Archivist accused of selling museum pieces on eBay (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A former Mariners’ Museum archivist was in federal court on charges that he stole museum pieces and sold up to 1,400 of them on eBay - including documents from a mother and son who survived the 1912 sinking of the Titanic.

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Former archivist accused of selling stolen Mariners’ Museum pieces on eBay (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

The Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS — A former Mariners’ Museum archivist was in federal court today on charges that he stole museum pieces — including documents from a mother and son who survived the 1912 sinking of the Titanic — and sold up to 1,400 of them on eBay. Lester F. Weber, 46, and his wife, Lori Childs, 49, were indicted last week on charges of theft from an organization receiving …

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Music Collector Seeks $3 Million for Archive on eBay (NPR)

Paul Mawhinney, owner of Rama Sound Archive of Pittsburgh, is selling an archive of 3 million record albums and 300,000 CDs on eBay this week for a minimum bid of $3 million. Mawhinney talks with Melissa Block.

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eBay sellers start weeklong boycott (CNET)

eBay sellers start boycott of auction site to protest higher sales commissions and a policy that prohibits them from commenting on buyers.

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EBay boycott begins, to uncertain effect (CNN Money)

Monday marked the start of a week-long eBay boycott organized by sellers outraged at the auction site’s recent fee and policy changes - an effort whose success will be hard to gauge until later in the week.

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eBay Changes Are Unpopular with Sellers, Survey Shows (AuctionBytes)

An AuctionBytes survey found eBay sellers are unhappy with the changes eBay is making to feedback, fees, search visibility (Best Match) and “seller standards.”

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Awesome Vintage MX bikes on eBay in the US (Speed TV)

Granted, I am an impressionable lad, but I am just stunned on a regular basis by some the restored (or not) MX bikes on eBay from the 70s (and occasional early 80’s bike that I will give a nod to).

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eBay Boycott Begins Tomorrow: Will It Work? (Yahoo! Tech Advisors)

In response to eBay’s recent announcement that it would no longer allow sellers to leave negative feedback for buyers, the uproar has been deafening. How deafening? So loud that a boycott has been planned, set to begin tomorrow on February 18, 2008 and run for (at least) a week. Will it stick? As I noted in my original post, eBayers who want to auction things have little alternative to …

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Ebay sellers plan week-long strike starting Monday (WBIR-TV Knoxville)

Ebay says changes will drive more buyers to the auction site. But smaller sellers protest fee changes and feedback changes.

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Is eBay seller stringing along guitar buyer? (Jacksonville Daily News)

Dear Troubleshooter: On Feb. 2 I saw a brand name guitar on eBay with a great price. It was a new listing and such a great deal that I jumped on it. I paid with my Visa card via PayPal.

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