$4.6 million buys ebay bidder eternity with Marilyn MonroeLos Angeles TimesMarilyn Monroe, who's been dead 47 years, still carries enough cache that the crypt above where she was entombed was sold today on ebay for $4602100. … More: continued here
Read More »eBay Tests VIP Membership of Bucks Loyalty Program (AuctionBytes)
eBay is testing a VIP feature of its eBay Bucks loyalty program, which remains in beta testing and allows participants to earn 2% back on all qualifying purchases. Some eBay buyers received an email last week that said as VIP members of eBay Bucks, they would receive exclusive promotions and …
Read More »Redcar man auctioning P9RMO number plate on eBay (Gazette Live – Teeside)
WHAT do you buy for the Teessider who has everything? Well how’s about this for a suggestion? A personalised number plate celebrating Teesside’s famous signature dish – the Parmo! More: continued here
Read More »Memory fixed via Hawaii stamps (The Maui News)
Even though according to eBay Allen Nishiyama’s stamps might not be worth much money, they do bring back memories of Hawaii’s statehood as well as of his late father, a former assistant postmaster at Kahului Post Office. More: continued here
Read More »Disruptive Innovator Max Mancini Leaves eBay (AuctionBytes)
eBay’s Senior Director of Platform and Mobile, Max Mancini, has left the company to become Vice President of Engineering at Aha Mobile, which recently launched an application on the iPhone to help consumers get information while driving. “I left eBay a few weeks ago. More: continued here
Read More »Floral tributes after two die in Bristol crash (This is Bristol)
Dozens of floral tributes have been laid at the scene of a Bristol crash which left a man and teenager dead and three others badly injured. The pair were killed after the black Mercedes they were travelling in collided with a seven-tonne Royal Mail lorry. More: continued here
Read More »Quebeck Post Office could cease operation (Sparta Expositor)
Unknown. Quebeck Post Office, which has been a focal point of activity and service for several decades, may be closed down by U.S. Postal authorities. More: continued here
Read More »Site allows users to share funny texts (UPI)
ROYAL OAK, Mich., Aug. 24 (UPI) — A pair of Michigan law students have hit the Internet big-time with a Web site allowing users to share their strange and amusing text messages. More: continued here
Read More »Man found shot to death in West Side alley (Chicago Tribune)
A 26-year-old man was found shot to death early this morning in an East Garfield Park alley on the West Side, police said. The shooting happened in the 3300 block of West Monroe Street, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer. The victim was identified Darnell Stamps, 26, of the …
Read More »Want to Be Her Eternal Upstairs Neighbor? (ABC News)
Crypt above the iconic actress, currently occupied, up for sale on Ebay. More: continued here
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