Sify £1m For Buffett LunchGlasgow Daily Record, UK –1 hour agoThe price paid by investment fund boss Zhao Danyang is the most raised in a charity auction on eBay. Proceeds of the auction, which ended on Friday evening, …Fund manager pays £1m for meal with Buffettguardian.co.ukLunch with Warren Buffett: $2.1mScopical$2.2 million to …
Read More »eBay Sets up Shopper Community to Conduct Market Research – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes eBay Sets up Shopper Community to Conduct Market ResearchAuctionbytes –15 minutes agoBy Ina Steiner eBay is using a service called Communispace to set up and gather data from an "online community of curious, active, and informed online … More: continued here
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A man who auctioned his life on eBay said Monday he is disappointed with the selling price: almost $384,000. More: continued here
Read More »Sell a life: what price a life? – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Sell a life: what price a life?Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –8 hours agoIan Usher has sold his whole life on ebay, including the car, the hammock and the barbeque. Frances Booth reports On days when the Earth seems to be turning …This life auction is little more than narcissismSunday HeraldAn 'entire life' …
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Two months ago, Danielle Barber got fired from her job at a grocery store and her fiancé, a plumber, got laid off. Two weeks ago, they lost their $750-a-month apartment in San Bernardino and moved into their 1996 Ford Taurus. More: continued here
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The West Nyack post office is supporting an aviation platoon stationed in Iraq by doing something it has quite a bit of experience in – shipping packages. More: continued here
Read More »eBay man’s $399,000 letdown (Perth Now)
IAN USHER says he’s committed to moving on and trying something new, after selling his life and belongings for just under $400,000 on eBay. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Pushes The Envelope In Pojoaque – KOAT
Post Office Pushes The Envelope In PojoaqueKOAT –4 hours agoThe post office has announced it will stop delivering mail to Pojoaque. Residents were told last week their mail service would end. … More: continued here
Read More »EBay Challenged by French Retailers Over Fake Handbags, Watches – Bloomberg
AFP EBay Challenged by French Retailers Over Fake Handbags, WatchesBloomberg –4 hours agoBy Heather Smith June 30 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. faces a French court ruling today that may make the world's biggest online auctioneer do more to stop the …French court to rule in luxury group case against eBayAFPall 15 …
Read More »Darwen postman stole from the mail – This Is Lancashire
Darwen postman stole from the mailThis Is Lancashire, UK –4 hours agoThe court was told how Young, father of a nine-year-old child, was caught out after the Television Licensing Customer Services Dept alerted the Royal Mail… More: continued here
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