Archive for March 22nd, 2006

  • UK Man Puts Dental Appointment on eBay

    WestLothian:
    A man has put his dental appointment on an internet auction site to highlight the state of NHS dentistry, it has emerged.
    Richard Barrie, 29, has tried for five years to get an NHS dentist since moving from Dundee to Thornton in Fife.
    After relentless phone calls, he finally landed two registration consultations and has placed one […]

  • The IRS and eBay Sales

    KUTV:
    If you’re like millions of Americans you’ve bought or sold something on eBay.
    For those who sell, Bill Gephardt says sometimes they get a surprise from the Internal Revenue Service.
    Online auctions sellers fall into two groups, people selling personal belongings or businesses going on-line to sell their stuff.
    The Internal Revenue Service tells me that when filing […]

  • Lawyers Hit eBay Fakes

    globeandmail:
    Most working days, law professionals in the New York offices of Torys LLP sit at computers and scour the Internet for cheap designer goods. Shouts of “Bingo” ring out when unbelievable deals are spotted.
    The lawyers and paralegals are not searching for bargains, it should be explained, they are trolling for litigation work.
    “If it’s a Gucci […]

  • Ebay Helper - iSold it

    The Hub:
    Random antiques, sports equipment, dirty magazines - you name it and Jacob Plaunt, 20, of East Lansing, could probably help you sell it. Well, not the dirty magazines.
    As assistant manager of iSOLD It, he’s helped customers sell pretty much anything and everything. If you’ve seen “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” then you get the concept. […]

  • eBay and Amazon extend RSS

    ComputerWorld:
    EBay and Amazon.com this week announced extensions to their content syndication capabilities, the latest example of e-commerce players using this popular technology to facilitate the flow of product information to potential buyers in order to help spur sales.
    EBay now lets its Web-site visitors create content-syndication feeds for searches they conduct on its online marketplace, the […]