PCT Magazine Recommended: There's a rotting Twinkie for sale on eBayToday.com (blog)But it turns out Twinkies are mortal after all; one man has proof and has decided to do what any intrepid Internet entrepreneur would do with that kind of significant scientific discovery: sell it on eBay. The latest entry in the chronicle of weird…
Online auction giant eBay has banned the sale of dolls linked to Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked western about a freed slave, Django Unchained, describing them as "offensive". More: continued here
Baseball Nation eBay Item of the Day: A Million-Dollar Table Game?Baseball NationWhen somebody lists a table game for $1.2 million, attention must be paid. The hook here is that the pieces and bat-shaped carrying case are sculpted from Sonoran Ironwood, which, as woods go, is rare, but still, is it worth the entire 2013 gross…
eBAY Revisited While Waiting to BuyTheStreet.comNEW YORK (TheStreet) — My one and only son is a wheeler-dealer when it comes to buying and selling all kinds of items on the Internet. When he isn't working his magic using Craigslist, he's bidding or offering on the site of the "King" of online … More: continued here
Maynard Webb on fixing eBay and your career (Q&A)CNETWhen Webb was asked to take control of eBay's failing IT operations in 1999, the company was in full-scale crisis. The then-young, fast-growing site had become the poster child for dot-com instability as it suffered through a series of outages. CNN … More: continued here
Maynard Webb CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Maynard Webb is a fixer. When Webb was asked to take control of eBay's failing IT operations in 1999, the company was in full-scale crisis. The then-young, fast-growing site had become the poster child for dot-com instability as it suffered through a series of outages . CNN crews, as Webb remembers, were…
Rotten Twinkie For Sale On Ebay (PHOTO!)KFDI (blog)It's a popular urban myth that Twinkies never spoil. But, there is a spoiled Twinkie for sale on Ebay. How can that be? Well, because Twinkies really do spoil. There is a photo on the Ebay listing. But because it really is gross, I have it at the…
TameBay eBay Account Manager updateTameBayeBay Customer Support So yesterday morning eBay and PayPal appear to have gone into meltdown while I was out for the day in meetings (Apologies for not blogging yesterday but by the time I got to read the deluge of emails it was all fixed). However it …Jeweller wins fight with…
Marketing Week eBay Advertising eyes video formats and unveils “untapped” shopper segmentsThe DrumeBay.co.uk, which generated over 79 million unique visits between 24 and 31 December in 2012, has reported a shift in consumer behaviour during the Christmas period, from typical bargain hunters to high-end purchases, the latter classed as “selfish …Ebay: 'Focusing on January sales…
eBay Inc (EBAY): 1 Company (Still) With Unlimited Growth PotentialInsider Monkey (blog)Few companies have revolutionized the world of ecommerce more than eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY). When eBay went public in 1998, its business was aimed at connecting buyers and sellers in an online marketplace, and it served as a broker between parties … More: continued here