Archive for the 'ebay' Tag

Woman Sells Chicken Nugget for $8K Woman Sells Chicken Nugget for $8K

Sioux City Journal: Parents, think twice before nagging your children to finish their meal. A McDonald’s McNugget bearing a resemblance to George Washington sold for $8,100 on eBay Monday. The owner, Rebekah Speight, of Dakota City, said she noticed it while cleaning up the uneaten portion of her kids’ meals after they hit the play [...]

 

Buy the Stuff Appearing on Your Favorite Shows Buy the Stuff Appearing on Your Favorite Shows

eBay has developed an iPad application that works with TV-guide data to show relevant merchandise from the television show currently being watched. For now, the user has to the tell the app what show the user is watching, but in the future, they hope that the app will automatically synchronize with the television. This is [...]

 

Korean Karate Master Chops it Up on eBay Korean Karate Master Chops it Up on eBay

Koreak JoongAng Daily: The online auction site eBay is providing a global market for one-man businesses in Korea. According to eBay, which boasts over 94 million active users, the total amount of goods it sold last year was $62 billion, more than $2,000 every second. Cho Sung-hwan, a 35-year old karate master-turned-businessman, chalked up $150,000 [...]