers at Sophos found that 54.3 per cent of phishing emails caught by its network of spam traps during the year were targeting PayPal users, while 20.9 per cent were aimed at users of the eBay [...]

Upcoming Workshops: Building Buyer Trust, Business Metrics Clinic, and Researching the Competition

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

We would like to invite you to attend the following workshops this week:

Building Buyer Trust to …

Upcoming Workshops: Building Buyer Trust, Business Metrics Clinic, and Researching the Competition

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

We would like to invite you to attend the following workshops this week:

Building Buyer Trust to …

eBay Sellers Are Helping Angel Acres Rescue Thoroughbred Horses

Friday, July 28th, 2006

US Auction Info
A Breyer Ruffian model created by Faye Cohen is being auctioned on eBay to raise money for Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc., in Glenville, Pennsylvania, to advance the adoption of thoroughbreds rescued from being slaughtered.
The Breyer Ruffian model is just one of the unsolicited items offered for sale on eBay by private [...]

Teenager tries to sell jail uniform on eBay

Friday, July 28th, 2006

US Auction Info
Online auction house eBay shut down a sale after police investigators determined a teenager was trying to sell part of a jail uniform he claimed were worn by a convicted killer.
The auction page offering Elkhart County jail pants purportedly “worn by the `Corn Field Killer’” was shut down Monday before receiving any [...]