Rebecca Tyrrel: Days Like ThoseIndependent, UK –3 hours agoWasting no time, I sprinted upstairs, called my brother, Noel, and instructed him to put it on eBay. "Get rid of it within the week and you can keep the … More: continued here
Read More »Elusive Birkin Bags, Celebrity Arm Candy, Give Up Their Secrets – Bloomberg
Elusive Birkin Bags, Celebrity Arm Candy, Give Up Their SecretsBloomberg –2 hours agoHe was just a guy who resold handbags on EBay. Those bags happened to be Birkins, the highly desirable, terribly expensive satchels made by Hermes … More: continued here
Read More »Fans’ FA Cup ticket mail protest (BBC News)
Cardiff City fans complain to the Royal Mail as their FA Cup final tickets go missing in the post. More: continued here
Read More »Charges in Post Office ‘robbery’ (BBC News)
A man is charged with theft and perverting the course of justice after a report of an armed robbery at a post office. More: continued here
Read More »Crop subsidies switched to feeding needy as food prices rise (AG Weekly)
WASHINGTON – Most people call it a farm bill. But it’s really more of a food bill. That’s even more true this year as negotiators, spurred by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other urban lawmakers, move dollars from crop subsidies to food stamps and other programs for feeding the needy. …
Read More »eBay Does Exclusive Deal with Buy.com – AuctionBytes Blog
eBay Does Exclusive Deal with Buy.comAuctionBytes Blog, MA –3 minutes agoeBay acknowledged on its corporate blog it has entered into a deal with Buy.com after the news was broken by industry blogger Randy Smythe on Friday. … More: continued here
Read More »Online Art Fraud Nets Growing Number of Victims (NPR)
An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were sophisticated fakes of works by Picasso, Warhol, Chagall and other artists. A member of the FBI’s art crime team and a victimized art dealer talk …
Read More »Bidnapper Sniping Expands Beyond eBay (AuctionBytes)
A winning bid that seems to come from nowhere with just a second or two to go before the close – that’s a snipe – and anyone that has more than a casual experience with online auctions has probably seen (or even been a victim of) a snipe or two. …
Read More »Nick Price leads FedEx Kinko’s Classic (Boston Herald)
LAKEWAY, Texas Nick Price moved a step closer to his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a 5-under 67 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the FedEx… More: continued here
Read More »Forever stamps a good value (The Plain Dealer)
Nothing lasts forever, or so the saying goes. Well, there is the odd exception. If one had the foresight to stock up on “Forever” stamps at 41 cents apiece today, they would hold their value decades from now. More: continued here
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