Another first for an online auction. A mastodon skeleton which has led a well-traveled “life” since its discovery is on eBay, with a starting bid of $115,000 (no bids at the time of this writing).
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TechCrunch Ebay-Backed, Asian E-Commerce Company Giosis Lands $82.1M Series ATechCrunchGiosis, the eBay-backed company behind e-commerce platform Qoo10, will boost its operations in Asia after landing an $82.1 million Series A led by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). Ebay (which owns a stake in Giosis as a joint venture with Korean …and more » More: continued here
Police sell criminals' ill-gotten gains on eBay for £1.5 millionLeicester MercuryThe force was the first in the UK to use eBay to sell assets which a court had established to have been paid for with cash generated through criminal activity, chiefly drug dealing. It opened the shop in September 2009 and has since sold approximately…
Navy Investigating Thefts Of Baseball EquipmentWJZThe Naval Criminal Investigative Service found stolen baseball gloves with distinctive markings that were being sold on eBay. Federal investigators searched …and more » More: continued here
TameBay eBay Had Some Really Scary Things To Say About The Outlook For The…Business InsiderYesterday, on eBay's earnings conference call, CFO Bob Swan had some worrying things to say about the outlook for U.S. consumer spending going into the holiday shopping season. "First, from a macro standpoint, Europe and [Asia-Pacific] — which created …Ebay warns of…
Radar Online Scientologists Team with eBay to Keep 'Tech' Away from 'Suppressives'Radar Online, NY –3 minutes agoAccording to a recent report, the Church has been granted direct access to eBay auctions to block the secondhand sale of the nominal lie detectors, … More: continued here
He’s offering up his account, with more than 1,500 followers, and the auction has already gone up to $560. At the same time, he’s selling guest hosting of his Twitter account on Craigslist. More: continued here