Neil Banwell brought the Sea Harrier for under £10,000 on the auction website.
The jet, which led the first attack on Port Stanley airfield in May 1982, can’t fly as it came without its £250,000 engine.
But father-of-three Neil, 39, plans to restore it to its former glory and pick up a cheap used engine from aircraft [...]
Nicholas Kyprianou of Thornton, who created false service histories to make the mileage appear genuine, was prosecuted by Leicestershire County Council’s Trading Standards and was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court.
Kyprianou was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for supplying six second-hand cars, all of which had false mileage readings.
Over 300,000 miles were removed from the [...]
Google has aggressively tried to buy its way into the market dominated by eBay’s (EBAY) PayPal service since launching last summer. Google recently reported spending nearly $60 million at the end of last year to promote Checkout, mostly in the form of coupons offered to consumers to give it a spin. In addition, Google cracked [...]
Only a few weeks ago eBay announced a new feature called “Markdown Manager†for its eBay Stores subscribers. The free tool allows sellers to offer discounted pricing by putting Fixed Price and Store Inventory items “on sale.” Based upon this brand new eBay feature x-percent.com is one of the world’s first websites to list only [...]
A builder whose flat bed trailer was stolen bought it back after spotting it for sale on an internet auction site.
Richard Keen, from Barmouth, Gwynedd, checked on eBay for a similar trailer after his was stolen, but recognised his own and bid £1,500 for it.
His successful bid meant the seller’s details were revealed.
Stefan Rowe, 37, [...]
Search engine Google today (April 13th) made its Checkout online payment system available to customers in the UK.
The service, which will compete directly with eBay’s PayPal system, has already been used by millions of online shoppers in the US. Now it will make online purchases on this side of the Pond far easier for [...]
