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    Archive for May, 2008

    Indiana Jones Mercedes on eBay

    Saturday, May 31st, 2008

    The 1937 Mercedes 300c from Raiders of the Lost Ark is up for bidding on eBay,the starting price is $2.5m.
    The mint-conditioned Mercedes convertible is reported to have only 600 miles on the clock, and comes with proof the German classic car was the one in the movie.
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    eBay Seller Dashboard

    Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

    The Dashboard gives you an at-a-glance look at your selling account status so you can track what’s going well in your eBay business and identify areas for improvement.
    The Seller Dashboard consists of the following modules:
    Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) – Here you can track your average ratings from buyers for shipping costs, shipping time, communication, and […]

    Daly City Woman Sentenced in eBay Designer Handbags Scheme

    Sunday, May 25th, 2008

    Nancy Tan Pua, 50, of Daly City must spend 34 months in federal prison, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said Thursday in San Jose. Pua pleaded guilty last year to mail fraud, wire fraud, trafficking in counterfeit goods and money laundering. She was part of a scheme to sell counterfeit designer handbags on eBay and […]

    Baby Posted on EBay

    Saturday, May 24th, 2008

    Police in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro.
    Spokesman Peter Hieber says the baby was placed in the care of youth services in the southwestern Allgaeu region.
    Hieber said on Saturday that the mother told police the Internet ad […]

    How to Overcome the Ebay Ban of Ebooks

    Friday, May 23rd, 2008

    Coventry, Nuneaton - It wasn’t long ago that Ray Johnson was not only down on his luck but was actually homeless. During that time, Ray decided to turn his life around. Ray recounted “I just looked at my life and decided that enough was enough. I became driven to become a success. I discovered, […]

    eBay to launch WorldofGood.com community site

    Friday, May 23rd, 2008

    eBay is set to officially launch its collaborative community site WorldofGood.com.
    Catering to a rising tide of socially-conscious shoppers, eBay this summer plans to help publicly launch WorldofGood.com, a marketplace for buying fair-trade products, according to Robert Chatwani, eBay’s general manager of the project.
    eBay, in partnership with a separate fair-trade company World of Good Inc., has […]

    eBay seller can sue in Autodesk copyright claim

    Friday, May 23rd, 2008

    On Thursday, a Seattle judge upheld Timothy Vernor’s right to sue Autodesk, after the California software company prevented him from reselling used copies of AutoCAD drafting software online.
    Vernor makes his living selling on eBay. In 2005, he bought a used copy of AutoCAD at a garage sale and put it up for sale on eBay. […]

    Craigslist Counter Sue eBay

    Friday, May 16th, 2008

    According to the court filing, in San Francisco, eBay is accused in ten distinctive counts: “unlawful and unfair competition, misappropriation of proprietary information, deceptive passing-off, business interference, false advertising, phishing attacks, free-riding, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and breaches of fiduciary duty.”
    As it follows, Craigslist is asking the court to award it punitive damages, full restitution […]

    eBay Auction Software Piracy Fight

    Thursday, May 15th, 2008

    SIIA’s Auction Litigation Program Provided Lead to Justice Department, Resulting in Criminal Prosecution of Jeremiah Mondello, a Notorious eBay Software Pirate
    WASHINGTON - Dramatic legal action against auction site software pirates was announced today by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and the Department of Justice. SIIA filed nine new lawsuits against individual sellers of […]

    eBay Eachnet Launches Online Auction To Support Sichuan?s Rescue Efforts

    Thursday, May 15th, 2008

    After the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China’s online auction website eBay Eachnet announced plans to donate RMB200,000 to the disaster areas.
    The company also encouraged its employees to make donations and it at the same time launched an online charity auction to provide support to the people affected. By logging onto the […]