ebay and the latest ...............................................MEDIA REPORTS

[bnwt]

eBay fraudster laughs off her court charge


http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/eBay-fraudster-laughs-off-her.6228663.jp

[*CountessA*]

Re "account suspended", of particular interest is eBay's unashamed admission that low-volume sellers are being overlooked, given nothing but automated "support".

The company has expanded both its buyer and seller phone support, but this is available for high volume users. The rep explained that "volume solutions" are needed for dispute resolution and that unfortunately some users with disputes will be overlooked with such a large user base.

Investigator appreciates that the online auction site has a significant number of users and the volume of correspondence relating to complaints must be vast. But hiding behind automated responses and conducting investigations without input from users is hardly fair.

The issue is even more relevant when it comes to people who run an eBay business, as this may be their sole source of income and the business could be left in jeopardy if they don't have the appropriate channels for dispute resolution.

[bnwt]

eBay has a new attitude


http://www.examiner.com/x-38934-Columbus-Business-Examiner~y2010m4d16-eBay-has-a-new-attitude

[bnwt]

PayPal Holds Seller Funds from Fulfilled Orders


http://letters.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2010/4/1271530824.html

[bnwt]

Wall Street Longs for Good Old Days of eBay Growth


http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2010/4/1271523606.html

[Philip.Cohen]

“Closing Update: Fraud Charges Against Goldman Sachs Send Stocks Reeling”
http://www.onn.tv/news-feed/midnight-trader/closing-update-fraud-charges-against-goldman-sachs-send-stocks-reeling/

“… SEC charges of fraud against Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs (GS) sent sellers flooding into the market, pushing each of the major indices down between 1% and 1.6%.”

Gee, didn’t, Whitman and Donahoe have dealings with these people? Allegations of fraud? Could anyone believe such a thing could happen in such an organization?

[gr8-expectations]

exactly philip, whats surprising is that these are the only ones being charged so far after the gfc, these are civil charges but quite often criminal ones follow these in situations like this

reminds me of Turnbull and what he knew about HIH and FAI that could have saved investors money had he disclosed early enough when consulting to Macquarie?  - JMO, much smaller scale though, this current one is a $billion claim if proven

[tellomon]

eBay Failure

[bnwt]

eBay's March 2010 traffic numbers are down


http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y210/m04/abu0261/s01

[*Yibida*]

Mmmm ? I have my coffee.. I have my morning paper .. somethings missing ?.. Oh yeh bnwt's latest reports ! .. 

[*Yibida*]

Spoke to soon !... { Removes foot from mouth } .. LOLOLOL

[*smee*]

thats what you get when you go for your 10.30 smoko at 10.20 you slacko alien !!!

[bnwt]

eBay Launching New Uploader Tool for Photo-Hosting


http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y10/m04/i16/s02

[bnwt]

PayPal hirings to ease customer service anger


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/paypal-hirings-to-ease-customer-service-anger/story-e6frgakx-1225855705354

[bnwt]

eBay shill bid scammer convicted


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/19/ebay_scam/

[bnwt]

AuctionBytes Survey Measures Effects of New eBay Initiative


http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y10/m04/i19/s01

[bnwt]

eBay Demotes PowerSeller Despite Reassurances


http://letters.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2010/4/1271692432.html

[bnwt]

Growth Expected in eBay's 1Q


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10412817

[Philip.Cohen]

Drop Ship News
“Survey Says: eBay Traffic Continues to Decrease”
http://blog.dropshipaccess.com/bid/32224/Survey-Says-eBay-Traffic-Continues-to-Decrease

A more accurate appraisal of the effect the sociopath, John (Peter Principle) Donahoe is having on the eBay marketplace.

[bnwt]

EBay Looks Solid, Continues Turnaround


http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/19/paypal-online-auctions-technology-cio-network-ebay.html?boxes=Homepagechannels

[bnwt]

eBay Sellers Faces £50K Fine For Phoney Bids


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2939338/Ebay-seller-faces-50k-fine-for-phoney-bids.html

[bnwt]

eBay’s Q1 Results To Benefit From Accelerating Ecommerce Growth, Improving Consumers Confidence


http://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/229599/ebay’s-q1-results-to-benefit-from-accelerating-ecommerce-growth

[bnwt]

Paypal updates Buyer Protection terms


http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2261659/paypal-updates-buyer-protection

[bnwt]

Luxury Goods May Pick and Choose Venues for Sales


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/technology/21goods.html?src=busln

[bnwt]

eBay Seller Struggles with Turbo Lister


http://letters.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2010/4/1271782597.html

[Philip.Cohen]

“eBay wins online auction patent, and a major new revenue stream”
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/04/20/ebay-wins-patent-online-auction-process/

Here is an abstract of the process:

Methods and apparatus for a system for facilitating electronic commerce transactions with a first data storage location for holding information about an item for auction from a first participant in a data packet network, a verification process that verifies the user identification of the first participant in said data packet network, the verification process confirming a user identification before allowing the participant in said data packet network access to place information about an item for auction in the system, a display process for displaying information of the item for auction to a plurality of data packet network users, the display process displaying an advertisement with the item for auction to the plurality of data packet users, an auction process for receiving bids on the item for auction from at least one of said plurality of data packet network users, the auction process also verifying a user identification from said at least one of a plurality of data packet network users before allowing receipt of the bid and a notification process for notifying the plurality of data packet network participants that said bid was accepted by said system.

What a thoroughly depressing occurrence; however, does it mean that eBay will actually verify all users? I doubt it, as then they would actually be doing something proactive about the 10, 20, 30, … shill bidding IDs that all the unscrupulous professional shill bidding sellers have. Can you imagine that? I can’t.

How on earth can you be granted a patent for the perfectly logical processes that are required to run an auction on the internet? Where is the creativity in this “concept”. Crazy! And then, such a patent being owned by eBay, Ugh!

[bnwt]

7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/

[bnwt]

EBay earnings rise as core businesses improve


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ebay-earnings-rise-as-marketplace-grows-2010-04-21?reflink=MW_news_stmp

[bnwt]

Visa seeks online growth with CyberSource


Visa and rival MasterCard Inc are fighting for market share in online payments as more consumers shop on the Internet, often using competitors such as eBay Inc's PayPal unit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100421/wr_nm/us_visa_cybersource

[bnwt]

EBay's Good Quarter; Not Such Good Guidance


Seems Donahoe and team might have some explaining to do.



http://www.cnbc.com/id/36694945

[bnwt]

New PayPal Program Rewards Top Customers


http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y10/m04/i21/s01

[bnwt]

EBay Profit Up but Shares Hit by Soft Forecast


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/21/business/AP-US-Earns-eBay.html

[bnwt]

Is eBay Turning Blind Eye to Feedback Extortion?


http://letters.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2010/4/1271859297.html

[bnwt]

Fraudster’s appeal is rejected


http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Fraudster-8217-s-appeal-rejected/article-2050295-detail/article.html

[bnwt]

Ebay Chief Touts PayPal Innovation As Processor Logs Strong Results


http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2508

[bnwt]

EBay shares fall as outlook spooks investors


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ebay-off-as-outlook-spooks-investors-2010-04-22?dist=countdown

[bnwt]

IRS Officer Slapped For Not Reporting eBay Sales


http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/22/irs-tax-audit-ebay-seller-personal-finance-irs-worker-loses.html?boxes=financechannelforbes

[bnwt]

Amazon Outlook Disappoints


http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10450782

[bnwt]

Fake eBay website costs Augusta woman thousands


http://www.wrdw.com/onyourside/headlines/91765449.html

[bnwt]

Online shopping website eBay reports 9% boost in sales


http://news.myhermes.co.uk/online-shopping-website-ebay-reports-9-boost-in-sales-19736955.news

[bnwt]

Luxury industry backs ruling on online sales


http://www.retail-jeweller.com/page.cfm/action=Archive/ArchiveID=1/EntryID=755

[bnwt]

eBay CEO Says Stores-in-Core Will Take 2-3 Quarters to Play Out


http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y10/m04/i22/s02

[bnwt]

EBay offers replacement guarantee on all deals done


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/65509/ebay-offers-replacement-guarantee-all.html

[bnwt]

Rugby league star pleads guilty to eBay ink scam


http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/04/23/fake_ink_scam/

[bnwt]

eBay launches discount fashion outlet


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/hilaryalexander/7623703/eBay-launches-discount-fashion-outlet.html

[bnwt]

Kissimmee police looking for fraud suspect


http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/osceola_news/042310-fraud-suspect

[bnwt]

eBay Removes Interstitial When Buyer Leaves Negative Feedback


http://letters.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2010/4/1272050687.html

[bnwt]

Amazon outlook disappoints, shares fall


http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Amazon+outlook+disappoints+shares+fall/2939450/story.html

[bnwt]

Amazon.com Sales up 39% in U.S. in 1st Quarter YoY


eBay Growth of Marketplaces Biz Pales Next to Amazon
It was just over a year ago that eBay CEO John Donahoe met with Wall Street analysts in San Jose during Analyst Day and told them his plan for a marketplaces turnaround. This slide from the presentation shows eBay projections for the timing of the turnaround, with growth expected to catch up with the market in 2010.

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y10/m04/i23/s01

[bnwt]

Packing Box Concept is Long Overdue


I hate selling stuff on eBay mostly because the stuff I sell always seems to lure the dregs of the eBay society.


http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ups-packing-box-concept-is-long-overdue-2010-04-23/