Auctions

I Literally Placed My PS3 In A Scammer's Hands

Herman's tale of eBay/Paypal buyer fraud is unusual because he not only met the scammer in person, he placed his item right in the guy's hands. Here's what happened: More »

2:00 PM on Mon Nov 3 2008
By Ben Popken
33,845 views, 143 comments

money meltdown

Woman Buys House For $1.75 On EBay

Joanne Smith from Chicago now owns an abandoned home in Saginaw, Michigan, and she only paid $1.75 for it on eBay. Well, there's also $850 in "back taxes and yard cleanup cost," reports MSNBC. Smith says she hasn't seen the house yet or visited the town, but we're thinking hello summer home! Or maybe it's a good place to put the parents when they retire. More »

5:52 PM on Thu Oct 2 2008
By Chris Walters
22,349 views, 69 comments

Most discussed intellivised: I'm from the Tri-Cities, I grew up in between Midland, MI and Saginaw. Saginaw is often referred to as "Saginasty". more »

ebay

eBay To Be Credit Card, PayPal Only

The word is that eBay is banning checks and money orders, and buyers will have to use PayPal or (if the seller has a credit card merchant account or an account with a service called ProPay), credit cards. More »

10:23 AM on Fri Aug 29 2008
By Meg Marco
10,910 views, 92 comments

eBay

How Do You Get Out Of An EBay Auction? Say Killer Bees Attacked The Vehicle

Pat won an auction for an RV on eBay last week. He bid a little over $15,000 for a vehicle that was listed for sale by the RV company for $29,999 on other sites. Pat was worried that Nelson's RV might try to find a loophole to cancel the auction since he'd scored such a great deal, so he immediately sent his required $250 deposit to them and asked for someone at Nelson's RV to contact him. Eventually, after some run around, he got the following email—with one of the ballsiest excuses we've ever seen. More »

8:47 AM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Chris Walters
85,700 views, 357 comments

Most discussed JustThatGuy3: This is NOT a blame the victim post, but I think I see what happened. These folks are new to more »

ebay

Counterfeit Smackdown! EBay Ordered To Pay $61 Million

That headline is the good news. The bad news is the $61 million in damages ordered by a French court isn't meant for regular shoppers who have been defrauded when shopping on eBay. Instead, it's been awarded to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the French luxury goods company behind Louis Vuitton purses (among other fancy things, as you can see from their name). LVMH argued that "90 percent of the Louis Vuitton bags and Dior perfumes sold on eBay are fakes," and that eBay profited off the sales without doing enough to stop them. EBay can appeal the decision, or simply click the "Pay It Now!" button. More »

8:43 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Chris Walters
5,460 views, 58 comments

Latest by Jackasimov: That's like fining the Post Office for allowing shipping of counterfeit items. PS I hate Ebay. more »

follow up

EBay Decides To Contact Tim About His Laptop Auction Problems

Timothy, our hapless eBay seller who kept having problems listing his laptop on the auction site, was contacted by a Real Live Human from eBay the day after we posted his story. "Garrison" apologized for the frustration, and said he'd be making a note on Timothy's account to keep it from getting shut down by other agents. He also suggested several listing options that were pretty well-covered by our commenters in the original thread. More »

4:07 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Chris Walters
10,851 views, 42 comments

Latest by MrEvil: @freshyill: Craigslist is only viable if you live in a major metro area number close to a million or more more »

Nigerian scammers

It's Now Completely Impossible To Sell A Laptop On Ebay

The cool thing about eBay's support system is it will always answer your question; unfortunately, that answer will always be a form letter on how to reset your password, as Timothy discovered when he tried to figure out how to sell his laptop to someone who wasn't a Nigerian scammer. Timothy has learned the awful truth behind today's eBay—something many readers here already know—which is that it's become virtually impossible to sell any sort of medium-to-high end electronics there anymore. More »

1:34 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Chris Walters
198,578 views, 217 comments

Latest by SalenaKarpo: I tried eBay and someone bid over $2000, never paid. Than paypal blocked my account because of some crap. I more »

auctions

eBay Boycott Having An Effect? Listings Are Down 13%

USAToday says the eBay boycott over fee and policy changes has driven listings down as much as 13%: More »

3:38 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Meg Marco
5,184 views, 56 comments

homes

Subprime Meltdown Makes Foreclosure Websites Great Places To Shop

If you're ready to buy a home and don't mind a little ghoulish bargain-hunting, now is a great time to hit the various foreclosure sites online, reports Reuters. "Large real estate sites such as PropertyShark.com and RealtyTrac.com showcase a growing number of U.S. properties in pre-foreclosure and foreclosure."
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10:26 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Chris Walters
4,944 views, 16 comments

Latest by dahlberg123: Depending on where you live there is a good chance you can pick up a newly built home on the more »

auctions

Study Says Shoppers "Save" Money On eBay

EBay doesn't share data on bidders' maximum bid amounts, so it's always been difficult to quantify whether or not buyers are actually saving money, but a new study has attempted to put hard numbers behind the transactions. The study's authors use data from bidders who used a specific sniping agent—by measuring what those bidders were willing to pay versus actual winning amounts, they've determined that the average winning bid comes in about 30% lower than the maximum amount the buyer was willing to spend. More »

2:50 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Chris Walters
1,672 views, 19 comments

Latest by nardo218: So, uh, people who are savvy enough to use snipers are saving money? Wow. Whodathunk more »

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