EBay out to stop slide after setbacks

Major players like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon have, in the last two months, offered discount schemes on specific days, in sync with the festive season in the country. More: continued here

The auction website eBay says it is not worried by the prospect of a global boycott by sellers and thinks their complaints are ‘unfair’.Hundreds of sellers are expected to stage a strike starting on May 1, over changes they say are crippling their online businesses. More: continued here

Money where his mouth is: Sandoval pays tax on internet buyLas Vegas SunBy David McGrath Schwartz (contact) Sandoval said today he sent in 30 cents to the Nevada Department of Taxation for a pair of $3.99 cufflinks he bought on eBay. The purchase of the cufflinks, with the city of Reno logo, did not include…

Customer data found on eBay server highlights again that people …ZDNet UK, UK –13 minutes agoThe recent news about customer details being retrieved from a server sold on eBay http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39465455,00.htm is yet … More: continued here

David Williams column: Escape to the Middle AgesFond du Lac ReporterWhile looking at templar surcoats on eBay, I realized that, for some, the medieval era is unending. This notion is apparent to anyone who has ever visited the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha, a summer-long attraction that plunges modern-day …and more » More: continued here

CompUSA is now accepting PayPal as a way to pay for purchases made on the CompUSA.com website, the latest in the Systemax family of brands to offer PayPal. eBay’s online payment service PayPal is currently accepted in North America at TigerDirect.com, TigerDirect.ca. More: continued here