Archive for August 14th, 2006

  • The Law is Cracking Down On EBay Thieves

    Selling suspected stolen goods on the auction Web site eBay has tripped up a Loomis man.The Placer County Sheriff’s Department arrested Eric Richard Fields, 21, on charges of grand theft and possession of stolen property after a buyer unknowingly bought stolen boat equipment from him on the Internet.Detective Chris Glaspell said Field is responsible for [...]

  • Starting Low On EBay Pays Off

    Attention eBay auctioneers: Want to get a higher price for an item you’re trying to sell?Set the auction’s starting price as low as possible.Unless it is an item you don’t believe there’s a lot of interest in; in that case, start the auction at a higher price.This advice is brought to you by PhD researchers [...]

  • Airports Profit on EBay with Banned Items

    So what does the airport do with all that stuff you toss into the bins because you can’t bring it past security?In Pennsylvania, they hawk it on e-Bay.The government gets the items from security contractors at a dozen airports in five states. Then they go to the online auction site and wait for the highest [...]

  • Vintage Clothing Alive and Well on eBay

    No, it’s not your imagination.Prices for merchandise at vintage thrift shops like Aaardvark’s Odd Ark and Decades have gone through the roof in recent years, giving new meaning to the term “thrift shop.”Sarah Bergman, manager of The Way We Wore, a high-end vintage shop on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, said demand for vintage [...]

  • Sony Cutting Into Skypes Market

    That’s the start of the 12th — OK, maybe 11th — round of an increasingly brutal telecommunications boxing match.In this corner, we have the landline telephone. In the other, we have VoIP.Let’s get ready to get pummeled!Why the sudden need for bloodshed?Ask Skype.The eBay company that lets people make cheap-to-free long-distance phone calls over the [...]