Archive for May, 2007

Powersnipe Announces Update for Online Bid Sniper Service and ebay Auction Sniper Software

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Press Release
Powersnipe.com, the leading eBay bid sniping service, has announced today major upgrades to their online bid sniper service, as well as all versions of their PC and Macintosh desktop software eBay Auction Sniper.
Powersnipe.com offers eBay users greater purchase power by placing their bid in the closing seconds of an auction, a practice also referred [...]

eBay to launch e-commerce site in Thailand

Monday, May 28th, 2007

eBay Inc on Monday announced plans to launch an e-commerce site in Thailand in partnership with the local portal Sanook! to cater to the estimated 16 million internet users in the kingdom.
The Thai-language site, which is expected to be launched within five to seven months under the name Sanook!eBay, will make Thailand the 38th market [...]

The ‘eBay Effect’ is Destroying the United States Economy Says Terry Allison of Montres Allison

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

How eBay Is Destroying The American Economy by Terry Allison
Ebay is a juggernaut. Ever forward. However, it has become very apparent that ebay is seriously damaging the economy of the United States of America.
Here’s how: ebay started out as a venue in which people were primarily buying and selling pre-owned items until shortly later, businesses [...]

eBay India launches Bid for a Buck

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Indians can now bid for thousands of products starting at Re 1, with free shipping across the country thrown in on eBay India. Adding an innovative dimension to online shopping, thousands of lifestyle, jewellery, mobiles, computers, electronics, cameras, apparel and travel products are on offer starting at Re. 1 during this promotion from May 18 [...]

eBay Yahoo merger tipped

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Some major technology stocks tumbled yesterday with Network Appliance falling over 16 percent on a weak forecast for its next quarter, raising the spectre of a US enterprise ICT spending slowdown. CA fell eight percent while IBM and Sun were also down.
On TheStreet.com’s internet TV show, shares tipper Jim Cramer described NetApp as “obviously [...]

eBay feeling ‘pretty good’ about margin target

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

A year after it set the goal for Wall Street, eBay says it is still comfortable with its long-term target of annual operating margins of 35 percent or better, Chief Financial Officer Bob Swan said Wednesday. Speaking to investors at the Goldman Sachs Global Internet Conference in Las Vegas, Swan said improvements in its slower-growing [...]

SIIA Settles Suit against Individual Selling Pirated Software on eBay

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced in a Tuesday press release that its member company Symantec Corp. has settled claims for infringement of Symantec’s copyrighted software in the case of Symantec et al. v. Chan et al. in the Central District of California. The defendant will pay $205,000, as well as agree to [...]

PayPal expanded to more countries

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

EBay Inc., the world’s largest online auctioneer, added Spanish, French and Chinese websites for its PayPal payment services unit to help boost its overseas sales and extend its lead over Google Inc.’s rival Checkout service.
PayPal added service to 87 countries, including Cambodia, Greenland and Kazakhstan, San Jose-based EBay said in a statement. PayPal now [...]

Seattle san defrauds eBay customers

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

A Seattle man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal mail fraud charges after using eBay to sell cameras, computers and other equipment to more than 100 people nationwide, and then not sending the merchandise, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle reported.
Jordan Dias collected more than $75,100 from his victims, spokeswoman Emily Langlie said.
As part of his [...]

EBay accused of fueling illegal ivory trade

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Illegal ivory trading flourishes on the Internet because online auction sites do too little to enforce laws aimed at protecting endangered wildlife, a wildlife advocacy group says.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare, in a report published Tuesday, said Internet users often were able to offer goods such as ivory necklaces for sale without documentation to [...]

eBay India introduces blogs

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

In a bid to enrich and excite its 2 million community, eBay India has announced an array of initiatives.
eBay India has launched two new features – eBay Blogs and My World, enabling its community members to express their personality and increase their engagement with each other.
eBay India country manager Rajan Mehra said, “We introduced the [...]

Dukes of Hazzard General Lee not sold on eBay

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

The Dukes of Hazzard TV star John Schneider was scammed by a phoney bidder on eBay’s internet auction.
Schneider made headlines when he sold the General Lee for near 10 million..
However, William Fisher, who placed the winning bid has failed to pay the hefty price tag, reports TMZ.
Schneider has lodged a formal complaint with eBay and [...]

Firefox gets eBay add on

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Managing your eBay bids and sales could be made easier by the introduction of a new add-on for the Firefox browser.
Including a sidebar tha allows you to see at-a-glance the items you have bid on and which is updated in real time, as well as status alerts that will let you know when you [...]

Accounting officer for eBay to resign

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Douglas Jeffries, the principal accounting officer for online auctioneer eBay Inc., will resign from the company, effective May 24.
In a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, eBay said Jeffries is leaving to become the CFO of Pacific Ethanol Inc.
H. Baird Radford III will serve as Jeffries’ replacement on an interim basis once [...]

General Lee lookalike car fetches $10 million on eBay

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

A version of the General Lee — a 1969 Dodge Charger made famous in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard — fetched a winning bid of nearly $10 million Friday in an online auction.
If the bidder comes through with cash or financing for the $9,900,500 price, the car will be the most expensive item [...]