A 37-year-old man has been jailed for claiming thousands of pounds in benefits while earning £100,000 through internet auction site eBay.
Barry McNaughton, of Havant Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, pleaded guilty at Portsmouth Crown Court to two charges of failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions that he was running a business.
He admitted a further charge of false accounting and was jailed on January 5 for six months. He was also ordered to pay back £16,750 for the income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit he had falsely claimed.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokeswoman said McNaughton had traded electrical goods and luxury items on the eBay site while claiming the benefits during the period from August 2003 to January 2006.
Read more http://www.24dash.com/billpayments/15415.htm
Friday, January 19, 2007
Security is a top priority for eBay this year
Executives at eBay Inc. have said in a statement that security is their top priority this year as online phishing scams are increasingly becoming a threat for their reputation online.
The company has already begun taking steps to ensure security for their customers. They began a program last year to safeguard members’ identities by concealing their user names on expensive listings.
They are also working hard on making sure that sellers cannot list counterfeit items on the web based stores. In addition, they are also trying to clamp down on scams between buyers and sellers from different countries.
Read more http://business.techwhack.com/1733/security-is-a-top-priority/
The company has already begun taking steps to ensure security for their customers. They began a program last year to safeguard members’ identities by concealing their user names on expensive listings.
They are also working hard on making sure that sellers cannot list counterfeit items on the web based stores. In addition, they are also trying to clamp down on scams between buyers and sellers from different countries.
Read more http://business.techwhack.com/1733/security-is-a-top-priority/
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Celebrity Artwork Will Be Auctioned Off On Ebay
One-of-a-kind celebrity artwork will soon be put up for auction on eBay.
Kylie Minogue, Moby and Paul McCartney have honed their artistic talents to help raise funds for London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The singers have joined a host of celebrities, artists and designers who have all donated an original canvas of their artwork to be auctioned off on eBay to raise money for the children's hospital.
Others taking part in the art extravaganza, entitled The Alive and Well Dog Project, include Damien Hirst, Brazilian soccer legend Pele, Ricky Gervais and British actor Keith Allen.
Read more http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006152518
Kylie Minogue, Moby and Paul McCartney have honed their artistic talents to help raise funds for London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The singers have joined a host of celebrities, artists and designers who have all donated an original canvas of their artwork to be auctioned off on eBay to raise money for the children's hospital.
Others taking part in the art extravaganza, entitled The Alive and Well Dog Project, include Damien Hirst, Brazilian soccer legend Pele, Ricky Gervais and British actor Keith Allen.
Read more http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006152518
Mdog Fits eBay, Craigslist into Mobiles
Mdog is working to extend its reach in the mobile space by making several popular Web destinations mobile-accessible. New entries include eBay, craigslist and MySpace.
The company has secured deals with eBay, craigslist, Wikipedia, Citysearch and MySpace, which will render the sites for viewing on mobile devices. Mdog considers the additions a bonus for the company as well as wireless users since the mobile offering will give them real-time access to content, including auctions and classifieds.
The mdog portal allows users to browse these sites, as well as post content, read and make bids, if appropriate.
In the early part of January, mdog launched its Mobile Blogging Portal, which enables bloggers to post and read blog entries, upload photos and respond to comments from any Web-enabled mobile device, such as a Blackberry or Treo smartphone. The portal service is designed to ensure major blog services, such as Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Xanga, Blogs.com, AOL Blogs and Livejournal, are properly formatted for a Web-enabled mobile device.
Read more http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6407709.html
The company has secured deals with eBay, craigslist, Wikipedia, Citysearch and MySpace, which will render the sites for viewing on mobile devices. Mdog considers the additions a bonus for the company as well as wireless users since the mobile offering will give them real-time access to content, including auctions and classifieds.
The mdog portal allows users to browse these sites, as well as post content, read and make bids, if appropriate.
In the early part of January, mdog launched its Mobile Blogging Portal, which enables bloggers to post and read blog entries, upload photos and respond to comments from any Web-enabled mobile device, such as a Blackberry or Treo smartphone. The portal service is designed to ensure major blog services, such as Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, Xanga, Blogs.com, AOL Blogs and Livejournal, are properly formatted for a Web-enabled mobile device.
Read more http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6407709.html
eBay Members Fear New Policy Will Inhibit Buyer Bids
eBay's new "Safeguarding Member IDs" (SMI) policy is coming under scrutiny from users who are concerned it will decrease bidding activity on the site. In recent days, members began noticing that when they looked at an eBay auction, they were unable to see bidder User IDs once the bidding had reached $200. Some fear eBay's new policy will have the unintended consequence of increased shill bidding by dishonest sellers, as well as decreasing bidding by buyers concerned about the lack of transparency.
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m01/i16/s01
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m01/i16/s01
NCR man’s shirt on eBay
A dejected worker at Dundee’s troubled NCR plant has turned to the Internet to express his disgust at the firm’s decision to axe 650 jobs with an innovative eBay auction.
Bids have been lodged on the Internet marketplace for a NCR production line shirt. The employee who owns the shirt is nameless thanks to the website’s privacy policy, but cites his location as Fife.
The seller claims to be one of the 650 employees dealt a devastating blow last week when NCR confirmed they were downscaling production in Dundee.
Read on http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2007/01/16/story9181546t0.shtm
Bids have been lodged on the Internet marketplace for a NCR production line shirt. The employee who owns the shirt is nameless thanks to the website’s privacy policy, but cites his location as Fife.
The seller claims to be one of the 650 employees dealt a devastating blow last week when NCR confirmed they were downscaling production in Dundee.
Read on http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2007/01/16/story9181546t0.shtm
China's EachNet staff complain to eBay CEO
Staff at eBay Inc.'s Chinese partner EachNet have posted a protest letter online over new contract terms in response to the company's take over by Hong Kong's Tom Online.
In the letter to eBay's chief executive Meg Whitman, posted on December 31, "EachNet staff" voiced concerns their terms were threatened by the folding of EachNet into a new venture controlled by Tom Online, announced last month.
EBay would not disclose how many employees would stay with the venture until it had closed the joint venture deal, an eBay spokeswoman said.
Read more http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-01-16T122256Z_01_SHA295255_RTRUKOC_0_US-EBAY-CHINA-DISCONTENT.xml&WTmodLoc=InternetNewsHome_C2_internetNews-4
In the letter to eBay's chief executive Meg Whitman, posted on December 31, "EachNet staff" voiced concerns their terms were threatened by the folding of EachNet into a new venture controlled by Tom Online, announced last month.
EBay would not disclose how many employees would stay with the venture until it had closed the joint venture deal, an eBay spokeswoman said.
Read more http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-01-16T122256Z_01_SHA295255_RTRUKOC_0_US-EBAY-CHINA-DISCONTENT.xml&WTmodLoc=InternetNewsHome_C2_internetNews-4
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