Bush's daughter's phone on 'eBay'

A mobile phone stolen from President Bush's daughter was reportedly put up for sale on an internet auction site.
The phone was put up for sale on website Mercado Libre with a starting price of about £160, reports Terra.cl.
The advert on the website - the Argentinian equivalent of eBay - claimed: "Barbara Bush's mobile, an amazing possibility.
"It has George Bush's private number plus Michael Jackson's, Madonna's, Paris Hilton and Ozzy Osbourne's."
The phone, also said to have had numbers for the White House, Pentagon, FBI, CIA, and the IMF, was quickly removed from the website.
Barbara Bush's purse was snatched at a Buenos Aires restaurant during a night on the town in November.

eBay's St. Nick 'relic' sale draws protest

If you don't hear Old Saint Nick up on the rooftop on Christmas Eve, maybe it's because he's been sold on eBay.
The online auction house is under fire for allowing the sale of a holy relic, purported to be a bone fragment, of St. Nicholas of Bari, the 4th-century gift-giving saint who was the inspiration for today's Santa Claus.

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Ebay trends for 2007

Although we're facing a hectic holiday season, it's not too soon for sellers to plan for 2007. As a matter of fact, as an experienced seller, you should all have your first-quarter business plan ready to go now. And while you probably feel you have your business under control, you should be prepared for plenty of unseen variables.

Here are a few thoughts as to what you might see change in the marketplace and how you can make the most of your eBay (EBAY - news - Cramer's Take - Rating) listings over the coming year.

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Stifel Nicolaus' Devitt: Free Google Checkout Bad News for eBay's PayPal

“Google is spending aggressively on gaining traction with its Checkout product and we think the offering has the possibility of disrupting eBay’s (EBAY) off-platform PayPal business as well as the general ecommerce market,” he wrote in a research note this morning. “Google is now effectively paying all credit card fees for partners for a full year. We think Checkout is becoming Google’s Internet Explorer, if you will, and we think it is time to start paying close attention.”
Devitt says some investors might react in knee-jerk fashion and sell on the lost fees from this move, but that he would be an aggressive buyer around any short-term weakness related to the new policy. “We think, if it works, it is potentially very disruptive to the competition and materially beneficial to Google’s core Adwords business.”
Devitt maintains his Buy rating and $554 price target for Google.

EBAY 2ND CHANCE SCAM

A warning today for anyone who shops on eBay...Or is considering buying something on the popular auction site.
A new scam is snaring even experienced eBay users!
And if you dont know about it, its very easy to fall for.

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Bid on Valentino Rossi's Dainese Racing Gear on Ebay

Valentino Rossi's Dainese racing gear, boots, suit and gloves will be sold on e-Bay once agian, just like in 2005, when the suit worn by the 7 times World Champion during the Sachsenring MotoGP, was sold for 38,850 euros to a British collector. Last year, the auction began on 27 October, 2005, in the charities section of eBay.it; in the 7 days it remained open it was visited by more than 88 thousand users, 120 who bid.

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