“Whatever IT is, you can get IT on Ebay,” goes the promise. Unfortunately for reader Wil, “it” has meant, “almost being scammed.”
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EB Games Encourages Employees To eBay Gouge
By 10.10.06
Our cottage-cheese-golem brethren over at Kotaku took a break from mouthbreathing and fantasizing about imaginary elves who live in their computer to throw us a couple of links yesterday. Never say we don’t return the favor.
eBay Thinks Sandra Bernhard Is A Pirate!
By 9.21.06
How does eBay tell if you’re a pirate? Your peg-legged swagger? Your use of arghs as punctuation? The foul-mouthed parrot crapping on your shoulder?
New Pens! Cheap!
By 9.7.06
I bought three boxes of my favorite pens on eBay. They arrived. Compare the silkiness and plenitude of the three boxes to the two, gnawed, scratchy pens I’d somehow been scraping by with for like, oh, two months. These babies usually retail for $16.99 per box of 12 but I snagged 36 pens for $19.20 plus $3.95 S&H. My life is five thousand times better right now.
eBay Feedback Destroys Businesses
By 8.10.06
When Kiel Sturm, an online stone retailer, sold a piece of smoky quartz over eBay for $2.33, it turned out to be a business destroying transaction. “F MINUS MINUS MINUS MINUS! WOULD NOT DO BUSINESS AGAIN!” was the gyst of the feedback left.
Consumerist Ask Metafilter Round-Up
By 8.8.06
• I was cited for CVC 21651(A)(1) in Aliso Viejo, CA. Please help me determine if I can beat this ticket. [Link]
Don’t Buy From an Ebay Scam Bot
By 8.2.06
Savvy Ebay shoppers look at a seller’s satisfaction rating, but it takes more than a glance.
Pith & Vinegar; Puddles of Cuddles
By 6.28.06
• Maybe they just ate too much turkey and got tired. [USAToday] “FDA issues fewer safety, quality citations”
Best Posts Ever, This Week
By 6.16.06
• How To Get Your Phone Fixed: Make It A Pay Phone. Sweet phreak, just don’t get carried away and start blowing kazoo sounds in like Captain Crunch, that shit doesn’t work anymore.
Best Stories Ever, This Week
By 6.2.06
• UPS Takes a Year to Deliver Package. What else is rotting in the UPS warehouses across America?
FOLLOWUP: The Broken Laptop I Sold On Ebay
By 6.1.06
New developments in the ever-popular story of a guy who got revenge on an ebay seller who sold him a broken laptop by posting embarrassing photos found on the notebook once it arrived.
Pith & Vinegar: The Spinning of the Chum
By 6.1.06
• Old news but we didn’t talk about it yet: Telcos secretly funding anti-net-neutrality websites. Probably made by the same ad agency who did the pro-C02 spot. [Digg]
