The eBay community is thriving, and so are the businesses that sell stuff for people on the popular auction Web site.
Now add Florida to the growing list of states deciding how to classify and regulate those enterprises. No one can seem to agree whether they are auctioneers, pawnbrokers, secondhand shops or something else.
The quarterly newsletter of one state board said recently that the businesses must be treated as auctioneers, requiring their owners to be licensed.
"It's just common sense," said Fred Dietrich III, chairman of the five-member Board of Auctioneers. "If you are going to hire someone to sell your merchandise, you need someone that is reputable and licensed."
Read more http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/gen/ap/FL_eBay_Businesses.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0
Friday, November 24, 2006
Bones of contention: Religious crusader battles Ebay
Hardly an hour goes by without Thomas Serafin or one of his cyber-sleuths checking what eBay has to offer.
They're not hunting for bargains and never place a bid. Their interest is bone shards, bits of wizened flesh and a contemporary twist on the sacred and the profane: How the ancient trade in the most coveted religious relics has moved into the global flea market of online bidding.
"You can find bone fragments supposedly from St. Augustine being hawked on the Internet along with trinkets and antiques. There is something very wrong here," said Serafin, a professional photographer and Catholic activist based in Los Angeles, who has led an expanding campaign since the late 1990s to block the online sale of objects purported to contain the remains of Christian saints.
Read More http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-11-23-ebay-relics_x.htm
They're not hunting for bargains and never place a bid. Their interest is bone shards, bits of wizened flesh and a contemporary twist on the sacred and the profane: How the ancient trade in the most coveted religious relics has moved into the global flea market of online bidding.
"You can find bone fragments supposedly from St. Augustine being hawked on the Internet along with trinkets and antiques. There is something very wrong here," said Serafin, a professional photographer and Catholic activist based in Los Angeles, who has led an expanding campaign since the late 1990s to block the online sale of objects purported to contain the remains of Christian saints.
Read More http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-11-23-ebay-relics_x.htm
Bowden can't peddle blame -- even on eBay
At long last, just before the final game of the regular season against his biggest rival, Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden has figured out what the problem is.It took him six years, 25 losses and countless hours of research to identify the culprit.No, it's not his son Jeff's play-calling.
No, it's not that the game has passed him by.It's something far more complex.Bobby has found the enemy.And the enemy is eBay.
Read more http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/orl-bianchi23_106nov23,0,6841254.column?coll=tf-main-sports
No, it's not that the game has passed him by.It's something far more complex.Bobby has found the enemy.And the enemy is eBay.
Read more http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/orl-bianchi23_106nov23,0,6841254.column?coll=tf-main-sports
eBay, Amazon, dollar drop lead Internet shares lower
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of online sellers Amazon.com Inc. , eBay Inc. and other large Internet companies were trading mostly lower at the start of Friday's abbreviated session. To a large degree, the Internet sector was ambushed by the recently-reported steep decline in the dollar.
But shares of online retailers Amazon, eBay, Overstock.com and others were also buffeted by investors seeking clues to how they are faring on what is historically a big day for online shopping. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Internet Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index were both off by 0.5%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move.
But shares of online retailers Amazon, eBay, Overstock.com and others were also buffeted by investors seeking clues to how they are faring on what is historically a big day for online shopping. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Internet Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index were both off by 0.5%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move.
Attorney of killed ex-wife's family says eBay not doing enough to pull O.J. Simpson book auctions
LOS ANGELES: An attorney representing the family of Nicole Brown Simpson accused eBay of not moving quickly enough to yank auctions of "If I Did It," O.J. Simpson's hypothetical story of how he would have killed his ex-wife.
The book had been scheduled for release Nov. 30 following a two-part Simpson interview on Fox, but News Corp., owner of Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins, canceled the project after an outcry condemning it as revolting and exploitive.
Responding to concerns from HarperCollins, eBay spokesman Hani Durzy said Thursday that the online auction house has been removing offers to sell purported copies of the book from the site. In one case, bids had topped $1 million (€770,000).
Read More http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/24/america/NA_GEN_US_Simpson_Interview.php
The book had been scheduled for release Nov. 30 following a two-part Simpson interview on Fox, but News Corp., owner of Fox Broadcasting and publisher HarperCollins, canceled the project after an outcry condemning it as revolting and exploitive.
Responding to concerns from HarperCollins, eBay spokesman Hani Durzy said Thursday that the online auction house has been removing offers to sell purported copies of the book from the site. In one case, bids had topped $1 million (€770,000).
Read More http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/24/america/NA_GEN_US_Simpson_Interview.php
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