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A modern electoral tradition: selling votes on (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Ever since the online auction site sprung up 10 years ago as a hub for selling just about everything imaginable, a handful of Americans has tried to sell votes, even though it is illegal.>
hopes new rule changes will placate sellers (CNN.com)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some people who sell things on are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.>
will promote fixed-price sales over auctions (International Herald Tribune)
The announcement is just one of the changes has made in the last few months aimed at reducing its dependence on its auction business.>
Rule Changes Frustrate Sellers (Time Magazine)
Some people who sell things on are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers >
Is Planning to Emphasize Fixed-Price Sales Format Over Its Auction Model (New York Times)
The move is just one of the changes has made in the last few months aimed at reducing its dependence on its auction business, which is growing more slowly than fixed-price sales.>
Changes leave sellers exasperated (The Kansas City Star)
Some people who sell on are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers.>
Home auctions pick up steam online - Real estate- msnbc.com
Currently, Real Estate lists 1,900 homes for sale; nearly a quarter are in the formerly hot Florida markets. touts its site as being particularly popular with those ...
Ten things you didn't know about - CNBC TV- msnbc.com
Just shy of its 10th anniversary next September, has exploded into both a cultural and an economic phenomenon. Some 1.8 billion items, worth more than $40 billion, are ...
fixes sights on fixed sales (UPI)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Internet auction giant is lowering fees for "Buy It Now" listings to encourage fixed-price transactions, analysts said.>
New Rules Frustrate Sellers (ABC News)
Some sellers say their relationship with is at an all-time low. >
Summary Box: sellers try to digest new rules, which keep on ... - International Herald Tribune
Summary Box: eBay sellers try to digest new rules, which keep on ... International Herald Tribune, France - AP 'S GOAL: The online auction company is still very profitable, but has struggled to bring in new users. So the company has taken several steps aimed ... |
A modern electoral tradition: selling votes on - AFP
 AFP | A modern electoral tradition: selling votes on eBay AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) — Ever since the online auction site sprung up 10 years ago as a hub for selling just about everything imaginable, ... |
Mo. Governor's Mansion roof tiles sold on - CNNMoney.com
Mo. Governor's Mansion roof tiles sold on eBay CNNMoney.com - Governor's Mansion will be auctioned on to raise cash for repairs NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Pieces from the official home of Missouri's governors ... |
Changes leave sellers exasperated - Kansas City Star
 ABC News | Changes leave eBay sellers exasperated Kansas City Star, MO - 16, will let US sellers pay 35 cents to list an unlimited number of identical items at a set price. Some people who sell on are fed up with new ... EBay Cuts Fixed-Price Sales Fees by 70% EBay Sold On New Approach EBay slashes fees in attempt to attract more big retailers |
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Court: Consumer protection laws don't always count on EBay Los Angeles Times, CA - The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that sellers in other states aren't bound by California's consumer protection laws when they sell to ... |
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Footsteps of the stars to be auctioned on - ABC Online
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Some sellers frustrated with rule changes - The Associated Press
 The Associated Press | Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) — Some people who sell things on are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more ... |
Prison for hair tong thief - BBC News
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Need to know: Tesco rapped... fix prices... M&S fears... - Times Online
Need to know: Tesco rapped... eBay fix prices... M&S fears... Times Online, UK - , the online auction house, said that it would streamline its sales process to make it easier for retailers to list products in bulk at fixed prices and ... |
's PayPal rule in Australia draws fire - MSNBC Wire Services ...
Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a ...
Evidence undercuts ’s tough talk on fraud - Online Auctions ...
An investigation by MSNBC.com shows that does not routinely halt illicit auctions or take any action to protect its customers, even when presented with solid evidence of ...
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's earnings climb 53 percent - Business- msnbc.com
Inc.'s second-quarter profit increased 53 percent and surpassed analysts' expectations as the online auction leader brushed aside worries that it may be losing its competitive ...
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restricts sale of PlayStation 3 - Console Wars- msnbc.com
is imposing restrictions on the PlayStation3, which is expected to become one of the hottest holiday gifts when it hits stores Friday.
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to slash listing fees to boost sales - Retail - msnbc.com
Inc. said Tuesday it will cut by up to 50 percent the fees it charges sellers to list their goods online, in an effort to boost listings and keep pace with other burgeoning e ...
reins in anti-shilling posse - Online Auctions- msnbc.com
When buyers and sellers concerned that is being overrun by bandits formed their own “posse” to unmask the crooks, the auction site acted to rein in their investigations.
fighting its toughest legal battle? - Security- msnbc.com
Tiffany lawsuit puts auction site's "hands off" approach to the test. By Bob Sullivan. ... fights its toughest legal battle Tiffany lawsuit puts 'hands off' approach to the ...
, PayPal and the Fufu fiasco - Online Auctions- msnbc.com
For dozens of antique collectors whose beds, tables and chairs from China are locked in a shipping container in Long Beach, Calif., the crate neatly symbolizes the risks of the ...
Find of the Day: G-Wiz from Top Gear
After the test, it seems that the wrecked G-Wiz EV was ignominiously left for dead at the Top Gear offices in the UK Anybody interested in picking up a slightly used, though still currently registered, G-Wiz can check the auction ...
70% Reduction in Fixed Price Fee and much, much more…
With the ultimate goal to be “the most competitive marketplace online for sellers and the best place for buyers to find bargains,” announced some pretty significant changes today in an effort to make the online marketplace more ...
to lower sellers' fixed-price fees
The move, to take effect in mid-September, is intended to help compete better with online retail rivals such as Amazon.com.
Wooohaaa - dramatically lowers fees
It looks like my friends at (finally) woke up: US just announced a dramatic change in fees for their fixed price (Buy-It-Now) items. After struggled with their growth and saw quite a few sellers either abandon ship or ...
Mini ColecoVision hits , finds a special place in our hearts
Filed under: Desktops, Gaming. Call us biased, but we still prefer Ben Heckendorn's portable ColecoVision over this one, but that's not to say we don't deeply respect the immense amount of work that went into the mini ColecoVision. ...
's Death By a Thousand Fee Cuts
In response to screams of protest from its latest round of fee changes, will soon be tweaking listing fees again--allowing sellers to list multiple copies of the same items with a single listing instead of going through the tedious ...
moves from bargains to 'buy now'
Although I don't claim to be an expert on , I know an instance of the Innovator's Dilemma when I see one. The company announced it will emphasize its "buy now" program over the auction model that provided its start, ...
New Species Found On
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on for £20 has discovered he snagged a big surprise. Audio feed.
: Amazon-ification Takes Hold
The online auction giant, hoping to boost inventory and revive growth, will imitate Amazon and court users who sell at fixed prices.
moves further from auction roots with pricing, payment changes
Buyers and sellers are complaining about 's move to encourage more fix-priced sales and to no longer accept checks or money orders as payment for goods.
Major changes - a new listing type is born!
Today announced (microsite and ebayink) another package of changes (fingers crossed this is the last of them for 2008!). The bulk of these changes roll mid-Sept so there's some time to ponder them and change strategies (more on ...
An End To Bidding on ?
The end of bidding at ? Is the day coming? Whatever happened to auctions changing the economy...the way we buy everything? Announcement coming from today -- they're continuing to ramp down auctions and ramp up 'buy it now'.
Seeking to Abandon Auction Format
It should come as little surprise to a litany of concerned sellers, but the popular--if wavering--auction site is looking to do away with the whole transaction format that helped make it one of the most successful retail ...
to de-emphasize auctions, lose all distinctiveness
buy it now Online auction site has two things that make it different from every other online store. First, it's a virtual bazaar where anyone can hawk their own goods rather than a traditional storefront where a company ...
: The First 10 Years.
Yes, you read that correctly: ten years. was created in September 1995, by a man called Pierre Omidyar, who was living in San Jose. He wanted his site - then called ‘AuctionWeb’ - to be an online marketplace, and wrote the first ...
[News] Wants You to Buy It Now
Among the changes being announced Wednesday [8/20/08] is a new pricing plan for sellers who offer fixed-price items in 's "Buy It Now" format. Starting in mid-September, sellers will pay only 35 cents to list an item for 30 days, ...
Lowering Fixed-Price Sellers’ Listing Fees
Inc. is cutting the fees US sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one of the company’s boldest moves this year to boost merchandise for sale, lure new buyers and take on competitors. Total sellers’ fees will decrease in ...
: The Doldrum Years
Can anything put the wind back in ’s sails? The once-iconic auction site is making cosmetic changes to its fee structure and moving away from the auction model to emphasize more fixed-price listings. But it’s hard to get excited ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Ahmet KIRTOK
Most of us moved away and started our own ecommerce businesses. will still be around for a while, but with social shopping sites and innovative ecommerce sites coming in to the game, I don’t see a bright future for . ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by b_light
is a company but it is also a ‘brand’ for which has positioned it self as a helper to sell used junk. That is why they came out with ebay express, to sell ‘new’ stuff, but ebay doesn’t have much mindshare in ‘new stuff’. ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by WiredMike
Erick, total page views are down because of improvements in ’s site and users being able to get more information with fewer clicks. Also, more applications are available (and more users using these applications) to make the service ...
What You Need to Know BEFORE You Get Started on .
You’ll do far better on if you become a great source for certain kind of products, as people who are interested in those products will come back to you again and again. You won’t get any loyalty or real reputation if you just sell ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Patrick
Are these notes for .com or the company? Remember that page views are not necessarily an indicator of success for them as it is for many companies. You can engage in auctions in many ways outside the browser, ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Mr. Anonymous
seems to struggle with its feedback system… From what I hear, sellers can’t leave negative feedback on buyers who don’t pay, etc. Why doesn’t just use a double-blind feedback system? In other words, you can’t see what someone ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by BetterRetail
As you mentioned at first it was all about consolidators like Amazon and . Then gradually the traders on started venturing out and creating micro selling platforms. This trend is bound to reverse. Ultra niche has a revenue ...
Moving Away From Auctions
is tinkering with the very core of its business model. The company is planning to start focusing more on its fixed-price sales as opposed to its auction-oriented sales. The shift is expected to be announced sometime today, ...
Needs Desperately to Find Itself
on Wednesday announced that it has dropped seller fees in an attempt to save you some money and increase the number of listings on each page.According to the company, sellers will now be levied a flat 35 cent listing fee and will ...
lowers listing fee for Buy It Now
is dramatically lowering by more than 70 percent the cost to list an item in ’s Buy It Now fixed price format. Sellers will now enjoy a flat rate of 35 cents for a 30-day listing period, up from the previous seven-day standard. ...
Moving Away From Aution Model
Can anything put the wind back in 's sails? The once-iconic auction site is making cosmetic changes to its fee structure and moving away from the auction model to emphasize more fixed-price listings. But it's hard to get excited ...
to lower sellers' fixed-price fees
Under the new pricing plan, sellers who offer fixed-price items in 's "Buy It Now" format will pay only 35 cents to list an item for 30 days, a 70 percent reduction in upfront fees. The online auctioneer is also expected to announce ...
Takes Another Step Towards Fixed-Price Business Model
Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) have angered their auction-driven seller users even more. announced that they have changed their fee structure once more. The fee structure is intended to improve the buyer experience, but it makes the ...
Comment on UPDATED: 70% Reduction in Fixed Price Fee and much ...
For media it is just another way can take away any chance of us making a decent profit on the site. Right now we charge 5.99 shipping, so we will be losing 2.00 right off. Then with the 15% FVF and the nearly 3% PayPal or credit ...
Marketplace Reseach Replaced by Terapeak
"We are pleased to join with Terapeak to offer our customers an alternative service for Marketplace Research," said Laura Della Torre, Senior Manager, Seller Platform at . "We have been working with Terapeak as a Certified ...
takes aim at rival Amazon
Online auction site is lowering its seller fees for fixed-price sales to compete with rivals like Amazon. Dan Grech has more on whether users are buying into the changes.
The Impending /Amazon Clash
The two big shopping success stories of the Web are on a collision course.
Comment on Needs Desperately to Find Itself by john
Have to agree with Sonia - this is an incredibly ignorant writeup of ’s ups and downs over the past couple of years. Its true that has been drifting between major decisions: a couple years ago it was all about auctions, ...
Irked by , Some Sellers Trade Elsewhere
Some of these new sites target niche markets, such as Etsy, which focuses on handmade crafts, where small sellers say their products can stand out better than they do at a soup-to-nuts-to-carburetors site like . ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Rashmi
If I was , I would have made a killing with the fixed price selling as well as it brings all the brands to the customers directly. Some innovation is required in all the auction sites or shopping portals to make the buyers prefer ...
Tilts Toward Sales, Not Auctions
A 35 cent listing fee virtually eliminates the upfront cost for sellers to put more of their great inventory on and creates more opportunity than ever for sellers to build successful businesses." ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by dawn
a regular person can’t make money anymore on . and they need to negotiate shipping discounts with carriers their sellers can take advantage of.
Seller Update: Pricing and Policy Changes August 2008
announces key changes which include reduced upfront costs, optimized exposure for your listings, & a more consistent buyer experience to drive more sales.
Grandson sneaks on , uses Grandpa's account to buy Wii
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Comment on UPDATED: 70% Reduction in Fixed Price Fee and much ...
Hi, I’m John McDonald, senior director for Trust & Saftey. Several of you replied to Richard’s post with your own experiences with accepting checks or money orders from buyers. Specifically, that you have had few, if any, ...
An Seller’s Checklist.
Being a really good seller, more than anything else, is about providing genuinely good and honest customer service. That’s the only foolproof way to protect your reputation. Of course, you might be wondering by now whether it’s ...
What’s Your Reputation Really Worth?
If you’ve ever bought anything on (and the chances are you have), then think about your own behaviour. Buying from a seller with a low feedback rating makes you feel a little nervous and insecure, while buying from a PowerSeller ...
's Price Changes Irk Sellers
Fixed-price sales accounted for 43% of the total value of good's sold on in the last quarter and are growing at 60% a year, making fixed-price the fastest growing part of the company's business. The listing fee changes announced on ...
Just Wants to Sell: Moving Away From Auctions
Today, has announced a number of changes to its fee structure today, which will emphasize fixed-price sales over 's traditional auctions. Fixed-price sales have been growing at a faster rate than auctions for , ...
Comment on Needs Desperately to Find Itself by Fred
has a non sale credit system but it comes far short of a sellers needs. Also if and ad does not render a sale after a third listing we throw it in our store. It could sit there for 3 months before it sells but the posting fees for ...
Want to discover a new species? Try
According to the BBC a scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid. Dr Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK's Royal ...
How to Claim Back From
I am a small buisness owner and have strted off selling on I made a small amount of money nothing to write a book over but have decided to move to the web and start up my own website. I find eBay very expensive you have advertising ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Mark
I for one am happy to see reach a point where they need to think about their future. I stopped using them the day they forced us Australian users to make PayPal a forced payment option on our listings. Yes I know they own PayPal, ...
Is the Customer Always Right?
You should always handle customers’ complaints before they complain to - in fact, you should email them pre-emptively to ask if they have any. Going through the dispute process is time consuming, reflects badly on you and is ...
Cuts Fixed-Price Fees By 70%
It's no surprise, at least in this corner, that sales growth at has slowed the most since 1998. After all, the Future Is Frugality ... Somehow wants investors to think that it can slash fees and make up for it ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by watzit2ya
Instead of good old-fashioned hands-on management and/or innovation, became quite Bush regime and dictatorial… making arbitrary rules and policing the boards, kicking anyone off the site who angered them. ...
10 Sure-fire Ways to Kill Your Business.
It’s surprisingly easy to kill your business, if you’re not careful - sure, you can start over from scratch without it costing you anything, but do you really want to? Still, if you want your business to end up dead in the water, ...
Comment on Needs Desperately to Find Itself by Paul Puri
The biggest problem with has always not knowing who its actual customer base is, and that is the sellers. Without sellers, no . There will always be those that consume, but entrepreneurs need a structure that works for them. ...
Comment on Needs Desperately to Find Itself by randy
claims some big announcement about fees going down when in reality for a completed transaction, the fees are going up. Sellers are tired of being lied to. Sellers are ebay’s customers not buyers. ...
to Reduce Fee on List Items
In an effort to attract customers from competitors like Amazon.com, has announced that they are reducing the fee for fixed price items. The drop in price is quite dramatic, ranging from as much as $4 to the new price of just 35 ...
10 Steps to Successful Selling on .
Once you get into the swing of things, you might start thinking that you should quit your job and take up selling part time. But it’s not always as easy as that - there are all sorts of factors that you need to consider. ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Q dub
I like where you’re going with this brand concept. “Go to Amazon for new things, or used things” is a pretty accurate reflection of consumer sentiment.
How to make sure that your business does not fail
One of the fears, and unfortunately the realities for some sellers is that their business is failing. Possibly they are new and don’t know how to make money selling on , or maybe there are seasoned experts who are seeing their ...
Spot Fake Abercrombie and Fitch on
Most of their clothing is pretty expensive and of very good quality. For these reasons, many sellers on will attempt to sell fake Abercrombie and Fitch ... Recent Article published on 8/20/2008 by Tawny Hamilton.
How to Think Like an PowerSeller.
PowerSellers are the people on who’ve made it, recognisable by the little ‘PowerSeller’ badge next to their name. You’ve probably seen these people around - and to succeed on , you want to think the way they do. ...
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How to Use to Grow Your Other Businesses.
If you have any leftover stock or used items from another business you run, then why not sell them on ? You can make this a regular thing, using it to get rid of things that won’t sell for the premium you ask for in a shop, ...
Taming the Search Engine.
If you know what you’re doing, you can quickly find what you’re looking for on - and the more you know about how buyers find you, the easier you’ll find it to be found. Here are a few golden searching rules. ...
- The Next Acropolis?
, which has dominated online selling for the past ten years is slowly slipping, as reported by Techcrunch. There’s some interesting notes and comments made to this post about why is failing. The most prominent reasons seem to ...
Sellers Protest After Cuts Listing Fees
Vendors who sell their goods on are scratching their heads after the company unveiled a new fee structure in effort to boost listings and maintain its share of the online auction market it helped start a decade ago. ...
How to Choose the Right Product Category.
Also, listing items in the wrong categories is against ’s rules, and say they will remove any auctions that are wrongly categorised. They don’t often actually do this, but it’s not worth the risk - especially since breaking any ...
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Title Writing Tips.
Most people only search by title, not by description, and that means that you only have those 55 characters of the title to cover all the possible search terms. That’s not easy. In this email, I’ll give you a few pointers. ...
Cuts Fixed-Price Fees By 70%
sales growth at has slowed the most since 1998. After all, the Future Is Frugality. (And That Future Is Now). Somehow wants investors to think that it can slash fees and make up for it on the back end and/or by stealing market ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Chad
Page views mean nothing. Internally hey have improved navigation and search, utilized Ajax, both of which reduce page views. Is their revenue/earnings down? No. Could it be that we are discussing a tech company during a recession? Yes. ...
Unknown Insect Discovered on
A scientist has discovered a previously unknown insect - after buying it on .
Buying and selling on ? Paypal may become mandatory!
is getting lots of attention today for lowering "Buy it Now" insertion fees, but a different announcement caught my eye. Starting in October, customers can no longer pay with cash or a check. Instead, they have to use a credit card ...
Description Writing Tips.
You’re trying to get buyers excited about your products, and that’s usually hard - but on , if you have the right thing to sell and give enough details, the buyers almost excite themselves. Technical Details. ...
downplays auctions in favor of fixed-priced listings
announced a number of changes today that will change how both buyers and sellers use the site from here on out. The site is beginning to look less like an auction house and more like an online flea market.
Timeline of Changes for Remainder of 2008
September 16, 2008 New seller fee structure for FIXED PRICE listing goes into effect: http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/BasicFees/ September 18, 2008 Express to be closed Early October 2008 1. ...
10 Tips for Increasing Your Response.
So you’ve got the buyer in front of your auction, and they’ve read the description. They’re must be interested, or they wouldn’t be looking but just how can you push them over that line and make them leave a bid? Read on for some tips. ...
Just Wants to Sell: Moving Away From Auctions - ReadWriteWeb
Today, has announced a number of changes to its fee structure today, which will emphasize fixed-price sales over 's traditional auctions. Fixed-price sales have been growing at ...
The Auction Site That Will Overtake
Why You Shouldn't Block Your Site From Google's Cache. Must Have Software For Users; Tiffany uncovers phonies on ; Auction Messenger (for , PayPal and MORE!) Ebay tightens grip on Asia market; Auction Explorer For v1.
pushing fixed-price listings - trying to outdo Amazon?
is evolving in an effort to move with the trends in e-commerce and better compete with online retailers such as Amazon. But will the move to make fixed-price listings more attractive to sellers have the desired effect and help ...
insect fossil is new species
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid.
An Introduction to Bidding and Buying on .
Have you noticed that whenever you open a newspaper, watch the TV or have a conversation, people seem to be talking about ? If you’ve never used it and you’ve no idea what it’s all about, then the chances are that you’re starting to ...
what happened to the i knew
i mean honestly what happened to the i knew and loved. the one where i could go and find other people, i mean real people setting stuff. the goals that the founder had in mind in creating has completely been lost in the ...
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Category: Good customer experience. was ok for me, plus I like getting items out my house that I don't want anymore so I sell it on .
Your Rights as an Buyer.
When you buy things on , you pay the seller before they send you anything. This means that you, as a buyer, are vulnerable to all sorts of problems. You might not get the items you have paid for, or they might be damaged or faulty. ...
's new policy will soon force you to use PayPal
The big online auction site will soon be banning money order and check payments. It's either credit cards or PayPal from now on. Go to hell, .
" Is Slowly Losing Its Soul"
At this point, says Nancy, is just “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” They’re nickel and diming sellers, she says, in their effort to chase Amazon. But competing with Amazon might be hard for .
Stick a fork in
Acknowledging that most online shoppers cannot be bothered with auctions, plans Wednesday to announce changes to its fee structure that emphasize fixed prices over bidding. The move is intended to help compete more effectively ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by Lorian's Boot
This is exploitable. If you are a bad seller, you can just never respond to bad feedback left for you by a disgruntled buyer, and thus hide your negative feedback indefinitely.
New Species Found via
A UK scientist bought a fossil on , to find that it was an undiscovered species. The amber-encased insect is a type of extinct aphid.
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by ZingerSteve
What stood apart was the auctions. There’sa psychological difference between when a buyer participates in an auction and when they are just shopping for a good deal online. Auctions INVOLVE people on a level that no other form of ...
to cut fees on fixed-price listings
Online auctioneer Inc. said it will lower the fees it charges for products listed for sale at a fixed price, in a bid to become more competitive with rival Web sites such as Amazon.com Inc.
What Doesn’t Get And Likely Never Will
Increasingly, is operating under the delusion that the people who come to to make purchases (buyers) are their customers. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since ’s inception, no buyer has ever spent a penny ...
Comment on : The Doldrum Years by EJDC
has become a victim of their own mindset. Overbranding their acquisitions, forcing paypal on sellers (good for you Australia!!) and allowing fraud to run rampant. When you actually think about the logistics of it, MAKES money ...
Facebook Status Update: Price Unknown ,GOOG,MSFT,VG,YHOO
Love it, neat to see what the startup shareholders are doing.
Paperless Payments at Protecting Buyers from Fraud | Pr
Sellers will no longer be able to offer money orders or checks as a form of payment after October, 2008.
How to Check an Seller’s Reputation (and Why You Should Do It).
When you buy something from an seller, you are giving them your money and hoping that you will get something in return. However many guarantees of safety might make to you, nothing is certain: if you just give your money to ...
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