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McCain Straight Out Lies About Palin Jet At Wisonsin Rally 9/5/08
September 5, 2008: At a rally in Wisconsin, John McCain, with Sarah Palin standing at his side, claimed to the crowd that Palin sold Alaska's luxury state jet on eBay. "And she sold it for a profit!" he yelled to cheers.
Too bad he's wrong on both counts. September 5, 2008: At a rally in Wisconsin, John McCain, with Sarah Palin standing at his side, claimed to the crowd that Palin sold A... more -
eBay launches socially conscious retail site
Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi.
The online auction operator is trying to change that perception with WorldofGood.com, a Web that launched Wednesday to sell goods produced with social and environmental goals in mind.
EBay developed the site with World of Good Inc., a startup focused on "ethical supply chains" behind consumer products, and licensed the group's name for the marketplace. World of Good will get a share of the revenue from the site, which had been operating for the past six months as an online community focused on the social impact of business.
The site sells fixed-price goods that purportedly have some positive effect on people and the planet. The goal is to help consumers align their social values with their shopping decisions, WorldofGood.com general manager Robert Chatwani said.
For the rest of the article visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/09/04/ebay.greensi... Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from r... more -
Bride buys 5p wedding dress on eBay
A lucky bride has beaten the credit crunch after finding her dream wedding dress for just 5p on eBay. Heather Saint, 20, said: My dress was worth every penny.
Saint was surprised to win the antique white lace and silk dress with such a low bid. She stated: "It is gorgeous and I was proud to tell everyone at the wedding how much it cost, I didn't mind anyone knowing. You should have heard me squeal with excitement when I opened the parcel and saw how perfect it was. It's made by a designer from Singapore."
The couple wed at St Cuthbert's RC Church, Stockton, amongst 70 invited guests, keeping the overall cost of their wedding down to £3,500.
Saint said: "We were careful about the cost, but we had absolutely everything we wanted. It was just that having a little girl and a house we had more important things to spend money on." A lucky bride has beaten the credit crunch after finding her dream wedding dress for just 5p on eBay. Heather Saint, 20, said: My dres... more -
All'asta su eBay una parte da comparsa in The L Word: partecipa
Quanto saresti disposta a spendere per conoscere lo staff di L Word? All'asta su Ebay fino a venerdì una parte da comparsa nell'ultima stagione di L Word.
Se avete sempre sognato di vedere il dietro le quinte di L Word e conoscerne lo staff, da ogni avrete una possibilità per farlo.
L'organizzazione per la difesa dei diritti delle donne "Equality now" ha messo all'asta su Ebay la possibilità di partecipare come comparsa alle riprese di una puntata della sesta (ed ultima) serie dello show.
La base d'asta era di 1000$ USD e l'offerta vincitrice in questo momento è di 4050$ (2.760€ circa).
Il ricavato verrà totalmente devoluto a Equality Now......... Quanto saresti disposta a spendere per conoscere lo staff di L Word? All'asta su Ebay fino a venerdì una parte da comparsa nell&#... more -
Do you believe in luck? “Lucky Pregnancy Test”
An interesting story about how you can buy luck on ebay and if you even believe in luck
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UK taxpayers bank details recovered from computers sold on Ebay
In two separate instances over a million sets of bank details have been recovered from computers sold on Ebay.
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Bank customer data sold on eBay
An investigation is under way into how a computer containing bank customers' personal data was sold on eBay.
The computer, bought by IT manager Andrew Chapman for £77, had the sensitive details on its hard drive.
Mr Chapman, from Oxford, said the machine contained information on several million bank customers.
Details of customers of three companies, including the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and its subsidiary, Natwest, were involved.
RBS said an archiving firm told it the computer had been "inappropriately sold on via a third party".
It said historical information relating to credit card applications for its bank and others had been on the machine.
Basic knowledge
The information is said to include account details and in some cases customers' signatures, mobile phone numbers and mothers' maiden names.
The problem came to light when Mr Chapman, 56, bought the computer, noticed the data and raised the alarm.
He said: "I was appalled when I found the bank account information. That sort of thing shouldn't have been listed on there."
Mr Chapman said anyone with a basic knowledge of computer software would have been able to find the data fairly simply.
"The information was in back-up CDs and in ISO files so it would have been possibly quite easy to find if you know something about computers," he said.
Extremely regrettable
RBS and Natwest said they were taking the issue very seriously and were working to resolve it "as a matter of urgency".
A spokeswoman for the third company reported to be involved, American Express, said it took the security of its card members' data "extremely seriously".
"We are currently working as a matter of priority to establish exactly what data is impacted and identify the card members who may be affected," she said.
A spokeswoman for data processing company Mail Source, which is part of the archiving firm Graphic Data, said it was investigating how the computer equipment had been removed from a secure location.
"The IT equipment that appeared on eBay was neither planned nor instructed by the company to be disposed," she said.
The incident was "extremely regrettable" and the firm was "taking every possible step" to retrieve the data and ensure it was an isolated incident, she added.
A spokesman for eBay said the firm was also looking into what had happened.
"Clearly such details should never have been included in the hard drive of the computer offered for sale on eBay," said the spokesman.
"We fully expect Mr Chapman to hand it back to Graphic Data as soon as possible. We will of course work with Graphic Data to establish how it came to be available for sale on our site."
The Information Commissioner's Office said an investigation would be launched as soon as Mr Chapman had handed the computer in to them.
A spokeswoman said: "We are now investigating this potential data breach and will be seeking an urgent explanation from Graphic Data to establish what has gone wrong and the steps that are being taken to prevent a similar incident occurring."
Banks have an obligation under the Data Protection Act to keep all personal information secure.
Last year the Financial Services Authority fined the Nationwide Building Society £980,000 for a security breach, after a laptop containing customer data was stolen from an employee's home. An investigation is under way into how a computer containing bank customers' personal data was sold on eBay. ... more -
Personal Data For Bank Customers Sold On EBay
A Government investigation was launched today after personal details of more than a million bank customers were found on a computer sold on eBay.
Highly sensitive information on American Express, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers was found on the hard drive of the machine sold for £35.
The Information Commissioner's Office today said it would examine how eBay customer Andrew Chapman came to acquire the names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, mothers' maiden names and even signatures of bank customers.
The banking information was being held by the archiving firm Graphic Data, which copies paperwork from some of Britain's biggest financial organisations, then stores it digitally.
It was on a computer previously used at the company's archive in Shoeburyness, Essex.
A former employee sold it on eBay for just £35.88 earlier this month. Crucially, he did so without first erasing the internal hard drive.
It was only when buyer Andrew Chapman started looking at the hard disk that its astonishing contents came to light.
Mr Chapman, a 56-year-old IT manager from Oxford, said: 'I couldn't believe it. In front of me was reams of extremely confidential information about thousands and thousands of people.'
Some of the data first belonged to NatWest and includes thousands of applications for credit cards.
There are also 1,314 credit card balance transfer requests received by American Express.
Each contains the customer's name, address and signature and the numbers of the cards. Information from RBS included yet more card applications and credit checks.
It was described as 'a data thief's treasure chest', with everything a criminal needs to assume a customer's identity - and clear out their bank account.
The massive data loss - one of the worst ever in Britain - is a clear breach of the banks' obligation under the Data Protection Act to keep all personal information secure. A Government investigation was launched today after personal details of more than a million bank customers were found on a computer so... more -
Risky Bid-iness?
What do you do if you're a vintage US flag seller and you don't want people on eBay burning your goods?
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Bank customer data 'sold on eBay'
A computer containing a million bank customers' personal data has reportedly been sold on internet auction site eBay.
Appparently, an ex-worker for archiving firm Graphic Data sold it for £35 on eBay without removing sensitive information from the hard drive.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and its subsidiary, Natwest, have confirmed their customers' details were involved. It said historical information relating to credit card applications for their bank and others had been on the machine. The information is said to include account details and in some cases customers' signatures, mobile phone numbers and mothers' maiden names.
The problem first came to light when the person who bought the computer noticed and raised the alarm.
Last year the Financial Services Authority fined the Nationwide Building Society £980,000 for a security breach, after a lap top containing customer data was stolen from an employee's home. A computer containing a million bank customers' personal data has reportedly been sold on internet auction site eBay. ... more -
eBay insect fossil is new species
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid.
Dr Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK's Royal Entomological Society, bought the fossil from an individual in Lithuania. He then sent it off to an aphid expert in Denmark, who confirmed the insect was a new species, now extinct.
The bug has been named Mindarus harringtoni after the scientist.
"I was interested to see what it was because I've worked with a team of people involved in monitoring and forecasting aphids, those of greenfly and their relatives in this country," Dr Harrington told BBC News.
"I looked at it with my team and we thought we could identify it down to the level of genus, but we had no idea what the species was."
Dr Harrington sent the specimen to Professor Ole Heie, a fossil aphid expert in Denmark.
"He discovered that it was something that hadn't been described before," Dr Harrington explained. The insect itself is 3-4mm long and is encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber about the size of a small pill.
"I had thought it would be rather nice to call it Mindarus ebayi," said Dr Harrington. "Unfortunately, using flippant names to describe new species is rather frowned upon these days."
Instead, Professor Heie named the new species after Dr Harrington.
"It's not uncommon to find insects in amber ... but I'm not sure that one has turned up on eBay that has been undiscovered before. It's a rather unusual route to come by [a new species]," the researcher, based at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire, explained.
He said the insect would have fed on a tree called Pinus succinifera which is itself now long since extinct. A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown... more -
Boy bids £200,000 for second-hand Nintendo Wii
This kid was obviously really keen to get his hands on a Wii. 5-year-old Archie Lovett used his granddad's login details to bid for the games console - with a bid of £200,000. Unsurprisingly he won the auction.
Ray Atkinson, Archie's granddad, then received an email asking him for £197,654. Fortunately after contacting the seller, the transaction was cancelled, though the seller was still thoughtful enough to ask if the kid if still wanted the Wii regardless (presumably for a lesser price?). This kid was obviously really keen to get his hands on a Wii. 5-year-old Archie Lovett used his granddad's login details to bid ... more -
EBay hopes new rule changes will placate sellers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.
Already this year, eBay has tinkered with its fee structure, search results and feedback system. These efforts might be meeting eBay's aims of improving the experience for buyers, but several sellers say their relationship with eBay is worse than ever, and some have left the site entirely.
Jonathan Garriss, executive director of the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance and head of Gotham City Online, which sells shoes on eBay, said his group's members are seeing fewer of their listed items sell, and lower average prices for things that do sell.
EBay has been rejigging its vast Internet marketplace in hopes of turning around a troubling trend: Its number of active users is barely rising. In the most recent quarter, the figure rose 1.4 percent to 84.5 million.
One big change came in January, when eBay altered its complex fee structure and said it was trying to encourage sellers to offer more items for sale, which in turn could attract more buyers.
Generally, eBay cut the fees it charges for listing an item, but raised its commissions on completed sales of products auctioned for less than $1,000 or sold at fixed prices lower than $100. Meanwhile, the company began taking a lesser bite out of higher-end fixed-price sales -- as much as 4 percent instead of a previous maximum of 5 percent.
At the time, eBay said more than 60 percent of its sellers would save money under the new rules. But plenty of complaints poured in. EBay responded by cutting listing fees by as much as half for items in its "media" category -- such as books and DVDs -- that sell for under $25. NEW YORK (AP) -- Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the au... more -
eBay insect fossil is new species
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid.
Dr Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK's Royal Entomological Society, bought the fossil from an individual in Lithuania.
He then sent it off to an aphid expert in Denmark, who confirmed the insect was a new species, now extinct.
The bug has been named Mindarus harringtoni after the scientist.
"I was interested to see what it was because I've worked with a team of people involved in monitoring and forecasting aphids, those of greenfly and their relatives in this country," Dr Harrington told BBC News.
"I looked at it with my team and we thought we could identify it down to the level of genus, but we had no idea what the species was."
Dr Harrington sent the specimen to Professor Ole Heie, a fossil aphid expert in Denmark.
"He discovered that it was something that hadn't been described before," Dr Harrington explained.
The insect itself is 3-4mm long and is encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber about the size of a small pill.
"I had thought it would be rather nice to call it Mindarus ebayi," said Dr Harrington.
"Unfortunately using flippant names to describe new species is rather frowned upon these days."
Instead, Professor Heie named the new species after Dr Harrington.
"It's not uncommon to find insects in amber... but I'm not sure that one has turned up on eBay that has been undiscovered before. It's a rather unusual route to come by [a new species]," the researcher, based at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire, explained.
He said the insect would have fed on a tree called Pinetes succinifer which is itself now long since extinct. A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown... more -
Wife auctions evidence of husband's affair on eBay!
An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by auctioning his mistress's "huge" panties and his "size small" condom packet on eBay.
The seller, named only as Anna from Queensland state, says next in line for auction will probably be her husband's Harley Davidson motorcycle "at a start price of 99 cents and, of course, with no reserve!"
A photograph shows the lacy black underpants, described as "size humongous" and the "size small" condom wrapper, which the woman found in her bed after her husband's alleged affair with a woman named Kylie.
Anna says of the panties: "They are so huge I thought they may make someone a nice shawl or, even better, something for Halloween perhaps."
She describes how she returned home early from work after her "soon to be ex-husband" of 22 years mistakenly sent her a romantic text message meant for the other woman, to find him discouraging her from entering their bedroom.
In the room she found the empty condom wrapper under his pillow and "The Tart's panties at the foot of the bed".
The listing was initially taken down by eBay because of its policy of refusing to sell secondhand underwear, spokeswoman Inessa Jackson told Brisbane's Courier Mail.
"We let her know about the policy and instead she's now selling a photograph of the offending knickers," Jackson said.
"eBay does connect colourful buyers with colourful sellers and I wouldn't be surprised if someone did buy these items, though I couldn't speculate on who would buy them or why.
"This is obviously very therapeutic for this woman and it must be a great channel for her views on cheating and the sanctity of marriage."
The photograph, which had a starting price of just 69 US cents, down from the original 99 cents asked for the actual items, had received 50 bids by Thursday, with the top offer standing at 152.50 US dollars with four days to go. An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by auctioning his mistress's "huge" panties and his "... more -
Woman sells cheating husband's stuff on ebay
seriously... would you buy it? this goes under my 'funny news of the day' lol...
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Flag seller banned from Bay for not selling to the "Middle East, France and C...
An antiques dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because of restrictions he placed on who can buy the flags.
Mark Albino, owner of C&M Antiques and Collectibles in Waterbury, Conneticut, prohibits sales to buyers in the Middle East, France and Californians, unless they are in the military in that state.
Albino, 43, of Plymouth, served eight years in the Navy, including five years of active duty.
"I refuse to be a party to anyone desecrating or burning the U.S. flag," he said. "Too many good people have died defending that flag." An antiques dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because of restrictions he placed on who can buy the fl... more -
Even eBay wishes PayPal weren't part of eBay now
PayPal's CEO is talking up the company's business handling payments on websites other than eBay. Where have I heard this before? Oh yes: In April 2002, when I had coffee with Peter Thiel, then the CEO of PayPal as an independent concern. He talked up the prospects of growing PayPal's business on other websites. He agreed to sell PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion that July, and left three months later. And then I heard the story again, and again, and again, as eBay pushed a number of forgettable executives through the revolving door of PayPal's executive suite.
The swift executive rotation was a deliberate strategy of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a management consultant by training. She called it "repotting" — moving executives around through different parts of the business. While it may have helped her charges' careers, it did nothing for PayPal. The latest potted plant to occupy PayPal's C-suite, Scott Thompson, is bragging to investors that PayPal will soon derive more than half its revenues from websites other than eBay. A good thing, considering how growth in eBay's core auction business is grinding to a halt.
Thiel saw this as a problem back in 2002. eBay was growing fast at the time, but PayPal's investors — the company was briefly publicly traded before eBay bought it — were worried about its dependence on another company. After eBay bought PayPal, executives spent years grinding away at "integration" — even though PayPal, as an independent concern, had managed to neatly fit its payment service with eBay's auctions, without much help from eBay — in fact, with eBay actively trying to replace it with its own BillPoint payment service.
In the years since, what has eBay done with PayPal? It's recycled ideas from the Thiel era, and tried to tout them as "innovatons." It has swollen the size of the PayPal unit to some 7,000 employees. ("What do they do?" a former PayPal executive asked me.) And it has leaned on PayPal to mask slow growth in its core business.
How much would PayPal be worth now on its own, without eBay's bloated management? Would Amazon.com and Google even be trying to challenge it in the payments business? Perhaps it's a question that shouldn't remain abstract.
eBay tried to buy PayPal several times; every time eBay returned to the bargaining table, PayPal's price went up. It finally took the workings of a liquid market to determine PayPal's worth; after PayPal's IPO, eBay had to pay a fair price for the payments company.
Yes, it's time for another PayPal IPO. Too bad Peter Thiel isn't available to run the company — he's making far more money on his hedge fund than he ever did from PayPal. PayPal's CEO is talking up the company's business handling payments on websites other than eBay. Where have I heard this bef... more -
My friend is selling himself on ebay!!! LOL
My friend Steve is selling himself of ebay lol. He's offering the chance of 1 lucky bidder to receive 3 hours of Thought Field Therapy treatment and claims "I will cure any phobia". He told me that he'll travel anywhere in the world for the winning bidder and 100% will go to the UK's largest mental health charity MIND http://www.mind.org.uk
Haha Check it out. Auction ends: 19-Aug-08 11:08:10 BST
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ite...
Ems :-) x My friend Steve is selling himself of ebay lol. He's offering the chance of 1 lucky bidder to receive 3 hours of Thought Field Th... more -
UK: Facebook overtakes eBay to become third most visited website
Facebook became the third most visited website in the UK during July, overtaking eBay UK on the way. As the chart above illustrates, the social network received 2.75% of all UK Internet visits last month, equivalent to one in every 36. Facebook is also closing gap with Windows Live Mail (Hotmail), currently the second most visited website in the UK after Google UK. Facebook became the third most visited website in the UK during July, overtaking eBay UK on the way. As the chart above illustrates, t... more
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