Harry Potter and the Police Cell
September 30, 2007
A special edition complete set of all seven Harry Potter books has been sold on eBay for a staggering £18,200.00. The special cloth bound editions all signed by the author J K Rowling come with a certificate of authenticity… and a receipt from… Read more
Celebrity Paws support Cats Protection
September 30, 2007
Twenty eight cat loving celebrities were asked to draw around their hand and sign and decorate it to create a one-off auction item to support Cats Protection, the UK’s largest charity dedicated to cats. The celebrities include everyone from Gordon… Read more
Coming soon: more third party ads
September 29, 2007
Several months back eBay announced that adverts for third parties would appear on eBay search pages when there were no other results. They were very keen to emphasise this when there are no other results – but I know I wasn’t the only seller who… Read more
Cheap doesn’t indicate stolen, says German court
September 29, 2007
A German court yesterday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of purchasing stolen goods on eBay. The 47-year old software engineer had previously been fined €1,200 for his 2005 purchase of a car navigation system which was… Read more
Misleading and Discouraging Payments Policy
September 28, 2007
eBay are introducing a Misleading and Discouraging Payments Policy which they’ll begin enforcing from mid October in Australia. This is an update of the PayPal Payments Policy which is effective on eBay.com, but which currently doesn’t exist on… Read more
Court orders eBay to divulge sellers earnings
September 27, 2007
A court order has been given for high volume Canadian eBay sellers sales information to be released to the tax authorities. This includes names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of all sellers who qualified as PowerSellers in 2004 and… Read more
Prince targets eBay merchandise
September 27, 2007
The artist currently known again as Prince is suing eBay for allowing the sale of unauthorised merchandise and YouTube for failing to filter out unauthorised film content. The singer has instructed Web Sherriff, a company who specialise in tracking… Read more
Time for PayPal to be charitable
September 27, 2007
Google Checkout have eased ahead of PayPal in the race to attract business. They’ve offered to waive all fees for US charities, at least until 31st December 2008. eBay have always donated fees to charities where products are sold on the site… Read more
Message board CC details “not valid at all”
September 27, 2007
eBay’s official blog, The Chatter, has posted more details on Tuesday’s incident where member details and credit card information were posted on an eBay message board. As we expected, the information is said to have been probably the result of a… Read more
Skype is ten years out of date
September 26, 2007
I’ve been thinking over the instant messaging clients I’ve used in the past, most of which I never even log into these days. There was ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, AIM – I had a log on for them all. Sadly due to lack of interoperability… Read more
“No, Mr Bond, I expect you to buy”
September 26, 2007
If you’re an evil genius looking for a new hideout, this could be the place for you: the Larsen Air Force Base complex comprises 16 underground buildings, including three missile silos, three 4-story equipment terminal buildings and a 125 foot… Read more
Credit card details posted on eBay message board
September 25, 2007
click pic to embiggeneBay has been forced to close down one of its community message boards today after what appeared to be sensitive personal information was posted in public. User IDs, email addresses, name and address, Powerseller details and… Read more
Rewards online with PayPal
September 25, 2007
You can get cash back on purchases paid into your PayPal account, and half the time you don’t even have to use PayPal to pay! Rewards Online already offer money back on purchases and if you have (or apply for) a PayPal credit card they’ll give… Read more
Checkpoint firewall blocks Skype
September 25, 2007
Mis-use of the Internet at work is a growing concern for many companies. Not only does it fritter away hours of employee’s time the company is paying for but there’s a justifiable of virus and hacking vulnerabilities being introduced to the… Read more
Sky News Technofile features my auction
September 24, 2007
Sky run a feature called Technofile presented by Martin Stanford from Sky news. The latest installment was of great interest because not only did it talk about online selling but I was featured too! Topics covered included about broadcasting… Read more
RM strikes may spread to management
September 24, 2007
Just when you think it can’t get any worse, a union representing Royal Mail managers has threatened to ballot its members on strike action. Unite, which represents 12,000 managers, says that RM is trying to take pension rights away from its members…. Read more
eBay University hits the headlines
September 23, 2007
Scotland is buzzing today with news of the Scottish eBay University, held yesterday in Glasgow. At the university I was constantly hearing a journalist wanted to interview an attendee, or another journalist wanted to speak to an eBay employee! Fred… Read more
Crazy for YOU
September 23, 2007
Click pic to embiggeneBay continue with their “real eBayers” advertising theme in today’s Mail on Sunday YOU magazine. This time they’re featuring a buyer, but sadly they’ve been unable to find one who’s bought from the site recently. 2005sbb… Read more
Non-UK eBay listings to show GBP prices
September 21, 2007
eBay UK’s Announcement Board has an innocuous-looking post this morning saying that From now on, the prices of overseas items on eBay.co.uk will be shown in pounds sterling, but in italics. We hope that this will make it easier for buyers to… Read more
eBay To Go released for eBay.co.uk
September 21, 2007
eBay have at last released a version of the eBay To go widget for the UK. eBay To Go enables you to showcase your favourite auctions, seller, shop or search on your blog or social networking site. For those following Formula 1, Mclaren have just… Read more
RM strike dates announced
September 20, 2007
The postal workers’ union have announced what is effectively a five-day strike in their ongoing dispute with Royal Mail. Billed as “two 48 hour strikes”, workers will walk out on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October, and again on Monday 8th and… Read more
Facebook app for sale on eBay
September 20, 2007
It’s a whole new world out there for Facebook developers. According to GigaOM, in an eBay first, a Facebook Application is up for sale on the site. This opens up a realm of possibilities – instead of writing applications for their own use… Read more
Don’t buy and sell on eBay at work
September 19, 2007
Three Welsh council workers have just lost their jobs for shopping on eBay during work time. In the last eighteen months two have resigned and one has been dismissed with two further employees under investigation. All five employees came from… Read more
Half.com sign for sale on eBay
September 19, 2007
It was the year 2000 and eBay owned half.com came up with a novel way to capture the worlds press. They paid $100,000 and donated computers for the school in the Oregon town of Halfway in return for them changing their name to Half.com. The first… Read more
NHS records “sold on eBay”
September 19, 2007
A computer hard disk sold on eBay was found to contain confidential medical records, despite supposedly having been wiped. The information was discovered as part of a research project sponsored by BT, which buys up hundreds of second hand hard… Read more
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