I am posting this blog to you to warn of a new scam that I came across today. When I checked my e-mails this morning there was one supposedly from Paypal confirming a subscription payment for $39. I pay for…

UK Auction Info
Four rare, original Beatrix Potter Christmas cards found by chance in an attic are expected to fetch up to $150,000 at auction.
The hand-made water-coloured cards, pictured right, were in an envelope in a trunk found among boxes hoarded by relatives of two spinsters who shared great-grandparents with the artist.
Beatrix Potter sent the cards […]

The view never changes…Long Tail marketing as seen from the rank-and-file’s perspective.
The Long Tail Market, eBay Stores & other wistful thoughts. Skype founders use eBay cash to atone for Kazaa sins. Feedback changes are afoot while Keyword Ads are kaput. eBay India’s “Style Diva” promo… an “almighty chance” to meet Bollywood babes! How about your […]

Press release
Thousands of movie props will be auctioned by Rudd’s Auctioneers in Cape Town on August 19 and 20, 2006.
One thousand lots of items from The Prop House hiring company, that have featured in movies such as I Dreamed of Africa, Lord of War, Blood Diamond, The Flood and Ask the Dusk (starring Colin Farrell) […]

Quesso.com
Two men have been sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison for their roles in a wide range of online fraud activities, U.K. authorities said this week.
Douglas Harvard, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) in Leeds earlier this month during an investigation into a conspiracy by […]

US Auction Info
In the next two weeks, FEMA officials will begin regularly auctioning trailers that have been returned to the agency’s 172-acre staging site in Purvis.
The auctions, held by the federal General Service Administration, will be conducted online. Similar trailers in Florida have been auctioned for as much as $14,700 and as little as $1,500. […]

Australian Auction Info
A 1915 painting of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey stunned art experts when it sold for nearly five times its estimated value at an art auction in Auckland this week.
The postcard-sized watercolour was painted by Horace Moore-Jones, the artist who made Anzac medic John Simpson and his donkey Murphy famous, […]

eBayyer.com
Caris and Company analyst Tim Boyd expects strong listings volume at eBay in the third quarter, given the online auctioneer’s strong listings data so far this quarter.
Boyd told investors in a report published Wednesday that his quarter-to-date core listings, which exclude listings on eBay Stores, is up 33%, year-over-year, a material increase from last quarter’s […]

AuctionInfo.org
Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Yahoo for possible antitrust violation after users complained about the company’s new fee policy for its auction service.
The island’s largest portal announced Tuesday that starting Aug. 10, it will charge users 3 percent of transaction fees on most of the auction items, in addition to current fixed fees […]

My advice to people who want to enter Cyber Commerce is to attempt a niche that you already know. For example, since you were in the Mortgage and Title business, so you likely know it very well. Is there something you can sell on the Internet that is related to that business? Could you sell […]