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August, 2010
eBay Redoubles Marketing Efforts For Fashion Offering
The eBay forum is rolling out its largest ad campaign ever to back its Fashion Outlet site offering lower prices on around 30 big-name fashion brands. The autumn ad push will see souble page print ads appearing in Vogue, OK!, Look, Grazia, Stylist and Elle and Red from September 31st. The ads will showcase the brand products, focusing on the … Read more
eBay Fraudster Set For Jail Term
A man is facing a jail term after selling £8000 worth of fake Take That tickets on the eBay forum. Walsall man Jason Debnay, aged 38,pocketed cash from up to 100 fans who had dreamed of attending the sell-out show at Birmingham’s NEC Arena, but the Take That followers never received their tickets for the gig. Debney admitted one count … Read more
Class A Notes On eBay
An Irish student who scored seven A’s in his recent exams has come up with a novel idea to raise funds for college, auctioning his study notes on eBay. So far, there has been considerable interest in the notes on the eBay forum, where the starting bid for each subject notes is €40. 18-year-old Cillian Fathy scored four A1s and … Read more
Worlds Largest Football For Sale On eBay
The world’s largest football, which is actually a two-person airship, has been put up for auction on eBay. Designed and built by a Newmarket firm, the starting bid for the item is a cool $1.2m. Its owner/designer, Hokan Colting, said: “The soccer ball is one of a kind, it’s the only one in the world.” That is not surprising. With … Read more
Illuminations Auction Set To Fizzle Out
Bosses of the eBay forum have vowed to ban the sale of Blackpool illuminations tickets on the online auction website. As revealed yesterday in the national media, tickets for the Robbie Williams headlining event on September 3rd have already started to appear on eBay. When details of the free event were announced, it sparked a mad scramble with more than … Read more
WBA Club Memorabilia For Just £4,500
West Brom football fans can snap up the ultimate piece of club memorabilia for £4,500 through the eBay forum. A rare watch, chain and pendant collection belonging to the man who fired the Baggies to their only ever top flight title is attracting a wealth of interest on eBay. The items belonged to Fred Morris, who scored 37 goals in … Read more
eBay’s Small Businesses “Come Of Age”
eBay today declared that Britain’s small businesses have “come of age” online as it reported that the number of its traders making £1m a year had doubled over the last year. Data released by the eBay forum today revealed that 127 companies are on track to achieve a turnover of at least £1m during 2010, compared with 66 in 2009. … Read more
eBay & JSA Team Up To Fight Organised Jewellery Crime
The eBay forum is partnering with the jewellery industry’s trade association to focus on crime prevention and to tackle organised jewellery crime. This unique partnership between eBay and the Jewelers’ Security Alliance provides for greater info sharing to further support the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Paul Jones, Global Director of Asset Protection at eBay, said: “JSA … Read more
Toilet Talk
A great story here from the world of eBay, and it’s pretty gross. eBay seller “The Vault,” from North Carolina, is selling a toilet seat once owned by J.D. Salinger, which will of course arrive to the winning bidder uncleaned! The toilet is vintage, dated 1962, and it lived in the bathroom of J.D. Salinger’s home in New Hampshire for … Read more
PayPal Payments Soon Android-integrated?
eBay’s PayPal is currently in talks with Google about adding its payment service to Android devices, Bloomberg reported. If discussions go well, the service could be available on smartphones with Google’s software by the end of this year. Android app purchases are currently made by using a credit card or Goole’s own competitor to PayPal, Google Checkout. PayPal is available … Read more
