eBay suffered a significant malfunction this weekend as an unspecified “technical issue” affected users’ ability to both search and browse listings for most of Saturday. Now, the site’s been restored to working order, but a lot of sellers remain extremely unhappy. Lorrie Norrington, the president of eBay Marketplaces, tried to …
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Read More »Man bailed after jewellery theft (BBC News)
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