Archive for April 10th, 2006

Mercury News:
PayPal, the online payment service owned by auctioneer eBay Inc., said Thursday that customers can now use their cell phones to instantly send money, buy items or donate to charities.
The PayPal Mobile service allows users in the United States and Canada to instantly send money by sending text messages.
Customers activate the service by logging [...]

PC World:
Expectations for eBay Express are running high among experienced eBay sellers, who view the upcoming specialty site as a potentially significant new channel and have their fingers crossed that the company will build and market it properly.
EBay Express, due during the second quarter, will feature only fixed-price items, most of them new, from experienced [...]

Consumeraffairs:
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), the movie industry’s powerful lobbying arm, has filed 14 lawsuits against eBay sellers who it says have been selling counterfeit DVDs, seeking criminal penalties that could include jail time and fines up to $250,000.
“People who abuse online auction sites like eBay to sell counterfeit DVDs are not [...]

mlive:
In the antiques world, eBay can be a four-letter word.
For some dealers, that word is hate; for others it’s love. Generally, however, local store owners said their feelings about the online auction site fall somewhere in between.
“Everybody is talking about eBay and how great it is,” said Rosemary Allamon, co-owner of R&J Needful Things Antiques [...]

wcco:
Andy Mowery needed $10,000 to expand his business, but he knew going to the bank would just take too long.
“They want more documentation. They want stacks of paperwork. They want records from years ago,” Mowery said.
Instead he tried a new way to borrow called people-to-people lending. Web sites such as Prosper.com connect people who need [...]