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CHICAGO (AP) — Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350. “We were biting our nails all the way up to the finish, seeing what would happen,” said Melissa McIntire, 23. “There’s a lot of relief involved.” More: continued here

eBay UK is requiring that all sellers on eBay.co.uk offer PayPal on their listings. Sellers will continue to be able to offer other payment methods that are allowed in its Accepted Payments policy, which bans Google Checkout and certain other rival services. More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog eBay Requires Sellers to Specify Shipping CostsAuctionBytes Blog, MA –1 hour agoBeginning this week, eBay will begin requiring that all new sellers who are listing for the first time specify their shipping costs using the Shipping … More: continued here

Late on Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that eBay (EBAY: sentiment, chart, options) is cutting 125 jobs, or less than 1% of its workforce…( Read More ) More: continued here

{mosimage} Computer geeks on opposite ends of the Earth have found the original sketch of the world’s first programmer.  In a story worthy of a Hollywood movie, a United States Army sergeant in Tajikistan and a programmer in Texas resurrected the legend of Ada Lovelace by buying up a 180-year-old watercolor …

CHICAGO – An Illinois-shaped corn flake sold on eBay for $1,350 Friday to the owner of a trivia Web site who wants to add the flake into his traveling museum. He plans to pick up the corn flake by hand so it won’t be damaged. Two sisters from Virginia put …

Original Ada Lovelace painting purchased on eBayTG Daily –2 hours agoIt was assumed that the original portrait had been lost forever, until a Canadian antique dealer put the original framed sketch on eBay. … More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog eBay Gives Buyers an Incentive to ComplainAuctionBytes Blog, MA –3 hours agoIt appears that eBay is sending coupons to buyers who have left low DSR ratings for sellers or who have filed disputes with sellers. …eBay Surveys Buyers on View-Item Page LayoutAuctionBytes Blogall 2 news articles More: continued here

PayPal Required on eBay UK – Coming Soon to eBay.com?AuctionBytes Blog, MA –3 minutes agoAfter banning sellers from accepting Google Checkout when it launched, eBay told its UK sellers today that they must now accept its own payment service … More: continued here

Gizmodo Australia Android PC for Sale on eBayGizmodo Australia, Australia –2 hours agoYou can buy it on eBay with bids hovering around US$200 right now, though in Japan it would probably sell for a lot more. Cute robot-shaped computer? Gold. … More: continued here