After 13 bids and starting at £1, one lucky buyer will be able to add this rare coin to their collection – this coin was designed nine-year-old Florence Jackson back in 2009 Coins can sell for hundreds of pounds online ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) A rare Blue Peter 50p coin …
Read More »Rare Blue Peter 50p coin sells for £286 after eBay bidding war – check your change
Coin collectors will pay big money if you have a 2009 version of this Blue Peter 50p coin, released to celebrate the London Olympic 2012 games in conjunction with Blue Peter A version of this Blue Peter 50p coin has sold for £280 on eBay ( Image: PA) A rare …
Read More »Customers’ returned Royal Mail and Hermes parcels are being flogged on eBay
People have discovered that hundreds of ‘missing’ Royal Mail and Hermes parcels are being sold on eBay – and customers aren’t happy. Listings spotted on the auction website show bundles of undelivered packages being sold for hundreds of pounds by mystery sellers. A listing with bids going up to £56 …
Read More »Sellers on eBay and Facebook warned after fraudsters scam people out of £125k
People flogging valuable items on eBay, Facebook and Gumtree are being warned about a new scam. West Midlands Police say sellers looking to make some extra money in lockdown have been conned out of more than £125,000 by scammers in recent months. The con-artists have been targeting people selling high-value …
Read More »Are Britain’s lost parcels really being auctioned off on eBay?
There’s little about a brown cardboard box to lift the spirits, not even when it’s wrapped in wrinkled clingfilm. Hard, then, to imagine that the package just handed over to us on the doorstep of a dishevelled terrace house in Street, Somerset, is one of the most sought-after items on …
Read More »Queen’s servant, 37, admits stealing items worth £100,000 from Buckingham Palace
A servant to the Queen today admitted stealing two prestigious medals from Buckingham Palace as well as other items worth up to £100,000. Adamo Canto, 37, swiped a Companion of the Order of the Bath medal belonging to retired Navy vice-admiral Sir Anthony Johnstone-Burt, the Queen’s Master of the Household, and …
Read More »The £7.5bn Black Friday: Beleaguered stores are set for a sales boost
The £7.5bn Black Friday: Beleaguered stores are set for a sales boost as frenzied shoppers snap up bargains (but some offers are best avoided) Experts have warned some bargains may not be quite as attractive as they seem Britons will spend more online this Christmas than in the high street …
Read More »Caught between PayPal, eBay and Royal Mail over the return of a faulty phone | Money
An expensive phone that I bought on eBay, and returned because it was faulty, has been lost in transit and, although everyone agrees I should get my money back, eBay, PayPal and Royal Mail are all refusing to take responsibility. I bought the LGG8s ThinQ mobile phone for £345.99. The …
Read More »‘PayPal let scammers steal £650 from my bank account after I sold my phone on eBay’
A long-standing eBay customer has accused PayPal of facilitating a scam that left him £650 out of pocket and suffering from stress in the weeks leading to Christmas. Richard Edy, 46, has been a customer with the auction website for eight years, however he’s spent the past three months appealing …
Read More »Couple washed 700,000 used stamps then sold them on Amazon and eBay in £225,000 fraud
Married couple funded lavish lifestyle by washing 700,000 used stamps then selling them as if new on Amazon and eBay in elaborate £225,000 fraud Paul and Samantha Harrison made more than £200,000 in stamp fraud They used proceeds to buy a BMW with personalised plates and lavish holidays Harrison sold …
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