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News: eBay Launches Service for Poland

Written on May 11, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: eBay Press Releases With numerous web sites in foreign languages, eBay has now announced it has launched eBay Poland. The website offers online trading in Polish with item prices listed in the Polish zloty. Individuals and small businesses in Poland can list and sell goods and services on the site at no charge. In…

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News: eBay Acquires Rent.com

Written on May 11, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: eBay Press Releases I used Rent.com to help find my apartment back in January and just now found out that eBay has acquired the apartment and housing search web site. eBay’s press release web site indicates the online marketplace “acquired Rent.com for approximately $415 million in cash plus acquisition costs, net of Rent.com’s cash…

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News: eBay Launches Classifieds Web Sites

Written on May 11, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: eBay Press Releases eBay has announced its launch of online classifieds web sites in select international markets. One launched in February under the brand Kijiji. Kijiji gives people living and working in the same city a convenient, fun and free way to meet, share ideas, trade goods, and find information or things they want…

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eBay: eBay Facts

Written on May 11, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Source: Google Answers Google Answers Researcher england_ali (whom I’ll refer to as “England”) answered a question for someone looking for information on eBay. The answer-seeker inquired as to the most expensive items ever listed on eBay. England responded with the top five most expensive items ever sold on eBay: 1. A Gulfstream II jet: $4.9…

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News: eBay and PayPal Power Outages

Written on May 10, 2005 by Laurie Barak in PayPal, eBay News

Source: Reuters According to Reuters, eBay suffered from a power outage on Tuesday, May 10. The outage occurred in the San Francisco area, where the company is headquartered. PayPal experienced a power outage for about a half hour on Monday, May 9th due to a hardware failure in its Denver, Colorado data center. Both companies…

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News: PayPal Wins Webby

Written on May 10, 2005 by Laurie Barak in PayPal

Source: Yahoo Business This comes as a pleasant surprise to me after reading some of the negative articles and publicity surrounding PayPal. I am, however, very happy for PayPal because perhaps this will give the payment service some much needed positive reinforcement. The Webby People’s Voice Award was selected by more then 200,000 users that…

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Auctions: Cutest eBay Auction I’ve Ever Seen

Written on May 8, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

I was checking out some eBay auctions when I came across this one. I think it has to be the cutest one I’ve ever seen, but then I am an animal lover so it really touched my heart. The Seller’s husband went on fishing trip recently and found three abandoned black Lab puppies. The poor…

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News: eBay User Admits to Threatening Executives

Written on May 7, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Souce: Yahoo Business Here’s a story about a guy with a serious beef against eBay. A Romanian native who became disgruntled with eBay Inc.’s business practices pleaded guilty Tuesday to threatening senior executives, including the billionaires who founded and manage one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies. Florin Horicianu, 37, a naturalized U.S. citizen who…

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Weird Wednesday – May 4, 2005

Written on May 4, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

After some server problems, our beloved NinerNiner is back up and running! Hooray!! So now…without further adieu… It’s WEIRD WEDNESDAY!!! What’s Weird Wednesday? Why, I’m glad you asked! Weird Wednesday is the day when I look up some weird auctions on eBay and share them with y’all for fun. Strap on your seat belts, here…

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