eBay cares noteBay users are howling in protest after discovering hackers are using automated scripts to win hundreds of steeply discounted auctions as part of a holiday season contest designed to dr read more » DiscussBury
E-commerce juggernaut eBay is under fire because of a holiday giveaway contest gone awry. On Tuesday 25 November, eBay announced its $1 Holiday Doorbusters deals promotion, giving away 100 gifts rang read more » DiscussBury
Michael Arrington writes that Amazon has a delivery time for Kindles of 11-13 weeks. But you can get one on ebay for a buy-it-now price of about $975. read more » DiscussBury
Richard Winter writes, "EBay's virtual private data marts have been quite successful--hundreds have been created, with 50 to 100 in operation at any one time. They've eliminated the company's need for new physical data marts that cost an estimated $1 million apiece and require the full-time attention of several skilled employees to provision." read more » DiscussBury
Richard Koman gives what I find to be a chilling account of China's monitoring of text messages sent over Tom-Skype, a joint venture between a Chinese wireless provider and eBay-owned Skype, includi read more » DiscussBury
Starting in late October Ebay will only allow PayPal and ProPay and payment upon pickup. All other means of payment will no longer be allowed. A few exceptions will be made, including specific items read more » DiscussBury
