Google’s Checkout system coming to UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Web search leader Google launched a UK
version of its Google Checkout payment system on Friday which
aims to simplify online shopping and offer a rival to eBay’s
popular PayPal.
Sucker Buys Ebay Laptop For £5,000
Ebay might the home of bargains but it’s also home to a special breed of idiot. One of the golden rules of taking part in online auctions is: never bid while drunk. Well, someone must have been rightly rat-arsed to pay £5,100 for a second-hand Sony laptop. The auction seemed legit – nothing fancy on offer, no special offers just this sales message:
“You are bidding on an EXCELLENT CONDITION Sony VGN-FJ270/B notebook. Had this notebook for less than 4 months. Got it brand new for Christmas and had limited use. Everything is still in like brand new conditionâ€
Well, at least one half of this sales transaction will be very happy while the other is, no doubt, nursing the hangover from hell and wondering why his credit card is being refused. Ebay has removed the listing since.-Martin Lynch
eBay software bargains and pitfalls
BOSTON (Reuters) - One of the cheapest places to buy
software is on eBay , where merchants sell programs
that come directly from manufacturers, saving them from paying
a mark-up to distributors.
Anna Nicole Smith diaries sell for over $500,000
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two diaries written by Anna Nicole
Smith have sold on online auction site eBay for more than
$500,000 (255,00 pounds) to a German man planning to use them
as the basis of a book, according to the memorabilia house that
sold them.
eBay software bargains and pitfalls
BOSTON (Reuters) - One of the cheapest places to buy
software is on eBay, where merchants sell programs that come
directly from manufacturers, saving them from paying a mark-up
to distributors.
Google: “What Lawsuit?”
Google is not easily intimidated. If a gigantic corporation sued me for $1 billion, I would probably drop a load in my pants and offer to do anything — and I mean anything — to get out of it. But Google? They aren’t scared of Viacom or their attention-grabbing lawsuit.
“This is an area of law where there are a bunch of really clear precedents, so Amazon and eBay have both been found to qualify for the safe harbor and there are a whole bunch more. We will continue to innovate and continue to host material for people, without being distracted by this suit.”
Cold-blooded! –Adam Frucci
Crunchgear [via Reuters]
Google: “What Lawsuit?”
Google is not easily intimidated. If a gigantic corporation sued me for $1 billion, I would probably drop a load in my pants and offer to do anything — and I mean anything — to get out of it. But Google? They aren’t scared of Viacom or their attention-grabbing lawsuit.
“This is an area of law where there are a bunch of really clear precedents, so Amazon and eBay have both been found to qualify for the safe harbor and there are a whole bunch more. We will continue to innovate and continue to host material for people, without being distracted by this suit.”
Cold-blooded! –Adam Frucci
Crunchgear [via Reuters]
Google: “What Lawsuit?”
Google is not easily intimidated. If a gigantic corporation sued me for $1 billion, I would probably drop a load in my pants and offer to do anything — and I mean anything — to get out of it. But Google? They aren’t scared of Viacom or their attention-grabbing lawsuit.
“This is an area of law where there are a bunch of really clear precedents, so Amazon and eBay have both been found to qualify for the safe harbor and there are a whole bunch more. We will continue to innovate and continue to host material for people, without being distracted by this suit.”
Cold-blooded! –Adam Frucci
Crunchgear [via Reuters]
Google: “What Lawsuit?”
Google is not easily intimidated. If a gigantic corporation sued me for $1 billion, I would probably drop a load in my pants and offer to do anything — and I mean anything — to get out of it. But Google? They aren’t scared of Viacom or their attention-grabbing lawsuit.
“This is an area of law where there are a bunch of really clear precedents, so Amazon and eBay have both been found to qualify for the safe harbor and there are a whole bunch more. We will continue to innovate and continue to host material for people, without being distracted by this suit.”
Cold-blooded! –Adam Frucci
Crunchgear [via Reuters]
Man held in eBay pirate DVD raid
Police in London raid a house that was allegedly at the centre of a pirate DVD operation.