How to sell your Christmas presents on eBay (without offending your family and friends)

December 26, 2009

♫♪This Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, it was sold on eBay… ♫♪ Running out of real stories in the days before Christmas, the press has been full of advice on how to sell your Christmas presents on… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Selling Tips | 20 Comments 

And it’s Happy Christmas from us, Happy Christmas from him…

December 25, 2009

Better than the Queen’s speech, here’s a Christmas message from Doug McCallum, head of eBay Europe (and incidentally the nicest man in the whole company). Merry Christmas Doug!… Read more

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Christmas Day shoppers hope to bag a bargain

December 22, 2009

Christmas Day is set to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year, according to new research by Kelkoo. Bargain hunters are likely to hit the sales earlier than usual this year as VAT is set to increase to 17.5% on January 1st. High street… Read more

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eBay and gift wrapping 2003 – 2009

December 4, 2009

It’s six years since the then for their buyers but eBay still love the gift wrapping theme. This year they’ve got the UK Origami champion Mark Bolitho to help create an animated gift wrapping film showing some toys being wrapped. I like the end… Read more

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Last Royal Mail Christmas 2009 Posting Dates

November 6, 2009

Now the CWU have canceled further postal strikes, at least until after Christmas we can publish the last Royal Mail posting dates for 2009 with confidence that they’ll be correct. UK Last RecommendedPosting DatesService Friday 18th… Read more

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Christmas shopping has started in earnest

August 21, 2009

If you’ve stocked up on seasonal items to sell in the run up to Christmas now’s the time to get them listed on eBay. although the temperatures might be soaring a Christmas tree is selling every three minutes on eBay with five packs of Christmas… Read more

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Amazon.com Christmas Toys and Games restrictions

July 22, 2009

Amazon.com have announced the dates for their annual Christmas selling restrictions in the Toys & Games category. From the 16th September 2009, they will stop accepting new sellers in the Toys & Games category and from the 16th November. Existing… Read more

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Skype me a Christmas card

December 24, 2008

There’s gotta be someone out there that you meant to send a card to, that special person who’s card plopped onto your doormat this morning and you realise there’s no way you can get a card to them for tomorrow. (Well you might be better organised,… Read more

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Guess What? eBay wrapping paper up for grabs

December 12, 2008

Guess What? We managed to get our hands on 50 sheets of eBay “Guess What” wrapping paper. This is the stuff the eBay elves have been giving out to commuters at busy mainline train stations. We’re not going to be buying that many presents so… Read more

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Merry Christmas, fun is over

December 11, 2008

What a difference a week makes. TameBay’s correspondent from Victoria Station reports that last night, all the eBay branding from the Christmas tree had vanished: Hope it wasn’t anything we said ;-) … Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 9 Comments 

Can you spot the fun?

December 6, 2008

And here, for your fun and delectation, is the tree. Lovely…. Read more

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Christmas FUN at Euston

December 5, 2008

Here we have fun happening at London’s Euston Station this morning. Nice tree, shame about the shoddy branding: couldn’t someone have checked the height of crash barriers before the printing was… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 6 Comments 

eBay Elves out and about – with pictures!

December 3, 2008

Some more pics of eBay’s Christmas promotion – and this time, fun is happening! In Manchester, there have been queues for eBay goodie bags, and one guy in Birmingham returned his new shoes to a shop when he realised he could get them cheaper on… Read more

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On the first day of Christmas, eBay gave to me…

December 1, 2008

Happy eBay ChristmasOriginally uploaded by smallbizpod … an uuuuugly Christmas tree. Alex Bellinger from SmallBizPod spotted this monstrosity at Charing Cross. If you wanted to spread the message that you can buy tacky crap on eBay this… Read more

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Guess What’s missing from this picture?

November 29, 2008

Where’s the ? For those who missed the logo, didn’t already know that eBay UK’s Xmas slogan is “guess what” and couldn’t read that execrable writing as they were sprinting for their train, this cake frill round a tree is meant to make you do… Read more

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eBay UK’s homepage and the GREAT BIG AD

November 24, 2008

The transformation of eBay UK from marketplace to advertising hoarding continues, with the appearance of a HUGE advert for Vodaphone on the home page. At the spendiest time of year, eBay UK are promoting not their sellers, not even something… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 22 Comments 

eBay’s Christmas promotion pushes buyers to favoured merchants

November 14, 2008

eBays all over the world begin their Christmas marketing campaigns today. eBay UK put out an announcement this morning about theirs (though you read it here first) highlighting their message that eBay is on average 25% cheaper than the high… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 14 Comments 

eBay UK was top Christmas shopping site

January 22, 2008

A little bit of good news amongst all the speculation for eBay today: eBay was the most popular shopping site again this Christmas for UK shoppers, and was the nation’s fourth most-visited site on Christmas Day itself. Figures released last week… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 3 Comments