Male order, men prefer to shop online
The High Street may the domain of the female of the species, but it would seem that there some guys out there are just as driven by the latest fashions, expect that with men they do not visit the High Street stores, they have a much more relaxed and homely way of getting the latest [...]
March 19, 2008Man auctions life on eBay
Some people dream about living in paradise, while other goes ahead and live the dream. But occasionally the dream ends and there is nothing else to do other than either get on with life as it is or return to where you had originally come from.
For Ian Usher, he lived the dream in Perth, [...]
February 21, 2008eBay suffers from changing fees
It would seem that the love affair with eBay the online auction is fading for some sellers who have over the years built up very successful business around the site and have also helped eBay become what it is today.
But the recent changes in how the site charges sellers for placing their items on [...]
eBay changes seller’s fees
The most famous of all online auction sites eBay is going to be upsetting quite a few of their regular sellers, as they will be increasing the final sale commission meaning that for item that is sold the seller will have to pay more commission, but if the item fails to sell then they will [...]
February 6, 2008eBay to stop negative feedback
There has been a lot of talk regarding the online auction business eBay and in particular the way that customers leave feedback, the problem is that it has been believed that the feedback may not be as worthwhile as it may initially had seemed. With fraud being one problem and the fact that their customers [...]
January 25, 2008Leaving feedback on eBay
The great thing about sites like eBay is the feedback, but it does not always turn out how it should do, most customers would like to see comments about delivery and the products. But sometimes people have different ideas, like those below:
POSITIVE: Item shipped quickly, have been having erotic dreams about seller. Thanks!
POSITIVE: Thanks [...]
And you thought Amazon just sold books
Amazon appears to have diversified a little over the years, there was time when it was books and more books, this it where they made their name and money, but as with every successful internet business, it has to be organic and grow according to the market that they are serving, clearly Amazons customers desire [...]
January 3, 2008So what did you buy on eBay?
The online auction house eBay sell millions of items, most are useful everyday items, but occasionally there are some really weird and wonderful items, here are just a few:
A woman from Florida sold her grilled cheese sandwich that appeared to have the face of the Virgin Mary upon it. The item was purchased by [...]
December 27, 2007Hammonds crash car for sale on eBay
For anyone who ever wondered what happened to the Vampire Jet car that Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond had his now famous crash which nearly killed him while driving at nearly three hundred miles per hour?
Well this car is currently being stored in a warehouse just north of London, and has been there since the [...]
Customer services the Amazon way
Imagine someone who enters an auction sale on Amazon only to find that the item which happens to be a laptop is no longer available and so proceeded to complain and making even mentioning that the laptops had been taken by their staff etc.
In reply Amazon begin to tear strips off the guy who happened [...]
Is eBay going to be banned in France?
If there is one business that demonstrates how success can be achieved on the internet then eBay has to be the one, and yet recently there has been a series of high level attacks on the business and this one in France is just another attempt to get eBay to sort its act out.
The French [...]
Skin covered book up for auction
A rare and somewhat unique book is going to be auctioned away at Wilkinson’s Auctioneers in Doncaster. Despite the almost grotesque nature of the book covering, it is an important book, the skin is believed to be that of one of the conspirators from the famous gunpowder plot in 1605, and in those days it [...]