An increase in listing fees on Internet auction site eBay has those who use it regularly concerned over what it's going to mean for their bottom line.
Users recently received an e-mail from Bill Cobb, the San Jose, Calif.-based company's president of North American Marketplaces, outlining the new pricing structure for eBay and eBay Motors.
The changes will add 5 cents to listings for items costing between 99 cents and $9.99, or an increase to 40 cents from 35 cents. This will change final value costs, or the costs the seller pays eBay upon an auction's completion, to 3.25 percent of what the item sells for, up from 3 percent.
Vehicle sales transaction fees, meanwhile, will be raised $10 across the board, to $40 for motorcycles and power sport vehicles, and $50 for cars, trucks and trailers.
The changes will take effect Jan. 30, according to the
e-mail.
Read more http://www.post-trib.com/business/209396,ebay.article
Monday, January 15, 2007
Memory, money gone in a flash
When Christopher Smith bought a flash-memory card on eBay, he had a feeling the price was too good to be true.
He was right.
Smith, a financial adviser at Robert W. Baird & Co., paid $35 for a new card that normally would have cost three times as much.
When the card arrived, it looked like the real deal. It came in a slick package, with a SanDisk-brand label, and it has worked fine in his cell phone and other electronic gadgets.
Too bad the card, like thousands of others sold over the Internet, was a counterfeit.
Read more http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=552298
He was right.
Smith, a financial adviser at Robert W. Baird & Co., paid $35 for a new card that normally would have cost three times as much.
When the card arrived, it looked like the real deal. It came in a slick package, with a SanDisk-brand label, and it has worked fine in his cell phone and other electronic gadgets.
Too bad the card, like thousands of others sold over the Internet, was a counterfeit.
Read more http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=552298
Retired Judge Selling 'Hillary2008.org' on eBay
A retired judge who bought the Internet domain name Hillary2008.org in 1999 has the site up for sale on the online auction house eBay.
Flagstaff resident Tom Jacobs, a retired Phoenix-area judge, is asking a minimum of $10,000 for the Web address. A supporter of former first lady and current U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, he said he hopes the site is sold to someone who will boost the potential presidential candidate's fortunes.
But he also knows it could be linked to another candidate or used to promote information unfavorable to Clinton.
Read more http://1010wins.com/pages/184073.php?contentType=4&contentId=289009
Flagstaff resident Tom Jacobs, a retired Phoenix-area judge, is asking a minimum of $10,000 for the Web address. A supporter of former first lady and current U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, he said he hopes the site is sold to someone who will boost the potential presidential candidate's fortunes.
But he also knows it could be linked to another candidate or used to promote information unfavorable to Clinton.
Read more http://1010wins.com/pages/184073.php?contentType=4&contentId=289009
Course teaches eBay selling
The popular course "Learn How to Sell on eBay the Right Way" will be held twice this month.
Courses are scheduled from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 23 and from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Tri-Lakes Telecommunication Community Resource Center, located in the south wing of Reeds Spring High School on Missouri 413.
"The course will include opening an eBay and PayPal account, how to research listings, photo techniques, setting a selling price and more," said Tom Keohan, a business development specialist with the University of Missouri Extension. "During the last session, participants will be able to photograph and post an actual item to list for sale on eBay."
Read more http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070113/NEWS01/701130400/1007
Courses are scheduled from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 23 and from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Tri-Lakes Telecommunication Community Resource Center, located in the south wing of Reeds Spring High School on Missouri 413.
"The course will include opening an eBay and PayPal account, how to research listings, photo techniques, setting a selling price and more," said Tom Keohan, a business development specialist with the University of Missouri Extension. "During the last session, participants will be able to photograph and post an actual item to list for sale on eBay."
Read more http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070113/NEWS01/701130400/1007
Trader jailed for eBay fraud
A ROGUE dealer on eBay, whose business was based in Herefordshire, has been jailed for fraudulent trading.
David Hammond, whose Kington-based company specialised in selling television and audio equipment, was jailed for eight months after defrauding users of the popular internet auction site.
Judge David Matthews said Hammond, who pleaded guilty, had abused the trust of his customers.
He added that his actions also had "a knock-on effect for internet trading, which is now an important part of the economy".
Hammond, whose company Trade Enterprises was set up in Church Street in Kington before it moved to the Webton Business Park in Kingstone, retained £8,812 belonging to 23 customers who had not received their orders.
Read more http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/herefordnewslatest/display.var.1114247.0.trader_jailed_for_ebay_fraud.php
David Hammond, whose Kington-based company specialised in selling television and audio equipment, was jailed for eight months after defrauding users of the popular internet auction site.
Judge David Matthews said Hammond, who pleaded guilty, had abused the trust of his customers.
He added that his actions also had "a knock-on effect for internet trading, which is now an important part of the economy".
Hammond, whose company Trade Enterprises was set up in Church Street in Kington before it moved to the Webton Business Park in Kingstone, retained £8,812 belonging to 23 customers who had not received their orders.
Read more http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/herefordnewslatest/display.var.1114247.0.trader_jailed_for_ebay_fraud.php
Friday, January 12, 2007
Schools find steal at eBay: missing
Two suspects in a school-computer burglary ring figured they had the perfect place to fence their ill-gotten goods, authorities say: the online auction house, eBay.
Unfortunately for the arrested teenagers, school officials had the same idea.
Acting on a hunch, Poudre School District security personnel checked eBay on Jan. 4, after the latest in a string of break-ins at schools in Larimer County.
"They were sitting around thinking, 'Now where would those things turn up?"' said Fort Collins police School Resource Officer Suzanne Rice. "Sure enough, they took a gander, and there they were."
Up for bid were what appeared to be most of the 32 computers and other electronic equipment taken from Fossil Ridge High School.
Read more http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4989476
Unfortunately for the arrested teenagers, school officials had the same idea.
Acting on a hunch, Poudre School District security personnel checked eBay on Jan. 4, after the latest in a string of break-ins at schools in Larimer County.
"They were sitting around thinking, 'Now where would those things turn up?"' said Fort Collins police School Resource Officer Suzanne Rice. "Sure enough, they took a gander, and there they were."
Up for bid were what appeared to be most of the 32 computers and other electronic equipment taken from Fossil Ridge High School.
Read more http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4989476
Market Report -- Story Stocks (EBAY)
29.60: EBay, the world's largest Internet auctioneer, has added another service to its repertoire. The company announced a plan to buy privately-held online ticket reseller StubHub for $310 mln to boost its share in the multi-billion dollar secondary seat market for sporting and entertainment events. The all cash transaction, which is expected to close sometime in the first quarter, will enable eBay to garner a greater footprint in an industry that generated $10 bln in annual sales, according to StubHub.
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