Archive for May 18th, 2006

Symantec and McAfee work to trap pirates on eBay

News.com:  Two of the world’s largest antivirus software vendors are launching legal action against software pirates selling illegal versions of well-known security products on eBay. The sale of pirated software on eBay is booming, according to various reports, but the auction site has taken the position that it is the role of software makers to [...]

 

Buying a car on eBay

inbsideline:  I bought a car from Pro Auto Group, a Fort Worth-based dealership, through Ebay Motors. The car was “certifiedâ€? to be free of mechanical defect. Within HOURS of leaving the dealership with the car, the clutch/transmission failed and the car had to be towed to a repair shop. In short, despite attempts at mediation [...]

 

Picking Your eBay Name

joplinglobe:  A reader called the Herald inquiring if she should use the same eBay user name to sell items that she has been using to buy. By all means, this is a great thing to do, and preferable to handling two accounts. Not only do you build up a reputation in both areas, you also [...]

 

iSale 3.1 Works With New eBay Communication Standard

 macobserver: Equinux on Wednesday released version 3.1 of its eBay sales tool iSale, adding compatibility with eBay’s new communication standard, which will go live on June 1. The developer also added the ability to relist unsold auctions, added watch and hit counts to the interface, improved the iSale Dashboard Widget with more information, and localized [...]

 

eBay Shipping Calculator

 eBay: I have some news I want to share with you about calculated shipping. Right now, when sellers use the Shipping Calculator to show buyers their shipping costs, a “Calculate” link appears in the Shipping Costs column on search and listings pages. It can take a buyer some time to click through those links when [...]

 

How Some Bookworms Turn Pages Into Profits How Some Bookworms Turn Pages Into Profits

Startup Journal: After nearly 20 years as a journalist, Steve Weber found himself working harder than ever editing a banking newsletter and making about the same money he’d always earned. Frustrated and short of cash, he sold some books from his personal library over the Internet. “I was surprised about how lucrative it was,” says [...]

 

Bioperformance Shut Down by Attorney General

Ty on the MLM Business Opportunities Blog has been closely convering the Bioperformance story. Big news yesterday: Bioperformance Shut Down by Attorney General

 

AT&T Brings Broadband to Rural Entrepreneurs

Last week, AT&T announced new initiatives to provide broadband Internet access to their previously under-served rural and inner-city markets. The initiatives include three components: Offering a satellite-based broadband service later this month in select rural markets in AT&T’s residential service territory, most of which are not served by landline broadband services today. Affirming the company’s [...]