A security guard stole thousands of pounds worth of electrical goods from Tesco’s Carlisle store and sold them on eBay, a court was told yesterday.
Graham Rothery, 28, of Scotby Close, Carlisle, admitted 12 charges of stealing from his employer and two charges of selling the items for cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act. He [...]

eBay is launching an offline, text-based bidding service in the UK, France and Belgium today.
The UK service costs 12 pence plus VAT per message and will be offered to users as an option when a bid is placed online. It does not require any additional downloads or up-front payments and can be used with any [...]

Seats on the first commercial flight of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo, the largest passenger plane ever built, are being auctioned by Singapore Airlines on global online market eBay.
Bids are already running into the thousands of pounds, despite the fact that the auctions will remain open until 10 September.
The maiden flight will take place on [...]

A YOUNG mum who was jailed for six months for duping people out of more than £2,000 in an internet auction scam has been released after just two weeks behind bars.
Haley McTaggart, 24, took money from eight users of ebay for concert tickets she never provided.
Magistrates at Whitehaven jailed her on August 10, saying it [...]

Two Lochs Radio in Wester Ross has become the first local radio station in the UK to offer its advertising spots for sale through online auction site eBay.
The volunteer station serves the communities around Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Loch Maree, and at certain times achieves a listening figure of 70%.
However, station manager Alex Gray says [...]

A conman who tricked thousands of pounds from eBay customers was jailed today for committing fresh offences on the internet auction website.
Phillip Shortman was given a two-year sentence at Newport Crown Court in south Wales after admitting five counts of deception and asking for a further 32 offences to be taken into account.
By not sending [...]