AuctionBytes Blog paypal Explains Holds on ebay Sellers' AccountsAuctionBytes Blog, MApaypal began instituting two types of holds on ebay sellers' accounts to mitigate risk. One is called a "rolling reserve," the other is a 21-day hold. In the blog post, Clark said it instituted rolling reserves "for a very small percentage …
Read More »eBay, ProStores Experience Technical Issues over the Weekend (AuctionBytes)
eBay experienced technical issues for more than 2 hours on Saturday evening. According to a post on its Systems Announcement Board, “Some members may be seeing certain site functions are intermittently not functioning correctly at this time.” More: continued here
Read More »FedEx readies campaign against UPS over labor bill (San Francisco Chronicle)
FedEx Corp. is set to launch a multimillion dollar marketing campaign on Tuesday against chief rival UPS Inc., arguing the world’s largest shipping carrier is the driving force behind a bill that would make it easier for FedEx workers to unionize. The bill… Sponsored Topics: FedEx – United Parcel Service …
Read More »Royal Mail part-privatisation likely to be delayed (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The part-privatisation of Royal Mail is likely to be delayed on price grounds, the Guardian and Independent said. More: continued here
Read More »Teen steals mail, thousands of dollars from post office (KFDM Beaumont)
Investigators say a teenager broke into post office boxes and stolen several thousand dollars worth of checks as well as credit cards and mail. Sgt. Tim McCurley with the Groves Police Department says the 16 year old broke into the post office boxes at about 1:30 a.m. Monday. More: continued …
Read More »Study: FedEx ranks No. 1 in customer satisfaction (Memphis Business Journal)
FedEx Corp. ranked first in customer satisfaction in its industry for the 12th year in a row, according to new results from the quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index. (FDX) More: continued here
Read More »UK Government: Intend To Push On With Royal Mail Bill In Parliament (Nasdaq)
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. government intends to continue pushing its bill to modernize Royal Mail through parliament but it remains unclear when it will sell a stake in the state-owned postal service, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s spokesman said Monday. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail sale put on hold (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Gordon Brown appears set to delay the planned part-privatisation of Royal Mail in a bid to appease Labour MPs. More: continued here
Read More »Judge in racial slur storm for telling fraudster he 'gypped' ebay … – Daily Mail
Daily Mail Judge in racial slur storm for telling fraudster he 'gypped' ebay…Daily Mail, UKJudge Christopher Elwen told an ebay fraudster he had 'gypped' a student out of money. The slang verb 'to gyp' means to defraud or steal, and experts says there is 'scholarly consensus' it is 'probably' derived from …
Read More »Suspect caught breaking into post office boxes in Groves (Beaumont Enterprise)
A 16-year-old Groves resident was booked into the Minnie Rogers Juvenile Justice Center early Monday morning after Groves police caught a suspect breaking into the Groves Post Office. More: continued here
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