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Adverts appearing in My eBay

Here I am, minding my own business (literally!) and checking my eBay sales and bam, the latest eBay advertising hits me between the eyes. Well ok, maybe not between the eyes, but it’s there at the bottom of the left hand navigation bar. I have a… Read more

Skype to go site wide on eBay

It couldnt’ be better timing! Just a day after getting my hands on the new Skypephone from 3 mobile, eBay have announced that the ability to add Skype buttons to listings is to go site wide. This is an eBay.com announcement, but I’m guessing what… Read more

CLD items won’t show on .com

If you’re going to be taking advantage of this Thursday’s cheap listing day on eBay UK and you’re in one of the lucky categories where your listings will also show on .com, you need to know that your cheap listings will not show up on eBay.com…. Read more

Be first to own a 3 Skypephone

Following the launch yesterday of the new Skypephone from 3 six are being auctioned through eBay for Charity. The 3store-uk has two of each colour, black, white with blue trim and white with pink trim up for sale on eBay. The phones are being… Read more

eBay Community Court: the end of retaliatory negatives?

eBay UK will, from early in the new year, be trialling a revolutionary addition to the feedback system. Community Court will allow those who feel they’ve received unfair negative feedback (neutrals and unfair positives may come at a later date) to… Read more

“25 million items” still stuck in the mail

With the postal strike over for two weeks now, you’d be forgiven for thinking things were getting back to normal. But the Telegraph has some bad news for you: a secret warehouse in north London is storing thousands of items of undelivered mail…. Read more

eBay “very optimistic” about SE Asian growth

Sam McDonagh, director of eBay Southeast Asia tells ZDNet Asia that eBay are “very optimistic about the growth of the market … in the whole region”. eBay complement their three operational SE Asian sites – Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines -… Read more

Skype me for 3

I was in the post office this afternoon and my phone rang, but it wasn’t a normal call, it was Sue starting a Skype chat on our new Skypephones. No computers, no wires, and I wasn’t even aware I was connected to the Internet but Sue was – she could… Read more

Half-price listing on eBay UK on Thursday

There’s a cheap listing day this Thursday, 1st November, on eBay UK for sellers who accept PayPal. Insertion fees for auctions, auction with BIN and BIN listings are all half price: this includes the Media, Toys and Games and Photography categories… Read more

Missing Gallery pictures? Here’s why

Over the last few days, some eBay users have reported that Gallery pictures have disappeared from their search results. As was posted in our forum, listings with a non-showing Gallery picture were marked with a new icon similar to the “picture in… Read more

Shall I stay or shall I go now?

So what is Rob Chesnut former Senior Vice President of Trust & Safety doing? There have been conflicting stories since he went on sabbatical despite a brief appearance at eBay Live in June. October the 18th saw a post on The Chatter which… Read more

How to video

Lots of sellers are using video in their listings these days: it can show off your item better, and the novelty holds buyers’ attention. If you need a little assistance getting started, those helpful folks at Vzaar have made a great how-to-video… Read more

UK buyers warned on US toy recalls

eBay UK has warned buyers to be on the alert for toys recalled by manufacturers due to safety concerns. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued recalls of a number of children’s toys and other items in recent weeks. These include: some… Read more

eBay sellers: guilty until proved innocent

Imagine if every time you listed an item on eBay you were required to include the serial number in the listing. That’s what the police and retailers in the US are calling for, without any thought to the reality of the situation. The argument goes… Read more

eBay employee goes AWOL

In a story which is sure to create a stir in eBay offices tomorrow an eBay employee is alleged to have absconded from a trial where he was due to give evidence. Torquay resident Alisdair Noon was on trial for conspiracy to defraud. He is accused… Read more

eBay in the press

eBay Enemy Number One, Vladuz, makes it into the Guardian today. There isn’t really anything new to say, just the usual anti-eBay suspects speaking their piece, all very long on problems and short on solutions. If you want to stay safe on eBay,… Read more

PayPal payment not completed

My heart always drops when I receive an eCheque payment, but today it did a double flip. In the forefront of my mind was the recent announcement that PayPal are rolling out Advanced Fraud Protection with tests in the US and Canada. My immediate… Read more

RM expect to take 4 weeks to clear backlog

If you were hoping Royal Mail would clear their backlog this week and stem the flow of “where’s my item” emails from your frustrated UK buyers, we have some bad news for you. Powerseller Nettie of Tryacs Treasures received this email from RM just… Read more

eBay open microfinance website MicroPlace

Today eBay launched a new website to enable ordinary people to buy investments aimed at improving conditions in the world’s poorest countries. MicroPlace (currently only open to US residents) aims to enable the poor to pull themselves out of… Read more

Spam your friends, win a sat nav from Tazbar

Tazbar are running a promotion until 31st October: get your friends to sign up to the site, and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a Sony Sat Nav. I’ve got to admit, I don’t like these kind of promotions: paying *me* to introduce my… Read more

UK Best Offers missing the point

Many of you are probably aware that on eBay.com the Best Offer function has counter offers available. This basically means that you can negotiate a price with a customer who is interested, if there first offer is a little low. Now in the Antiques… Read more

eBay give but they don’t take away

The fee changes in Toys and Photography categories kick in today, lower insertion fees and higher final value fees. It’s not entirely unheard of when fee changes occur for incorrect fees to be charged, and today is no exception. Sellers are still… Read more

UK high street store to accept PayPal

New Look are due to launch an ecommerce website prior to Christmas and top of their priorities is ensuring their young target audience can use it. According to New Look Director, Shaun Wills, many in-store transactions are still cash based, many of… Read more

Business ban for shed fraudster

A man who sold sheds on eBay and then failed to deliver them has been sentenced to 250 hours of community service and banned from setting up a new business for three years. Philip Mack from Rhyl was also ordered to pay a total of £6,244 in… Read more

PayPal payments “may take extra time” to appear

Anyone who’s signed into their PayPal account this morning may have seen this pop-up with the slightly odd message that “it may take extra time for your latest transactions to appear in your Recent Activity”. The same message is also appearing in… Read more

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