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No Greymarket For The iPhone
By 7.6.07
The usual cast and crew of operation greymarket are out of luck with the iPhone, according to the Boston Globe. Unlike Nintendo and their still-scarce Wii, Apple appears to be meeting demand. From the Boston Globe:
David Flashner thought he had it wired: Buy two iPhones last Friday when they first went on sale, keep one, and sell the other at a profit so big it would pay for most of the first one.
Consumerist Neighborhood eBay Garage Sale
By 6.26.07
Welcome to Consumerist Neighborhood eBay Garage Sale! Let’s push these beanie babies off to the side of the folding table… here we are, there’s a space in the comments right there for you to add your auctions.
eBay Only To Verified PayPal Addresses Or You Can Get Scammed
By 6.25.07
I haven’t sold very many things on Ebay. I run a DJ company and had a brand new Pioneer DJ CD player that sells for over $1000 that I wanted to sell on Ebay. I went through the process of selling it and the winning bidder (who had very low feedback) payed me very quickly via paypal. The address the person gave me was for her son in Nigeria. Yes, I know Nigeria I should have known, but I was naive and trusted this person. Plus, I had seen on the Paypal website that they have up to $1000 – $2000 of seller protection. So I figured if it was a scam, then I was covered.
Join The Consumerist Neighborhood eBay Garage Sale On Tuesday
By 6.24.07
We’re hosting another Consumerist Neighborhood eBay garage sale starting Tuesday morning. So if you have any crap priceless artifacts to dispose of, put ’em up for auction and then link to them in the comments on the relevant post that day.
NYC Jeweler Caught Fake Bidding On Its Own Items
By 6.11.07
Once upon a time we worked at an office where a certain loud individual would sit around bidding on her own stuff on eBay in a sad attempt to drive prices up on her collection of bedazzled jeans. We know this because she not only bid on her own stuff, she asked other people in the office to “fake bid” on her tacky crap.
Use Typos To Get eBay Deals All To Yourself
By 5.29.07
Not every eBay seller throughly spellchecks their listings, a little fact you can exploit to buy stuff for cheaper, says Kiplinger’s:
Consumerist Neighborhood Garage Sale
By 5.23.07
We’re selling some more of our old electronics on eBay. Everything is currently at $.99, except for the laptop which is up to $20.50.
Ebay Scam: People Still Trying To Sell "Pictures" Of Things
By 5.15.07
Seller “awesome_electronics” (feedback zero) is selling “pictures” of items. Get it. It’s just a picture.. Ha, ha, ha. From ebay:
You are Bidding on a picture of a Apple iPod Video Black 30 gb that is BRAND New In BOX. As you can see in the picture it has never been opened. I Only Ship to the continental United States. I do not ship to PO Boxs. This is an as is sale There will be no returns. Payment is due within 3 days of sale ending. Thank you for looking at my sale and Happy Bidding!
We guess this is what happens when 12 year olds think of scams to pull on the internet. Sadly, according to BoingBoing at least one person fell for it before their post drove the bidding up over $100,000 (for a picture of a HAM radio.) Hardy har har. —MEGHANN MARCO
How To Sell On eBay
By 5.14.07
No Credit Needed made over $1000 in 2005 selling baby clothes on eBay as a way to get out of debt. He’s sharing 15 tips he learned, but fear not, childless readers, most apply to selling any kind of item at the online auction site. For one,
Buy Our Gear On eBay
By 4.10.07
We’re selling off some of our gadgets and extra gear this week on eBay. Everything is currently at $.99 except for the CD Mixer, which is at $13.34. Good deals to be had.
Anybody Wanna Buy An Enron CEO's Desk?
By 3.22.07
Lay and Skilling, who also served as CEO, were convicted in May 2006 for their role in the accounting fraud that led to the collapse of Enron in 2001. The bankruptcy erased billions in investors’ money and wiped out the pensions of thousands of Enron employees.
By Air, Boat, Or Plane, Paypal Sucks For Transaction Disputes
By 3.17.07
How is that Paypal gets away with having a customer service system completely unreachable by humans?
UPDATE: Delta Finally Refunds Man Who Tracked Down And Got Prosecuted Baggage Handler Who Stole His Camera
By 3.17.07
Remember our reader, Charles, who got his camera stolen by a Delta baggage handler? And how Charles found the camera on eBay and got the guy tracked down, fired, and arrested? And how Delta didn’t give a shit and wasn’t going to refund Charles any money? After we ran his story, the fine folks at the PeterGreenberg radio show stepped in, and Delta agreed to reimburse Charles for the full cost of his original flight. Here’s what they said:
Paypal Security Key Fob User? Log In Faster
By 3.5.07
A minor annoyance of the Paypal security key is that it introduces a second login screen for your six-digit code. Did you know you can skip the secondary screening?
ORIGINAL VIDEO: PayPal Security Key First Look
By 3.1.07
You can get yours from PayPal for $5 here. — BEN POPKEN
