They say buyers beware, but a Houston couple is warning sellers to also be on the lookout for a PayPal scam. Gabriel and Bonnie Al-Raifai started their own photography business and decided to sell some old equipment. They thought their …
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Quarterly earnings fell 31 percent at eBay Inc., indicating that its Internet auctions are being hurt by the recession just like traditional retail sales. The results, combined with a forecast below analysts’ expectations, sent eBay shares skidding nearly 6 percent. More: continued here
EBay flaw could be used to hijack accounts, researcher saysPCWorldA security researcher who found a major vulnerability in eBay's website last week said a second flaw he found hasn't been fixed and could be used to hijack user accounts. Jordan Lee Jones, a 19-year-old college student who lives in Stockton-on-Tees, U …New XSS vuln hits…
USA TODAY (blog) Terrelle Pryor's unverified 2008 Big Ten title ring surfaces on eBayCBSSports.comA ring that appears to be Terrelle Pryor's infamous 2008 Big Ten championship ring has resurfaced — as an auction item on eBay. To review, his ring was central in the Ohio State “tattoo-gate” scandal — that cash-for-memorabilia scheme that ultimately …Terrelle…
Hamilton police are abandoning their live auctions of found and recovered property and putting items up for sale on eBay. No more will residents head to the downtown police station to see if they can get a deal on a bike, jewellery, tools and appliances. More: continued here
EBay beat muted expectations, reporting net income that rose 5 percent to $592 million, compared with the period a year ago. More: continued here
An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI’s art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk about the growing trend of…