Manchester woman charged with faking eBay sale (Boston Globe)
A Manchester woman faces a theft charge over an accusation of faking a sale on the Internet auction site eBay .
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Buying and selling on eBay (Daily Telegraph)
To buy something on eBay, such as a digital camera, firstly search the website for the brand and model number you want.
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Wii Most Searched For Item on eBay UK [EBay] (Addict 3D)
The most searched for item on the UK’s eBay since Christmas is the Wii, The Telegraph reports today. More than 1,100 of the consoles were on sale earlier today with asking prices as high as £1,000, aka somewhere in the stupid range.
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You bought me what? The stories behind the unwanted Christmas presents being sold on eBay (Daily Mail)
Despite being chosen painstakingly, wrapped perfectly and given with the best intentions, two in every ten Christmas gifts we received this year were unwanted. In fact, before Christmas Day was over thousands of presentswere already on eBay waiting to be sold. Here, DIANA APPLEYARD reveals the stories behind eBay’s unwanted gifts
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Parents turn to eBay for must-have toys (Daily Telegraph)
Parents who were unable to get their children the latest must-have toys for Christmas are now buying them for up to five times as much on the auction website eBay.
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Alleged shoplifter must stay off eBay (Rice Lake Online)
A Barron woman has been ordered to stay off eBay as a condition of a $5,000 cash bail set in a fourth criminal case recently filed against her.
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eBay launches microlending website (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Online auction giant eBay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world and get a return on their money.
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eBay vs. Romania’s Online Scammers (Slashdot)
spinctrl links to an interesting story in the L.A. Times about the cloak-and-daggerism of fighting online scams in Romania, summing it up like this: “The country is the top source of auction site scams. One company is trying to do something about it, with increasing collaboration from local law enforcement over recent years. Ebay has sent over equipment and a team to help the authorities combat …
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Detroit woman charged with selling stolen radios on eBay (Detroit News)
MOUNT CLEMENS — Police have charged a Detroit woman with selling stolen navigational radios on eBay, and are primed to make another arrest in the case.
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‘Major eBay Scam’ Suspect Arrested (WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com via Yahoo! News)
The Macomb County Sheriff’s Department has arrested one woman for allegedly selling stolen Chrysler navigational radios on eBay and said more suspects might be arrested in what authorities are calling a “major eBay scam.”
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