Ebay Selling News
- City Goes After Share Of Online Ticket Sales Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 8:30AMThe city of Chicago files lawsuits against eBay and StubHub, accusing the Internet ticket brokers of failing to collect amusement taxes on "thousands of tickets" to concerts, sporting events and cultural programs.
- 09:59 (BST), 20/05/2008 123play.com Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Have you always loved mobile games but hated ... Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 7:48AMHave you always loved mobile games but hated shelling out for them? Then you’ll love 123play.com. Launching today, 123play.com offers more than forty of the very best mobile games to suit all flavours of gamers. And here’s the best part: they’re free.
- Fidelity makes bid for online-auction glory Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 7:09AMFidelity Ventures is hunting for the next eBay . The venture capital firm, investing funds raised from affiliates of mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments, has been carving out a niche bankrolling Internet start-ups that connect buyers and sellers of everything from loans to receivables to airplane parts.
- eBay Canada Holds 5-Cent Listing Day Promotion Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 6:54AMeBay Canada is holding a 5-cent listing day promotion on May 20, 2008. All Canadian resident users who list their items in Auction Format or Fixed Price on eBay.ca and specify shipping will be eligible for the promotion.
- Ting Tings Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 6:09AMSalford has an artsy underside from which its first breakout stars have emerged. Welcome, if you will, The Ting Tings - the Sonny and Cher of Salford Precinct for the Noughties.
- Surgient, MessageOne have been named to the Red Herring 100; Valence Technology will phase out its N-Charge products Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 4:50AMRed Herring 100
- Memories recycled Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 4:37AMWhen Jeff Barnes listed his graduation cap and gown on eBay, he was thinking more about the environment than his wallet.
- Former teacher in bikini charters selling photos of herself on eBay Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 3:14PMThe former Port St. Lucie High School biology teacher who claims she lost her job because she wears a bikini as part of a charter fishing service is selling autographed photos of herself on eBay.
- Hard Times Mean More Online Bargain-Hunting Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 7:45AMA s money becomes tighter, people often seek additional cash by bringing the unwanted excesses of their closets, garages and attics to market on Internet sites such as eBay, Craigslist, Amazon.com and Half.com.
- First Item Sold Online: A Used Mousepad?! Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 7:10AMDo you remember the first item you ever sold online? Let us know by sending an email to ina@auctionbytes.com and we may publish your story. Today we hear from Chris who has an entertaining story about selling his first item online - a used "Mark and Brian" mousepad he had goten for free!
- Can a Dead Brand Live Again? Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 2:37AM After a brand is discontinued, what’s left is a name and the memories in consumers’ minds. To make money, maybe those memories — real or imagined — are all you need.
- Local Briefs Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 2:01AMHUDSON - The last of 14 people convicted of vandalizing property at several west-central Wisconsin school districts last June has been sentenced in St. Croix County Court.
- George Soros buys AutoZone Inc., Walter Industries Inc., Foster Wheeler Ltd., sells Applied Materials Inc., MasterCard ... Sunday, May 18, 2008 @ 1:44AMIt was said that George Soros is back to the game, he is back managing his fund again. He bought a lot of stocks during the last quarter. George Soros owns 411 stocks with a total value of $2.2 billion. These are the buys and sells.
- Pawn shops see more business as people pawn valuables to buy necessities Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 11:15PMWayne Thompson with Lynn Garden Consignment and Pawn Shop holds a ring for sale at his store. Photo by Erica Yoon. KINGSPORT — Two men came into the Lynn Garden Consignment and Pawn Shop last Wednesday morning, one carrying a sterling silver chain.
- Man sentenced for stealing Wheaton College guitars Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 9:34PMA former Wheaton College maintenance man who stole three vintage electric guitars from a school storeroom, then tried to sell them on eBay, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison.
- Elon Musk talks Tesla IPO, funding Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 2:19PMFounder says electric-car maker will raise series E round of financing to bring itself to profitability, begin production of White Star luxury sedan by 2010.
- The Secrets to Successful eBay Selling Saturday, May 17, 2008 @ 8:47AM(ARA) - Just a few short years ago, success in the retail world was measured solely on sales at brick-and-mortar stores. Now online sales make up a significant portion of the bottom line for most businesses.
- Alien knitting patterns undo Dr Who fan Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ 4:20PMA Doctor Who fan who created knitting patterns for the programme’s monsters and gave them away online has been told by the BBC to stop or face the threat of court action.
- Man: Gun gestures not intended Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @ 2:17PMISLAND LAKE – A man accused of making gun gestures at two village officials in Island Lake during a meeting said that if he had made the gestures, he was not aware of it.
- Reuters Technology Summary Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 4:23PMFree software takes on Microsoft Office
- New Infopia service helps merchants boost brand and customer loyalty Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 3:43PMInfopia has launched a Professional Services Group that offers personalized consulting services in customer loyalty and other strategies to e-retailers who use its e-commerce channel management software.
- UPDATE: Elite Stables Preakness Stakes Weekend Sponsorship eBay Auction Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 1:02PMElite Stables (www.elitestables.com), the nationwide Thoroughbred consulting, breeding and high percentage racing stable, announced a great response to their Sponsorship auction on eBay noting several phone calls, emails and webpage hits. Elite Stables is planning to have six horses running over the Preakness Stakes weekend at Pimlico Race Course and have listed an eBay Auction, selling the ...
- UPDATE: Elite Stables Preakness Stakes Weekend Sponsorship eBay Auction Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 12:29PM BALTIMORE----Elite Stables , the nationwide Thoroughbred consulting, breeding and high percentage racing stable, announced a great response to their Sponsorship auction on eBay noting several phone calls, emails and webpage hits.
- Update: Elite Stables Preakness Stakes Weekend Sponsorship eBay Auction Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 11:50AM Nationwide Thoroughbred consulting, breeding and high percentage racing stable announces that only 3 days remain until the close of the Elite Stables Preakness Stakes weekend sponsorship opportunity auction on eBay. (PRWeb May 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Elite_Stables/eBay_Auction/prweb928004.htm
- Update: Elite Stables Preakness Stakes Weekend Sponsorship eBay Auction Thursday, May 8, 2008 @ 11:46AM Nationwide Thoroughbred consulting, breeding and high percentage racing stable announces that only 3 days remain until the close of the Elite Stables Preakness Stakes weekend sponsorship opportunity auction on eBay.
- Non-bank lenders help pick up slack for small startups Monday, May 5, 2008 @ 3:13AMScott Metzger wanted to start a restaurant-microbrewery in San Antonio. His credit was good. His business plan was sound. He should have had an easy time getting financing.
- Two boys aged two and six were found dead in a car at a hillside beauty spot near Glasgow. Monday, May 5, 2008 @ 2:30AMGordon Brown suffered a second humiliating blow last night after Boris Johnson for the Conservatives beat Labour’s Ken Livingstone in the race to be London mayor.
- People selling online to pay bills Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 11:44AMNEW YORK - The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out."
- Fruit jar museum closes; $300,000 collection to be sold Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 9:10AMMUNCIE — Philip Robinson sat in his living room, his face appearing very tired although it was still morning. “It’s time to let go,” he said of his collection of more than 4,000 fruit jars and 58 kerosene lanterns that he recently turned over to Greg Spurgeon, a Rosedale jar collector.
- Thinking small, saving big Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 8:35AMUntil this month, Charlotte entrepreneur Rick Langford drove a luxurious Mercedes-Benz for his one-man courier service. The spacious gas hog, 13 mpg, glided down the road like an ocean liner. But the price for that comfort became too high. So the Jam Pact Courier owner took delivery this month of the European-built smart fortwo. Think egg-shaped compact with the rear chopped off. Think gas ...
- This & That: Online Auction Roundup Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 6:03AMReminder: AuctionBytes-Update does not endorse the products and services featured in the "This & That" column, which often features new Web sites. (Anyone can set up a Web site.)
- From the Editor Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 6:02AMIt might seem a bit early to mention, but May always finds us scrambling to prepare the AuctionBytes site for our annual eBay Live coverage.
- Putting spring in Clinton campaign Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 4:56AMHillary Clinton is many things to many people, from U.S. senator, ex-first lady and presidential candidate to wife and mother.
- Start-up targets eBay with non-auction sales Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 4:44AMNEW YORK - Imagine a stock market for all your stuff: a place for buying, selling and figuring the value of your car, cell phone, designer handbag or dusty bottle of wine.
- Nonbank lenders pick up financing slack for small businesses Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 2:41AMScott Metzger wanted to start a restaurant-microbrewery in San Antonio, Texas. His credit was good. His business plan was sound. He should have had an easy time getting financing.
- Ex-bank employee admits stealing computers, selling them Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 7:50PMA 34-year-old bank employee who stole bank computers, sold them to co-workers, pawned them and hawked them on eBay, pleaded to a felony fraud charge, but got a chance to prove himself by reimbursing his former employer. Collier County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Krier held off sentencing for Brian E. Helton of Naples until Oct. 13 to see how much of the roughly $40,000 he’d pay to Northern Trust ...
- Mad for Manchester: Uefa tickets selling for £5000 a pair Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 6:00PMRangers fans determined to follow their team in its pursuit of European glory are being met with booked-out hotel rooms, packed planes and trains, and tickets selling on eBay for more than £5000 a pair.
- Online Market World Sets 2008 Program and Announces 2008 Content Committee Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 9:17AM SAN FRANCISCO----Online Market World 2008, the premiere event for serious online sellers and marketers, today announced it has finalized the 2008 initial program and named 20 Content Committee members all of whom are astute executives and consultants influencing the direction of ecommerce and online marketing.
- Does Starbucks Hate America? Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 8:22AMThe coffee king unveils foreign-focused expansion plans.
- Desperate Tone Affects Online Auctions Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 6:46AM New York - The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said
- Woman charged with selling stolen property on eBay Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 6:26AMBREWSTER – A Brewster woman has been arrested by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office after it was determined that she was selling stolen property from her home over the Internet on eBay.
- Between you, me and the Lamppost, by the Lamplighter Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 6:24AMTalk all over the Haverhill Fire Department on Monday was that the mayor was not going to appoint a permanent chief. He had previously promised the department would have a new permanent chief by May 1. When the Gazette called to ask if that was correct, the mayor said no, he would have an announcement soon. Talk in the department is that his choice is acting Chief Richard "Rick" Borden and ...
- Adams hit with more charges Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 1:01AMBELLEFONTE — A third set of criminal charges against a Philipsburg doctor accused of over-prescribing narcotic painkillers to drug-addicted patients were ordered held for court Wednesday after a four-hour preliminary hearing.
- Shaw PX manager gets prison for thefts Thursday, May 1, 2008 @ 12:20AMA Columbia military store manager has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for stealing items and selling them on eBay, authorities say. Paul Shockley and his wife, Annette, stole iPods, Xboxes digital cameras and other items from the Army and Air Force Exchange at the Shaw Air Force Base and sold them online, acting U.S. Attorney Kevin McDonald said. The Shockleys hid their income from the ...
- Biography Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 4:19PMIan Carr has been at the forefront of British modern jazz for over 40 years. He started playing trumpet in his brother Mike’s band, the EmCee 5 in the very early 1960s. This bebop-influenced band even boasted a young John McLaughlin in its lineup at one point.
- Sports Briefs: Buried Boston jersey sells for $175,100 at auction Saturday, April 26, 2008 @ 3:26AMBOSTON — The Boston Red Sox jersey secretly buried under the new Yankee Stadium in a failed curse attempt sold Thursday for $175,100 in a charity auction.
- The Secrets to Successful eBay Selling Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 3:16PM(ARA) - Just a few short years ago, success in the retail world was measured solely on sales at brick-and-mortar stores. Now online sales make up a significant portion of the bottom line for most businesses.
- eBay Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 4:15PM SAN JOSE, Calif.----eBay Inc. today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. The ecommerce company posted first quarter revenue of $2.19 billion, up $424 million from the same period last year.
- E-Banking Security Devices Supplier Goes Direct to Consumers Vasco Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 3:36PMApr 16 2008 : Vasco Data Security International is selling its online authentication devices direct to end users with the launch of its Digipass for Retail division. Its previous business model involved selling the devices to banks and other financial institutions.
- Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Apr 2007 18:02 UTC Wednesday, April 16, 2008 @ 3:17PMGeeks.com were once more very kind to send us one of their products for a review. Geeks sells cheap laptops --among others-- and so we asked for a low-cost laptop without an operating system in it for the purpose of this review.
