Tag: ebay
eBay Nutcase of the Week: Man wants £744,000 for half his future earnings
Following the hot, international news sensation that was the life-selling nutcase, we brings news of a new eBay nutcase.
The nutcase in question is 33-year-old Canadian musician Ashley MacIssac, who rather worryingly decalred himself bankrupt in 2000, and has stuck his potential future earnings up for auction. And he wants quite a bit of money…
Aussie man sells life on eBay for £200,000
An Australian man has successfully sold his entire life on ebay, including his house, his car, his motorbike, his sofa, his good china, his nectar points, his job, his friends: everything. His unique auction won him a little short of £200,000.
Sneaky kids buying adult video games online
Britain’s children have found a sure fire way of illegally buying violent video games using online stores and auction sites, according to the Trading Standards Institute.
iPhone 3G mobiles already being sold on eBay for £500
The iPhone 3G was announced just 36 hours ago, but already eBay has several auctions for people who can’t be bothered waiting in line on July 11th. At the time of writing, there are eight auctions worldwide, with prices ranging from US$350 to £500 (around US$1,000) for the 16GB version.
Each seller promises the handset will be sent to the winning bidder after July 11th, and will come unlocked, which is still an illegal act. Stories have been spreading of Carphone Warehouse and O2 requiring you to sign a contract before you buy an iPhone, instead of signing up for one at home, which looks like it could decrease the amount of jailbroken phones. However, it’s believed iPhones bought on PAYG, or from the Apple stores, need not require a contract signed there and then…
Exposé! eBay UK not as Blu-ray friendly as other eBay sites
It’s come to my attention, through a recent attempt at flogging my copy of Casino Royale (every Blu-ray player owner has at least six copies), that eBay UK is not anywhere near as Blu-ray friendly as the US, or even Australia, Canada, or France. I’d test more sites, but that’s about the limit to my bilingualism.
Ever tried selling a Blu-ray on eBay UK? Ever other country’s site seems to have Blu-ray listed in the categories field, however not us in Blighty, who’re forced to lump it into the ‘DVD, Film & TV > DVDs’ or ‘DVD, Film & TV > Other Film Formats’ fields.
The winning HD format is not mentioned anywhere, and neither is HD DVD, which is also mentioned on all the aforementioned sites. Although dead formats such as MiniDisc have their very own boxes for you to tick, along with SACD, DAT, audio cassettes, floppy discs and VHS.
So can we cut to the chase already and label eBay UK as being a non-embracing technological Luddite?..
MySpace to share your details with eBay, Twitter and Yahoo but only if you want
It’s funny, isn’t it? On the one hand we have infinite remote security where you have to tell someone the middle name of the first person you snogged before you can buy an ice-cream over the phone and then online we’re chucking personal information about like there’s no tomorrow.
Sites like Facebook have seen us divulge everything short of our bank details – although I’m sure an application for that is on its way – and now it seems they’re going to share their info with each other – with our consent of course.
MySpace has launched MySpace Data Availability as part the Yahoo Open Social Foundation…
Orange partners with eBay for co-branded application on handsets
Orange plans to offer a range of co-branded applications for its Signature handsets, starting off with an eBay application…
Vzaar video adverts for eBay: bring your stamp collection alive
The Vzaar video service for eBay has had a revamp, and now allows longer videos and an increased monthly transfer limit of 1GB. The brainchild of former eBay employees, Vzaar allows users to insert video into their listings, increasing buyer protection…
eBay reaches settlement over Buy It Now lawsuit
eBay has just forked out some of its own hard-earned cash, buying three patents due to their ongoing lawsuit with MercExchange over the Buy It Now service.
MercExchange claims eBay was infringing on their patents, and filed a lawsuit against the company in September 2001, which has now been dropped reportedly.
“We’re pleased to have been able to reach a settlement with MercExchange. In addition to resolving the litigation, this settlement…
Every Dreamcast game ever made up for auction – it is your duty to enter the bidding war
Hopefully it isn’t necessary to explain to you the significance of SEGA’s Dreamcast. It was the best console ever, especially as Electronic Arts didn’t release any games for it so there was no FIFA/Madden/NHL to trudge through every year – just 100% SOLID GOLD SEGA and SEGA-approved arcade magic.
Anyway. One man has acquired an original copy of every Japanese Dreamcast game ever released. Which, to be fair, most gamers should’ve done themselves during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
But if you didn’t do your duty at the time – and therefore inadvertently contributed towards today’s dismal gaming scene – you can now make amends by buying every Japanese DC game in one bulk lot – for the never-to-be-repeated bargain price of $19,999.99.
