Everyone knows that buying and selling on eBay is precarious. Even eBay admits this and gives basic advice on its site that it believes helps eliminate most fraud.
But there appears to be a basic weakness in eBay’s system that fraudsters and petty thieves are exploiting. It occurs when buyers pay sellers direct into the sellers’ […]

A second hand car once said to be registered in the name of Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger — the new Pope Benedict - is up for sale on eBay and the sky seems to be the limit when it comes to bidding.
The vehicle, a metallic grey 1999 Volkswagen Golf, went up for auction on the German […]

A GUIDE price of £8.5m has been suggested for a landmark Stevenage building which is to be sold at auction next month.
Auctioneers Allsop and Co are to sell the property occupied by Fujitsu Services Limited on a 7.35 acre site in Cavendish Road off Gunnels Wood Road.
The site, which includes 480 car parking spaces, also […]

EBay is the top brand name on the net, according to calculations by net monitoring company Envisional.
It scored the highest in terms of how positively it is perceived on the net, compared to McDonald’s which had the most negative perception online.
Microsoft was the most prominent company name in the index, but it was the sixth […]

Over 250 items, including Brando’s annotated script from 1972’s “The Godfather” and a letter from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. urging his participation in a civil rights march, will be auctioned June 30. The items are being put up for bid by Brando’s estate.

Helen Bailey, the head of popular arts at Christie’s New […]

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (Nasdaq:IAAI), a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, today reported higher net earnings for the quarter ended March 27, 2005. The Company recorded net earnings of $5.0 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, versus net earnings of $2.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, […]

EBay Inc said on Thursday its chief executive and two early leaders will pay $3 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they received shares in hot stock offerings from their investment bankers.
EBay CEO Meg Whitman, Chairman and Founder Pierre Omidyar, and former eBay Vice President Jeffrey Skoll agreed to give eBay the proceeds […]

A search for “iPod” on eBay yields a couple thousand listings for the digital music player and accessories, but beware: Hundreds of the listings are inducements to join pyramid-style scams.
Ebay is swamped with new “matrix” schemes, which appear to be legitimate buyers clubs but are in fact variations on classic pyramid scams, which are outlawed […]

An established wholesale supplier to major chain stores in the UK has crossed over to the world wide web, allowing people the benefits of dropshipping at online auctions – something the American’s have been making money from for years!
Wholesale Supplier Launches New UK Dropshipping Website for Posters, DVDs and Videos

Some lucky winners of the first round of World Cup 2006 ticket lotto last week are already trying to send their seed money in to hyper-inflation by auctioning their tickets on eBay Germany.
However would-be bidders had a shot across their bows when a top brass German footie official announced, over the weekend, that he would […]