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UPDATED: A Follow Up On Payments
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Timing, they say, is everything. I had no idea 3 months ago, when I booked my European trip, that we would be announcing these key changes to the eBay Marketplace this same week. On top of that, the two-day period when I’m celebrating the marriage of my little (not so little anymore I guess at [...]
UPDATED: 70% Reduction in Fixed Price Fee and much, much more…
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
With the ultimate goal to be “the most competitive marketplace online for sellers and the best place for buyers to find bargains,” eBay announced some pretty significant changes today in an effort to make the online marketplace more competitive and easier and safer to use.
More on this over the next 24 hours but, in [...]
S2: The new 3 Skypephone now available in UK
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The new 3 Skypephone was introduced in the UK this week and Peter Parkes gives a full run down of the S2’s particulars over on the Skype blog.
I’ve never used a Skypephone but might see if I can get a demo while here in the UK (the S2 is currently only available in the [...]
Interpark in discussions to sell Shares in Gmarket to eBay
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
It’s obviously early in the discussions but it appears that Interpark and Interpark’s Chairman, Ki Hyung Lee, are discussing the possibility of selling their shares in Gmarket to eBay. No one is confirming anything beyond the fact that a preliminary filing has been made with the Korean Fair Trade Commission.
Another Case Dismissed: Belgians first to rule on L’Oreal’s claims against eBay
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The Belgian Tribunal de Commerce has dismissed all claims by L’Oreal (Lancome Parfums et Beaute) brought against eBay regarding, among other things, the sale of counterfeit L’Oreal cosmetics and perfume products online. L’Oreal initiated legal action in the courts of France, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain and Spain in 2007. The Belgian dismissal is the first [...]
Tiffany Appeals Court Decision
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Today, Tiffany & Co. announced that it is appealing the July 14, 2008 decision by a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York that ruled eBay acted reasonably and responsibly to identify and expose the sale of counterfeit goods on the site.
Tiffany announced its intention to appeal the court’s ruling [...]
Online Sellers Officially on IRS Radar
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I saw a WSJ article last week breaking down how the new housing reform bill would include a provision that would require PayPal and other processors of online payments to report annual gross receipts to the IRS.
Ken Swab, senior federal government relations officer at PayPal, has since written about it on the PayPal blog.
SEC Boards the Blogging Bandwagon
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously yesterday to provide new guidance to public companies about how to comply with the securities laws via websites and blogs.
“The last time the SEC issued guidance in this area, the idea of ’social networks’ hadn’t yet been developed, and creating a social network where shareholders could [...]
Busy on the Boards today…
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Two more General Announcements went up today that caught my eye…
***A Message from John Canfield: Update on our Fraud Prevention Efforts***
John Canfield, Senior Director of eBay’s Trust & Safety team, made an AB post earlier today updating folks on eBay fraud prevention efforts. On the whole, the post makes for a one-stop repository of all [...]
Changes to Media and Jewelry categories
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The above AB post yesterday previewed some changes coming soon to the Media and Jewelry categories on eBay.
In the media category: Condition values “Brand New”, “Like New”, “Very Good”, “Good” and “Acceptable” will take the place of the current values “New” and “Used”.
In the Jewelry category: eBay Item Specifics will be attached to the [...]
