Archive for April, 2006

Village Voice:
When it comes to bidding on eBay, we’ve always held ourselves to a strict $20 limit. Granted, this means we’re largely restricted to throwaway costume jewelry, discarded Smurf memorabilia, the first five episodes of 21 Jumpstreet on VHS (complete with bad ’80s Fruit Roll Up commercials). But overall, we’ve been fine with this�or maybe [...]

T3:
Reports suggest that the PlayStation 3 might be the most expensive console ever, but now it also seems that those of you wanting to get hold of yours on launch day might be asked to reach into your pocket for even more cash.
It won’t be Sony’s doing - at least not directly - but a [...]

AuctionBytes:
According to an “eBay scam kit” obtained by AuctionBytes, women are easy marks on eBay. The kit, marketed as “eBay: Women Dough v1.8,” contained everything a scammer needs to set up auctions on eBay to sell items they don’t own and don’t intend to fulfill to “customers.”
The eBay Women Dough scam kit contained three prepackaged [...]

bizjournals:
The eBay Foundation has committed $1.25 million to create an online community engagement initiative in partnership with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
The eBay Foundation Community Engagement Program aims to inspire individuals and volunteer groups to take action against the six “unfreedoms” of racism, hunger, illiteracy, tyranny, genocide and slavery, the two groups said [...]

MSNBC:
As a born-and-raised resident of Louisiana, I am well aware of our state’s unique quirks and its checkered political past. Here in Louisiana, alligator is considered a delicacy, counties are referred to as parishes, and our complex legal system is based not on English common law, the way it is in the other 49 states, [...]

auctionbytes:
eBay drop-off store franchise company Auction it TODAY announced a new kiosk service. The service allows small business owners to generate additional revenue stream by offering customers online-auction services.
Auction it TODAY gives personalized training, software and equipment as part of the service. The company said retailers can use the kiosk service to sell merchandise on [...]

“I got a rock.”
- Charlie Brown (Powerseller)

Forbes:
You can buy a lot of Pez with this: The president and chief executive of eBay, Margaret Whitman, received a bonus of about $1.7 million for 2005, compared with $1.55 million for the previous year. That’s according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange [...]

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Derek Gathright:
What do you get when you combine EBay, Craigslist, upcoming.org, monster.com, match.com, and many others? It appears to be Google Base. It hasn’t officially launched yet, so those services are merely speculation. However, the likes of those services has been the buzz lately.
Now it is becoming more clear as to why EBay bought Skype, [...]

Get your eBay Express ducks in a row by April 24th…
eBay Strategies:
Background:
On eBay in the community section of the site there are discussion chats and boards where eBay employees (tasked with community development) frequently post about various topics. When these eBay folks post the message board software colors their posts a pink color. [...]