CWU executive accepts RM agreement
October 22, 2007
In a very brief announcement, the CWU have confirmed that their national executive has accepted last week’s agreement between union leaders and Royal Mail management, and that there will now be a ballot of individual members. Fingers crossed that… Read more
A wheely good blog
October 21, 2007
If there’s one thing that gets a petrol head’s heart pumping it’s news of a new car, or in fact news of anything on wheels that moves on a road. That’s why I think eBay Motors Italy’s new blog is great! It was launched on the 12th November with the… Read more
UK eBay users at risk
October 21, 2007
The Times today confirms that UK eBay users are increasingly becoming the targets for phishing and account takeovers. Unsurprisingly eBay Motors continues to be a major target due to the high ticket price of goods in comparison to other categories…. Read more
T&S welcomes Matt
October 19, 2007
In recent months, there’s been a lot of speculation about Rob Chesnut, eBay’s Senior Vice President of Global Trust & Safety, and his future within the company. Rob took a sabbatical just after eBay Live, which prompted some bloggers and eBay… Read more
Genuine PayPal emails with spoof URLs
October 19, 2007
PayPal emails are corrupt this morning. They are arriving for valid transactions with the PayPal URL replaced by an error. The links in the email including picture links all refer to https://SECURE.UNINITIALIZED.REAL.ERROR.COM/uk/vst/id=xx Although… Read more
US/UK visibility restored for Collectables
October 18, 2007
Finally some good news for UK sellers regarding visibility on the .com site: in collectables categories, it’s going to be restored. The quid pro quo is that US listings will show up on eBay UK, but for most sellers, this will be a price worth paying… Read more
eBay expect average selling prices to drop
October 18, 2007
Last night eBay held their quarterly conference call where they give investors a forecast of future business and the opportunity to ask questions on the state of the eBay business. It was no surprise that profits took a hit from writing off $900m… Read more
33% off eBay fees for eBay.com, eBay.ca
October 17, 2007
From 18th October until Bonfire Night on 5th November eBay sellers in the US and Canada benefit from a massive 33% saving on insertion fees for eBay auctions and buy it now listings. If the start price is less than $1 the discount is 50%. That’s… Read more
MySpace enables open communications with Skype
October 17, 2007
If there’s one thing that annoys me about many social networking sites it’s that they’re closed environments. That just doesn’t work on the Internet, think back to AOL who attempted to provide a “closed Internet” with purely AOL content, it didn’t… Read more
Bar code scammer made £100k on eBay
October 17, 2007
A Belfast man scammed £247,000 worth of goods from B&Q and sold them on eBay. Philip Dumigan used fake barcodes which registered lower prices at the checkout. The fraud involved 450 items, most of which were sold on eBay, for an estimated profit… Read more
Extended BINs spread to .com
October 17, 2007
After Monday’s news that eBay Australia are keeping BIN prices alive for longer, eBay.com have now announced that in the clothing and cell phone categories, BIN prices will also remain after the first bid is placed. As in Australia, BIN will be… Read more
Wallace and Grommit van on eBay Motors
October 17, 2007
The van that inspired Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park to create the Anti–Pesto van used in “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” is up for sale on eBay. Bidding is fierce already approaching £3500.00 with over nine days until the auction… Read more
Best Offer conceals User IDs… or maybe not!
October 16, 2007
Whenever I’ve received a Best Offer on eBay the User ID has had the last three characters starred out. For instance if I made a Best Offer my User ID would appear as mountc*** instead of mountcomp. That’s still the case when reviewing a best… Read more
Royal Mail’s problems continue
October 16, 2007
The CWU may have called off their planned industrial action for this week, but the postal problems are not over yet. Despite Royal Mail’s statement that they are dealing with mail in the order they received it, it seems pretty obvious that while… Read more
eBay and PayPal phishing slows
October 16, 2007
According to a report out today from anti-virus vendor Sophos, eBay and PayPal phishing emails have dropped significantly in the past year. A year ago nine out of ten spoof emails were targetting either PayPal or eBay, today it’s down to one in… Read more
Tickets for England in Rugby World Cup final
October 16, 2007
As you could imagine England drawing a game against South Africa for the Rugby World Cup final has sparked a massive demand for tickets. Interest is fueled still further as the game is to be played in Paris which is a short hop across the English… Read more
Easier bidding from auction pages
October 15, 2007
Back in August eBay began testing a bid box (the ability to type a bid in directly instead of clicking to an additional page) at the top of the auction page, next to the bid button. After six weeks of testing they’ve realised the obvious, that it’s… Read more
eBay Oz extend Buy It Now period
October 15, 2007
eBay Australia have just announced that Buy It Now prices will be kept available until bidding reaches 50% of the BIN price. Currently, of course, BIN prices disappear as soon as the first bid is placed (or when bidding reaches the reserve… Read more
Royal Mail and union reach agreement
October 13, 2007
There’s hope that the postal strike may be coming to an end, as Royal Mail and the CWU have reached an agreement. There are no details as yet – the CWU’s website says a joint statement will be issued on Monday – but the agreement was ratified by… Read more
“I have to question their timing”
October 12, 2007
Julianne Moleski runs Toy Town Express eBay Shop and website, as well as having a B&M toy shop in South Shields. Today she gives us her thoughts on eBay’s recent changes to fees in the Toys category. When last week Ebay held a ‘backstage… Read more
Royal Mail strikes cancelled by courts
October 12, 2007
Royal Mail have won a small victory to keep our mail moving. A High Court injunction temporarily blocking strike action for next week has been granted. Monday and Tuesday’s strikes have been deemed illegal as Royal Mail weren’t given adequate… Read more
PayPal advanced fraud detection rollout
October 12, 2007
There’s good news from PayPal this morning, they about to start testing advanced fraud detection. Too often in the past sellers receive a payment, they ship the goods and 24-48 hours later receive an email from PayPal stating that the payment is… Read more
When new is not new?
October 12, 2007
PayPal have announced a new shopping site just in time for Christmas. Their marketing reads “Wouldn’t it be great if there was a single place where you could shop at over a hundred retailers all accepting PayPal? Our new PayPal Offers is that… Read more
eBay tell buyers purchases will be delayed
October 11, 2007
eBay have started telling buyers that there may be delays to deliveries because of the postal strike. The message below is displayed as they sign in to My eBay for those who have accepted the default notifications-on setting. Frankly, this is… Read more
How to use neighborhoods to sell
October 11, 2007
eBay Neighborhoods have launched on eBay.com. It’s a great new eBay experiment in social networking but more importantly it’s a new way for sellers to market their products to buyers. Neighborhoods allow you to join an eBay community and interact… Read more
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