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Win a driving lesson with Mika Hakkinen

If you’re a fan of Formula 1 there’s a unique opportunity to . There are five auctions ranging from a driving experience with fifteen minutes of hot laps with Mika at the wheel, right up to a full 60 minutes one-to-one personal driving tuition from… Read more

eBay Advertising announce deal with Octopus Travel

eBay have struck a partnership with Octopus Travel to offer over 50,000 hotel room listings on eBay. The offers will range from independent hotels to global chains and will include auctions from £0.99, fixed price deals, hotel upgrades and special… Read more

eBay community raises cash for Haiti

We still don’t know how many people lost their lives when an earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. And maybe the sheer numbers are just incomprehensible. Can you get your head round 200,000 dead? I can’t. In situations like this, it’s the individual… Read more

eBay Community raises a record $50m for charity in 2009

eBay’s charitable programs, eBay Giving Works in the US and eBay for Charity in the UK, raised a staggering $50million between them during 2009. This is a 17% increase on last year – meaning that every minute, $91 is raised for good causes via eBay…. Read more

How not to do eBay for Charity, Katie Price style

Katie Price, bless her, having quit the Jungle early without her image being restored to it’s previous heady heights is now trying another tack – selling some personal items on eBay with a share of the dosh going to charity. She’s also picked up the… Read more

Compare the Meerkat Alexandr Limited Edition

Without a doubt the most talked about advert of the year is Compare the Market dot com with their Aleksandr Compare the Meerkat spoof. Harrods have had so many advance orders for the limited edition Aleksandr that Mohammed al Fayed decided the only… Read more

Maria says knickers to Children in Need

TameBay chum Maria Smith, aka The Knicker Mafia, aka Seduction Lingerie, is just one of many eBay sellers listing charity auctions in aid of today’s Children in Need event. She’s selling these fab burlesque frilly knickers which were hand-made… Read more

eBay UK to expand ‘charity in checkout’ program

photo credit: Annie Mole that they’re to expand the eBay for Charity program which asks some buyers to donate a pound to a random charity as they checkout. This program’s been running since November 2008, and eBay have labelled it a “great… Read more

TameBay Morsels 06/04/09

The NYT has a rather fluffy interview with John Donahoe, eBay’s President. Highlight: compete for each customer’s business and loyalty each and every day, and understand that when you’re in the middle of a competition, rarely do you get a… Read more

eBay for Charity 2008: Let’s look at the Totaliser

eBay.co.uk has released information regarding the continued success of ‘eBay for Charity’, the service that helps charities and fundraisers sell on eBay for good causes. eBay users raised almost £3.5m for charity in 2008 (£770,000 of that in… Read more

Wallace and Gromit help Blue Peter raise funds

has designed a one off collectible plate as part of a collection being auctioned in aid of the current Blue Peter appeal. To mark their 50th anniversary Blue Peter has partnered with three charities, ContinYou, FCFCG and Save the Children to …. Read more

eBay charity donations up 20% in 2008

Last year eBay buyers and sellers helped raise over $36m for charity which is up almost 20% on the previous year. Despite (or maybe because of!) the tough economic times sellers are increasing their charity donations with almost 1.5 million people… Read more

Actress sells snot on eBay

So this would be where I write some comment about ‘if you need a gift for that difficult person…’ Actress Scarlett Johansson is on eBay. Johansson appeared on the Jay Leno show earlier in the week with a streaming cold which she blamed on co-star… Read more

eBay for charity enable donations on all sales

eBay have announced a pilot scheme to allow a £1 donation on all purchases. At checkout buyers will have the option to ‘Give a Pound’ to a featured charity and support a good cause even if the listing isn’t an eBay for Charity listing. There is… Read more

Google Chrome comic book sold on eBay Aus

Google Chrome appears to be taking market share from Firefox and Safari, although that’s not entirely surprising. IE is holding its own but it’s Firefox which is the tech browser of choice and users of Chrome are likely to be more browser aware than… Read more

Disney auctions for Great Ormond Street Hospital

“Hi! I’m Tinker Bell! My friends call me Tink” reads the My World page for the Disney Fairy auctions in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. The legacy of author J M Barrie, who left the Peter Pan rights to the hospital, is still helping to raise… Read more

London Transport experiences on eBay

London Transport Museum are auctioning off everything from a tour of the famous Aldwych Underground Station to the exclusive use of a Routemaster bus for an evening. You can learn to drive a train, or a bus in London Transport simulators, or for the… Read more

Soccer Aid ticket sales restricted on eBay UK

that sales of tickets to Soccer Aid will be restricted. Sellers donate at least 20% of the sale price to UNICEF UK through eBay for Charity. In addition, one and three day listings will not be permitted. Soccer Aid at Wembley on September 7th… Read more

Looking at Peaches

After moving to a new flat and finding all her stuff won’t fit in it, Peaches Geldof is . She moved into a new apartment in Islington last month with two friends, but the three girls have more clothes than wardrobe space. There’s a variety of… Read more

Andy Murray Wimbledon tennis racket auctioned by The Sun

Andy Murray has decided to support Help For Heroes who provide support for wounded servicemen and women by auctioning the tennis racket he used at Wimbledon this year. The saw him through to the quarter finals of Wimbledon last Monday and “bares… Read more

Record $2.1m bid for charity lunch on eBay

There’s no such thing as a free lunch at least not when it cost $2.1 million dollars. That’s what someone has just paid to . The high bid of $2,110,100.00 is the highest ever bid on eBay for a charity item with the proceeds going to the Glide… Read more

Chris Isaak signed Hard Rock Fender acoustic guitar

If you missed the closing gala at eBay Live! in Chicago you can still own the most exclusive item of memorabila from the conference -… Read more

Here are this year’s real eBay Heroes

Giving Works (the US equivalent of eBay for Charity) held their 5th annual awards at eBay Live! The winners represent some of the real eBay Heroes whose (often unnoticed) efforts raise so much for deserving causes. Every time someone buys or… Read more

Paul McCartney signed Vox amplifier on eBay

Vox amps have been used by bands such as the Beatles for or over five decades, and now you can win one, on eBay – a . Vox describe the amp as “the finest guitar amp we’ve ever created” having added modern tone shaping control enhancements to make… Read more

Chad Smith Signature Drum on eBay for Charity

During a masterclass at the Academy Of Contemporary Music held in Guildford last year, three musicians added their signatures to a , which is now up for auction on eBay. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Mark Richardson (Feeder, Skunk Anansi)… Read more

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