ebay Clarifies Buyer and Seller Protection ObligationsECommerce-Guide, United States – Vangie BealBy Vangie Beal This week ebay announced changes to the ebay User Agreement. The biggest change focuses on the recently announced ebay Resolutions policy, as well as the new ebay Purchase Protection policy. Instead of requiring buyers to go to paypal … More: continued here
Marilyn Monroe's Last Photos on eBay Auction BlockPR Newswire (press release), NYMany more very rare items, including original photos, letters, gifts and signed rarities from The Beatles, Fred Astaire , Louis Armstrong , Frank Sinatra , Lucy and more will be placed on eBay over the next week, so that Buddy Greco's fans, … More: continued…
eBay Announces Plan to Consolidate North America Customer Service …WELT ONLINE, GermanyeBay (Nasdaq:EBAY), the world's largest e-commerce marketplace with 88 million active users, today announced plans to consolidate its North America customer service facilities. The action is expected to capture efficiencies, expand support to customers … More: continued here
eBay Has Dampening Effect on Looted Antiquity Sales The number of …Softpedia, Romania – Tudor VieruBy Tudor Vieru, Science Editor The large online marketplace site eBay, which was launched about a decade ago, has made archaeologists fear from the start that the number of looted antiquities that could be moved via the Internet would increase … More: continued…
AFP EBay to close Vancouver facilityReutersSAN FRANCISCO, May 5 (Reuters) – Online auctioneer eBay Inc (EBAY.O) said on Tuesday it will close its facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, that employs roughly 700 people as it consolidates its North America customer service centers. …eBay to close Vancouver facilityAFPeBay to close Burnaby facility; about 700 jobs lostVancouver…
Ars Technica eBay is saving archeology by killing the antiquities marketArs Technica, MA – John TimmerBy John Timmer | Last updated May 5, 2009 8:44 PM CT By any reasonable analysis, eBay should have been a nightmare for archaeologists, allowing looted goods a new outlet, one that eliminated any cloak-and-dagger aspects of the illicit trade in … More:…
eBay to close Burnaby facility; about 700 jobs lostVancouver Sun, CanadaeBay plans to slap the locks on its Burnaby customer service centre, throwing about 700 workers out of a job. "The action is expected to capture efficiencies, expand support to customers and facilitate the delivery of new service programs focused on … More: continued here
TrustedReviews Forget Apple, Amazon Should Buy Twittter. Why Not?TechCrunch, CAOne of the least-understood benefits of tightly tying PayPal to ebay transactions is the resulting free promotion paypal gets being front-and-center in all ebay transactions. Visa or Mastercard would have to pay millions and millions to get that kind …Apple Said to Wrap Up $700m Twitter PurchaseTrustedReviewsApple…
James McP writes “According to an article on Archaeology, fake artifacts being sold on eBay have caused the bottom to drop out of the low-end artifact market. This outcome is exactly opposite to what archeologists feared would happen when eBay came on the scene. A side effect of more and more forgers getting in on…
An anthropologist says eBay has made it more profitable for tomb raiders to create fake artifacts than to pilfer burial sites or other archeological digs. More: continued here