Starting Tuesday in California, people shopping for General Motors cars can either buy off of a dealer’s lot, or they can buy online through the auction site eBay. California is a test market for this new strategy that G.M. hopes will revive its sales. Madeleine Brand talks with Los Angeles …
Read More »Car haggling, Internet style – CNNMoney.com
Car haggling, Internet styleCNNMoney.comThe new GM portal on eBay could be a hit with Web-savvy car shoppers, although it's not a complete escape from going to a showroom. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »EBay Requires Developers to Change Their Account Passwords (PC World)
EBay is requiring that all developers in its application platform program change their passwords to prevent fraudsters from accessing their accounts. More: continued here
Read More »EBay teams up with GM to sell cars online – San Francisco Chronicle
Washington Post EBay teams up with GM to sell cars onlineSan Francisco Chronicle(08-10) 17:07 PDT — Consumers will be able to haggle over the price of new automobiles on eBay starting today, under a pilot program that includes hundreds …Would You Buy a New Car on eBay? GM Hopes SoABC …
Read More »eBay Bids to Fix a Security Hole (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)
See? You don’t just have to be a buzzy social network to suffer through security problems. You can be a relatively staid Web 1.0 giant, too. eBay is warning developers who build programs that incorporate the online marketplace’s engine about a security breach. More: continued here
Read More »Would You Buy a New Car on eBay? GM Hopes So (ABC News)
A trial program lets customers shop for new GM cars on eBay. More: continued here
Read More »EBay, GM set to start car-selling trial (AP via Yahoo! News)
SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker’s California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial. More: continued here
Read More »EBay, GM set to start car-selling trial (Washington Post)
— SAN FRANCISCO – General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker’s California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial. More: continued here
Read More »GM Starts Selling Cars on eBay: Should You “Buy It Now”? (Time Magazine)
Troubled car giant General Motors is starting an experiment Tuesday, becoming the first manufacturer to sell new cars on auction site eBay. More: continued here
Read More »EBay Requires Developers to Change Their Account Passwords – PC World
EBay Requires Developers to Change Their Account PasswordsPC WorldMembers of the eBay Developers Program must change their account passwords because the e-commerce company recently discovered a way in which account …eBay mandates developer password changeSC Magazine USPasswords compromised for eBay developersTameBayebay Bids to Fix a Security HoleAll Things D BlogsAuctionbytesall …
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