eBay User Cites Numerous Difficulties Making a Purchase – EcommerceBytes (blog)

College finance student Joanne Smith, 30, became a homeowner via eBay Wednesday. Her winning bid: $1.75. The downside: The house is condemned, and it’s in Saginaw, Mich., quite a commute for the Kennedy King College student who lives on the South Side. And she is liable for about $1,000 in back taxes and cleanup fees….

PayPal to add 125 La Vista jobsOmaha World-HeraldPayPal, the electronic payments arm of the popular online auctions site eBay, recently hit some major milestones, including reaching 100 million active accounts worldwide and, last week, reporting its first-ever quarter of more than $1 billion in …PayPal hiring 300 for Chandler, Omaha support centersAhwatukee Foothills Newsall 5…

Newser Guy Who Sold Stolen Brains on eBay SentencedNewser(Newser) – A man who stole the preserved brains of mental patients from a former hospital for the insane and sold them on eBay has been sentenced by a judge who wants him to find a less macabre way to make a living. David Charles, 23, was…

The Sun Woman selling dress on eBay'disgusted' when bidder asks to buy her used knickers as wellMirror.co.ukA woman advertising an old dress on eBay was "disgusted" after receiving a message asking for her worn knickers instead. Christina Durham, 23, from London, listed a dress for sale on the online auction website last month – and…

Just Push Start Even eBay Is Making The Most Of The Xbox One's Bad PRKotaku AustraliaWe've all had our fun with the Xbox One's less-than-stellar reveal, but for eBay, the console's problems are more than just a joke; they're a way for Nintendo to make some sales. eBay Germany's Facebook page ran the above ad…

eBay has changed the way it determines a seller’s Buyer Dissatisfaction Rate (BDR) used to measure seller performance. More: continued here