Royal Wedding memorabilia blunder on eBay
April 19, 2011
If there’s ever an event guaranteed to produce an influx of sometimes tasteful, but more often tacky, souvenirs it’s a Royal event such as a Coronation, Jubilee or at this moment in time a Royal Wedding. eBay is awash with William and Kate… Read more
Google introduce Gmail Motion
April 1, 2011
Google have today unveiled their latest motion technology which comes to Gmail and they say will be released for Google Docs in the future. Using a webcam Gmail Motion gives an XBox Kinect type experience enabling you to open and close documents,… Read more
How buyers view feedback DSRs
December 15, 2010
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Tbay office spotted in Devon
April 14, 2010
Spotted by a reader down in Torbay, they took a double take wondering if they’d found the secret location of the TameBay offices. Truth be told they’re a lot less conspicuous than this one which is actually the lair of tbay taxis. In unashamed… Read more
Cold War spy bunker for sale on eBay UK
February 28, 2010
Looking for a country pad? Something unusual, maybe even historical? Are you, perhaps, a survivalist, or even a crazed Bond villain looking for a new base? Look no further, eBay has your solution. , complete with panoramic view over the… Read more
Maria says knickers to Children in Need
November 19, 2009
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
“I cut myself on tape guns for what?!”
October 7, 2009
A little bit of entertainment for a Wednesday morning… Thanks to Joe from eshopbooster for the… Read more
Things to do (when it snows) list
February 2, 2009
It doesn’t take much to bring the country to it’s knees – a slight sprinkling of snow will do the trick. London is closed for the day, no buses, no tubes, and no trains across great swathes of the country, so no way to town anyway. With… Read more
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
Skype moves Australia to Europe
December 22, 2008
We all know where Australia is right? The Antipodes, that’s the other side of the world. Down under. You know, where the wallabys and kangaroos hang out with Matilda. Well not any more, Skype has moved it conveniently close to the UK, just South… Read more
The Christmas Decorations are up in my eBay shop
December 17, 2008
I’ve been far too busy to put up the Christmas decorations at home and they’ll probably not go up until this weekend, but… Read more
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
Will the Skype dance come to a club near you?
July 29, 2008
Most people know how to type an emoticon without even thinking about it. They’ve become so ingrained in our lives from IM to email and even on mobile SMS text messages that :-) is pretty much universally understood. In recent times… Read more
Open thread: what do you want from JD?
June 16, 2008
On Friday morning John Donahoe will be giving his first Live keynote speech as President of eBay. There’s been some speculation about what he might say, though frankly, many sellers are hoping there’s nothing else left to come. So for a bit of… Read more
Rank PayPal on their DSRs
May 28, 2008
Over the last few weeks I’ve heard a lot of people discussing how they would rank eBay if they could give eBay Detailed Seller Ratings. Well I’ve not found a way to rank eBay but you can certainly rank PayPal’s website design. Feel free to go… Read more
JD signs eBay feedback certificates
May 19, 2008
One of my buying IDs got it’s 50th feedback this week along with the congratulations email from eBay and a link to download a Blue Star Certificate. It’s the first feedback certificate I’ve had since JD took over and sure enough his signature has… Read more
First eBay Live! party announced
March 13, 2008
Bookings open tomorrow for eBay Live! 2008 in Chicago and whilst the schedule is yet to be published there’s at least one peripheral event I’ll be making certain to attend – vzaar, the guys that put the video into eBay, will be organising a vzaar… Read more
Catalyst now has a confirmed attendee
March 12, 2008
Tank Stikman, the face of ChannelAdvisor has been quiet since making his first appearance back in December, but he’s now the first confirmed attendee at the Catalyst US conference. It’s a great advert for Pinehurst, the resort hotel where the… Read more
Feedback gets emoticons
March 11, 2008
Thanks go to TameBay reader Allotment for discovering the newest feedback gizmo that eBay are playing with. It’s a feedback tag cloud of the comments you receive most frequently in feedback with some emoticons (better known as smilies) thrown in for… Read more
Mother’s day Smilers stamps charity auction
March 2, 2008
If you’ve forgotten that it’s Mother’s day today, shame on you! But it’s not too late to bring a smile to your mums face today – why not buy her a truly unique present in the form of some , the supermodel turned professional photographer? What makes… Read more
Valentine’s day – sold on eBay
February 14, 2008
Today is Valentine’s day, the day Heidi McCafferty, a radio producer from Northants96 has a very unusual date. on eBay and tonight will be dining with a mystery bidder “Neil” who won the auction. Heidi decided to raise money for the Lakelands… Read more
Even a monkey can sell on eBay
February 8, 2008
They say if you sat a monkey down at a typewriter eventually it would produce the entire works of Shakespeare. That might be wishful thinking but an orangutan has just made over $1300 for two paintings on eBay. Woodland Park Zoo’s 39 year old… Read more
13 million votes for fun
January 26, 2008
You’ve gotta be kidding me, I mean have people nothing better to do with their time? I was checking out eBay Match Ups and was gobsmacked to see that the top five users have each voted on over 300,000 Match Ups. The top 15 users between them have… Read more
How to use video
January 17, 2008
I’m not sure how Dan and Emma have the cheek to call that… Read more
Sister wrapped
December 27, 2007
I guess the papers are short of stories in the week between Christmas and New Year, because the “unwanted Christmas presents sold on eBay” story has been everywhere. “Auction off your dud presents” advises the Telegraph, before rehashing Dan… Read more
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