Archive for January, 2008

EBay plans to cut sellers fees

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

eBay Inc, plans to cut the fees it charges sellers on its auction site, according to a presentation of the company’s quarterly results on Wednesday.
Responding to complaints by its key network of auction sellers, eBay will reduce the upfront fees sellers must pay to insert new listings on its auction sites along with reductions in [...]

eBay UK Half Price Listing Day – Jan 24

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

eBay UK is running a half-price listing promotion on January 24, 2008. Only items listed in British Pounds Sterling on eBay.co.uk using the Auction-style format will qualify for the promotion.
“For the entire day of Thursday 24th January 2008 (local UK time), sellers who list one or more items in an eligible category using the Auction-style [...]

eBay seller conned £10,000 out of customers

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

A 43-YEAR-OLD man who conned eBay customers out of £10,000 has today pleaded guilty at court.
David Cartmell, of Wyther Park Terrace, Armley, Leeds, was convicted of eight offences of obtaining a money transfer by deception at Bolton Crown Court.
In January 2006, Cartmell started to trade on eBay under the user name ‘2006Cartmell’. www.theboltonnews.co.uk

Banksy Street Art on eBay

Monday, January 14th, 2008

A Banksy artwork has attracted bids of more than £200,000 on eBay, the successful bidder will have to cut out part of a concrete wall to take it home.
The stencilled design, which shows a classically-dressed painter putting the finishing touches to the real artist’s scrawled name, has so far received bids pushing the [...]

Def Leppard auctioning off outfits for charity

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

DefLeppard.com is auctioning off authentic pieces of outfits that Rick Savage wore on stage during many shows on the band’s tours in 2005, 2006 and 2007. A total of 10 items will be auctioned (one item a week), including jeans, shirts, and vests. If you’ve seen photos from this tour, it’s very likely you’ve seen [...]

EBay chief bids to regain momentum

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Meg Whitman must convince Wall Street that the world’s biggest auction site can overcome a string of problems. It takes a lot to anger the normally unruffled Meg Whitman, president and chief executive of eBay. Google managed it in May when it tried to hijack an eBay sellers’ conference. Ms Whitman says: “We thought it [...]