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July 2008
- Tips to Avoid Online Scams
  
  Forbes | Jul 17, 08 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If it looks too good to be true, it might be. Counterfeit goods are no stranger to sites as mainstream as eBay, so you'll want to take a few precautions to avoid forking it over for a fake. Forbes outlines tips for a safe and reliable e-shopping spree. Know what to look for: Before purchasing a pricey purse item, read a corresponding authenticity guide. Written by legitimate sellers, you'll learn what to look for, from genuine monogram placement to label fonts. More »
June 2008
- eBay Auctions: Going, Going ... Gone?
  
  BusinessWeek | Jun 4, 08 12:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - EBay is the Internet’s top auction site—which would be great if consumers still liked auctions. Long gone are days when consumers happily stalked their prey, which went to the top dog in frenzied bidding. These days, most prefer quick, one-click, fixed-price shopping—and eBay is scrambling to accommodate them, BusinessWeek reports. Old-school auction sellers, meanwhile, are furious. More »
May 2008
- List Guy Craig Branches Out
  
  New York Times | May 12, 08 10:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Everyone knows Craigslist, but Craig himself is getting a little restless. Craig Newmark is spending more time and money on outside projects, the New York Times reports, even with his company in a high-profile tiff with eBay. Newmark, 55, says he spends half his time on customer-service issues, the other half on public-service projects and causes like Barack Obama's campaign. More »
April 2008
- EBay's Turnaround Bid: Users Not Buying It Now
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 16, 08 8:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When eBay releases its first quarter earnings today, investors and curious onlookers will get a good look at the auctioneer’s turnaround efforts. But conventional grumbling has it that the changes haven’t done much. EBay overhauled its fee structure and tried to encourage sellers to improve customer service, but buyers don’t seem to be responding, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
February 2008
- Tech Giants Behave Like Nations
  
  ABC News | Feb 29, 08 4:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A comparison of two of this week’s big tech news stories, the end of an eBay boycott and Google’s announcement of the construction of a new trans-Pacific fiber optic cable, show how the tech giants have moved beyond old corporate paradigms, writes Michael Malone for ABC News. With business models that involve unprecedented consumer participation, these companies behave increasingly like sovereign nations. More »
- eBay Boycott: Boffo Bravo or Bust?
  
  ecommerce-guide.com | Feb 25, 08
  
  There's never a shortage of wildly different opinions on eBay issues, and the week-long boycott is no exception.
- 1-Week eBay Boycott Ends Tomorrow
  
  USA Today | Feb 24, 08 7:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - More eBay goodies may go on sale tomorrow as angry sellers end a 1-week boycott, USA Today reports. The ban "has had no impact on our listings," one eBay exec said, but third-party tracking sites saw a 13% drop. The sellers' snub was sparked when eBay recently upped its commission and eliminated bad buyer feedback. More »
- EBay Boycott: 3 Days Down, 4 to Go, and Little Effect | Epicenter from Wired.com
  
  Wired | Feb 21, 08
  
  EBay is pretty tight-lipped about its auction business. The company doesn't make listings data publicly available, so there isn't a definitive way of knowing whether the sellers boycott -- which began on Monday -- is having any sort of impact on the company's core auction business. Anecdotally, we know that hundreds, if not thousands, of sellers threatened to close up shop, which potentially spells trouble for the company.
- EBay Sellers Plan Boycott Week
  
  CNN | Feb 10, 08 4:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Torqued eBay sellers are giving the online auction site some pretty clear feedback about planned changes. Using eBay's own chatrooms, sellers are trying to organize a one-week boycott to protest jacked-up fees and changed feedback rules. But the would-be boycott is nothing new, reports CNNMoney, as each January eBay introduces new policies and disgruntled sellers get restless. More »
- EBay Silences Sellers with New Feedback Scheme
  
  Ars Technica | Feb 7, 08 1:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ebay’s new feedback system is leaving a negative impression on sellers. Noticing that many buyers were fed up with “retaliatory” feedback, the auctioneer has decided to prevent sellers from leaving feedback at all, Ars Technica reports. “The current feedback system isn’t where it needs to be,” explained eBay’s North American president. “Buyers are more afraid than ever to leave honest feedback.” More »
January 2008
- Do New eBay Rules Sell Out Sellers?
  
  New York Times | Jan 30, 08 4:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Newly announced changes to eBay sellers’ fees do not always benefit auctioneers—and the backlash among them has already begun. “This is clearly not a straight fee decrease,” says the editor of AuctionBytes. Indeed, in some cases, sellers wind up paying as much s 33% more. More »
- eBay Slashes Listing Fee in Half
  
  Associated Press | Jan 29, 08 1:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - eBay is chopping its listing fee in half and will take a bigger chunk out of the price of sold items, a change that should lower risk for sellers and encourage more listing, the AP reports. The online auction giant is also changing the way its search results work, the company announced at a gathering today of its top 200 sellers: Negative feedback will hurt sellers’ placement. More »
December 2007
- New Web Trend Sparks David vs. Goliath 2.0
  
  Wired | Dec 31, 07 4:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Some call it “scraping,” others call it “importing.” Either way, it’s a controversial process pitting independent software developers against the titans of the cyber world: Techies compile, or scrape, loads of data from search engines and social networking sites and pool the data on their own websites, Wired reports. Some companies, relishing the increased traffic, love the service. More »

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Tips to Avoid Online Scams

eBay Auctions: Going, Going ... Gone?

List Guy Craig Branches Out

EBay's Turnaround Bid: Users Not Buying It Now

Tech Giants Behave Like Nations

eBay Boycott: Boffo Bravo or Bust?

1-Week eBay Boycott Ends Tomorrow

EBay Boycott: 3 Days Down, 4 to Go, and Little Effect | Epicenter from Wired.com

EBay Sellers Plan Boycott Week

EBay Silences Sellers with New Feedback Scheme

Do New eBay Rules Sell Out Sellers?

eBay Slashes Listing Fee in Half

New Web Trend Sparks David vs. Goliath 2.0

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