Archive for April, 2006

wikipedia:
Millions of collectibles, appliances, computers, furniture, equipment, vehicles, and other miscellaneous items are listed, bought, and sold daily. Some items are rare and valuable, while many others are dusty gizmos that would have been discarded if not for the thousands of eager bidders worldwide, proving that if one has a big enough market, one will [...]

auctionbytes:
The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PESA) issued a statement announcing its concern with recent member suspensions from eBay. PESA, describes itself as a non-profit trade association comprised of over 800 high-volume eBay sellers generating over seventy million eBay transactions worth $1 billion in eBay sales annually.

wikipedia:
eBay generates revenue from a number of fees. There are fees to list a product and fees when the product sells. The eBay fee system is quite complex and takes $0.25 to $80 per listing and 2-8% of the final price. In addition, eBay now owns the PayPal payment system which has fees of its [...]

charlotte.com:
I recently listed a toy Mattel Winchester Saddle Rifle on eBay, and they interpreted it to be a real gun and pulled my listing and suspended me for one day.
I responded to their letter they sent me telling them it was not a real gun and asking them to please resolve this problem. I don’t [...]

wikipedia:
Founded in San Jose on September 4, 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as Auctionweb, part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar’s own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus.
The first item sold was Omidyar’s broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, he contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the [...]

whereiseric.com:

Eric Clapton Sales is an eBay Store where all proceeds from items sold benefit the Crossroads Centre at Antigua. Everything sold in the online store is genuine Eric Clapton merchandise.
Visitors to Eric Clapton Sales on eBay can purchase unique collectibles like the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Display; a full-size cardboard replica [...]