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eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricingZDNet –15 minutes agoOn Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the “Buy it Now” fixed price … More: continued here

Boston Globe Spotlight Stocks: eBay, Freddie Mac, Hewlett-Packard, TargetMinyanville.com, New York –2 hours agoeBay (EBAY) is reportedly lowering its fees related to fixed-price items for US sellers to improve the balance between buyers and seller. …SmarTrend® Opening Bell Comments — August 20, 2008Comtex Smartrendall 669 news articles More: continued here

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , the world’s largest online auctioneer, lowered initial fees to list items at fixed prices by as much as 70 percent to compete with other Internet retailers. More: continued here

Ever since the online auction site eBay sprung up 10 years ago as a hub for selling just about everything imaginable, a handful of Americans has tried to sell votes, even though it is illegal. More: continued here

The move, to take effect in mid-September, is intended to help eBay compete better with online retail rivals such as Amazon.com. More: continued here

eBay: Where’s the Fun?FOXBusiness –11 minutes agoBy Brian Sullivan The Wall Street Journal today reports that eBay (EBAY) is again changing its fee structure in a bid to raise customer traffic and increase … More: continued here

BBC News eBay insect fossil is new speciesBBC News, UK –2 hours agoA scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid. … More: continued here

EBay Cuts Fixed-Price Sale Fee to Compete With Rivals (Update2)Bloomberg –6 minutes ago20 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc., the world's largest online auctioneer, lowered initial fees to list items at fixed prices by as much as 70 percent to compete … More: continued here

(eBay official corrects that maximum shipping price implemented only in media category, not electronics, in paragraph 18) More: continued here

Boston Globe eBay Supports Sellers With Dramatically Lower Listing FeeMarketWatch –2 hours agois dramatically lowering – by more than 70 percent – the cost to list an item in eBay's Buy It Now(TM) fixed price format. Sellers will now enjoy a flat …EBay Ups Bid For Fixed-Price SalesSky NewseBay to slash …