A gang of robbers who carried out Britain’s biggest heist gained the trust of the manager of a cash depot and that of his wife by posing as policemen with uniforms bought on eBay before taking them hostage at gunpoint, a court heard today.
Two of the gang, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were [...]
eBay, the online auctioneer has returned to Google for advertisements almost a week after it pulled out.
eBay pulled ads from the world’s most popular search engine on June 11 in what the auction company billed as an experiment to determine the most effective means of getting customers to visit the shopping site.
The actual reason for [...]
A police officer with Central Scotland Police has admitted selling stolen goods through eBay.
Gordon Bond, 34, put 10 ornaments, all stolen in a housebreaking, on the internet auction site. They were valued at more than £1300.
But the real owner, Helen Craig, spotted the sale – and contacted police.
Bond, who had more than 10 years’ service [...]
A mother who scammed nearly £42,000 from would-be holidaymakers through the internet auction site eBay has been told she could be sent to jail.
Julie Flood, 45, from Sussex Road, Maidstone, Kent, sold 19 people fake holidays packages, between November 2004 and March 2005, a court heard.
One man was left more than £9,000 out of pocket [...]
Royal Mail customers reacted angrily yesterday after it emerged that it auctions off the contents of 75,000 undelivered packages that become “lost in the post” each year.
Even customers who paid extra for supposedly “secure” services have discovered that items they sent were lost in the postal system and put up for auction.
A retired teacher, John [...]
Hamilton is raising money for baby charity Tommy’s and his customised Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Kart has already passed the £20,000 mark in the bidding.
Hamilton said: “The reasons for selling are my work commitments mean my weekends are taken up for the foreseeable future, plus Vodafone McLaren Mercedes have given me a much faster vehicle now.
The [...]
