Archive for March 23rd, 2006

  • Apache Helicopter on eBay

    Here’s one for all you flyboy conspiracy theorists - the chance to own your very own AH64A/D Longbow Apache chopper - in any colour you like as long as it’s black:

    You are bidding for a Pre-owned Mission Damaged AH64A/D Longbow Apache Helicopter in Civil Configuration Single Pilot I.F.R.with NVG’s FLIR equipped and Media Broadcasting [...]

  • eBay plans service to make payments using cell phones

    Mercury News:
    Paypal, the online payment service owned by eBay Inc., has begun testing a new offering that allows people to make and receive payments using cell phones and other mobile devices.
    Paypal Mobile is being tested by an unspecified number of eBay employees and will be available to the public in the United States, Canada and [...]

  • Husband Sells Unique Ad Space On Ebay

    First Coast News:

    When Jeff and Rhonda Froelich wanted a creative way to raise capital for their autistic son, they decided to use their head.
    Jeff’s head, actually.
    “It’s shiny. It’s tan. It’s round. It’s perfect!” exclaimed Wife Rhonda.
    It was her idea to auction off the space on the back of her husband’s bald [...]

  • eBay.ie launches anti-phishing service

    ENN:
    Online auction website eBay.ie has launched a new service to help protect users against ‘phishing’ e-mails which attempt to gain personal details from members.
    The “My Messages” service is an attempt to get around the problem of spoof e-mails sent to customers purporting to come from eBay. Such messages often ask users for information such as [...]

  • eBay Feedback is Key

    Daily Record:
    Feedback, Dock said, is essentially how to earn a reputation for doing business online.
    “The gist is, feedback is what keeps eBay running. Ninety percent of the people you meet will do business fairly and honestly,” Sparano said.
    Selling items online was the main focus of the presentation, and both Sparano and Dock highly recommended researching [...]

  • Walla! restarts an Israeli version of eBay

    haaretz.com:
    Walla! announced yesterday two new services which are local versions of eBay and Paypal.
    Walla!Buy is an online market and auction site, while Walla!Pay allows users to make secure payments without revealing their credit card details. The development of the sites, similar in design to the U.S. sites that they emulate, took more than a year [...]