The Internet company eBay is both tightening its belt and expanding its reach in preparation for the coming economic storm. On Monday, eBay announced it would lay off 10 percent of its 16,000 workers, including 1,000 permanent employees, and pay $1.35 billion to acquire the Web payment firm Bill Me Later and the Danish classified…
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EBay to ban negative seller views
Online auction site eBay has said it plans to overhaul its feedback system and will ban sellers from leaving negative comments about buyers.EBay said problems were occurring, and slowing down trade, when buyers left negative comments about sellers who then retaliated with their own views. From May, those selling on eBay will not be able…
Google and Ebay Together At Last?
After Ebay announced more fee hikes for this quarter, many of it’s members began pleading for Google to create it’s own auction site. I guess that’s not going happen, at least not anytime soon. This week it was announced that Google and Ebay would be forming a partnership of sorts. Whenever someone typed in a…
Ebay Has A Fee Hike and Raises Sellers Anger
Come August 22, 2006 Ebay sellers will see notice that their fees are higher than they used to be. This fee hike is only for sellers at the moment and only those who have stores. The fee to list items in your store used to be $0.02 now it will be $0.05-$0.10. Now while this doesn’t…
New Paypal Phishing Scam Uses A Telephone
I can say that I’m very up to date on internet scams and try my best to always be on alert. I get lots of Paypal and Ebay emails claiming to be official but I know from the beginning it’s not when they start with Hello Paypal/Ebay User. If they don’t even know your username…
Paypal Losers Back With New Phishing Scams
I always check any link claiming to be from Paypal by running my mouse over the link to see what the real address is and even then, I go to IE and type in Paypal’s address physically rather than clicking on the link just to be safe. However some losers with too much time on…
Elvis Presley’s Home on Ebay
Starting Friday April 14st, Elvis Presley’s home was put up for sale at the online auction house Ebay. The four-bedroom, two-bath house, one story house is where Elvis lived before buying Graceland. Potential buyers can bid until May 14th.
eBay Ireland Holds 5-Cent Listing Days
A 2-day seller promotion is going on at eBay Ireland this Satuday and Sunday (April 8th and 9th). This weekend only, sellers can can trade internationally on eBay.ie for just 5 cents. All fees apply, plus sellers must “make items available to buyers in any country outside Ireland and offer PayPal.” For more information, try…
eBay Express coming this month
According to BusinessWeek, eBay wants to attract new shoppers — specifically, shoppers who prefer fixed prices and instant delivery. The company will do this by launching eBay Express in late April. eBay Express will be aimed at “busy consumers who just want to click and buy.” Already, eBay offers fixed-price goods from individuals, small businesses,…