Archive for March 26th, 2007

  • Not All Sell Well On eBay

    STELLA McCartney’s clothing line may have been a hit for Target, but potential profiteers have had a reality check on internet auction site eBay.
    While more than 4000 items from the collection have been listed for sale online since it was launched on March 12, only about half have sold.
    Only a few have made big profits. […]

  • Even Target Clothes Bring High Price on eBay

    The idea of buying clothing at Target (NYSE:TGT) and then selling it on eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) for six times as much a week later seems crazy. In fact, I would argue that it is crazy: If you have enough money to spend six times as much on a skirt as it costs at Target, why are […]

  • Buying Software on Ebay Can Be Risky

    One of the cheapest places to buy software is eBay, where merchants sell programs that come directly from manufacturers, saving them from paying a markup to distributors.
    But it may also be a risky place to shop, as it can be tough to discern good values from scams.
    Consumers Union–which tracks Web retailers and advises consumers on […]

  • ebay’s Biggest Per Capita Users Are From Lumberton

    Peter DeStefano figures he’s one of the reasons the online auction site eBay has named the township the site’s biggest per-capita user.
    He’s been selling posters, prints and artwork on the site for almost four years and between his online store, Lumberton House Art Framing Shoppe, and the purchases he makes to bolster his collections of […]

  • Skype Targeted By Viruses Attacks

    The attack is similar to threats that target instant-messaging applications. A targeted Skype user will receive a chat message with the text “Check up this” and a link to a malicious executable called “file_01.exe” on a Web site, Websense said in an alert. If the user runs the file, several other files are downloaded and […]

  • eBay Sets Plan to Battle Scammers

    eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman
    last week outlined eBay’s current three-prong approach for battling the phishers and scammers who continually prey on unsuspecting eBay users. Red Herring reported that this past Thursday at the VISA Security Summit in Washington, DC, Ms. Whitman made it known that in the continuing effort to restore basic user security […]