North Yorkshire trading standards officers recently found 11,298 counterfeit video titles displayed on eBay by 269 people.

Children as young as 13 are able to buy knives, alcohol and prescription drugs over the internet, according to a survey published today. Trading standards officers found that some of Britain’s best known retailers are failing to make basic age checks before sending off lethal weapons in the post.
The study also found that counterfeit goods […]

Poultry producers in Wales say their businesses are at risk following a ban on bird sales and shows to lessen the potential spread of avian flu.
Chris and Gene Taylor, who run one of the biggest auctions for breeders in Wales, said the ban cut trading by 80%.
“Birds are our livelihood,” said Mrs Taylor, who runs […]

eBay has announced that it was going to follow suit in Britain by banning payments through Western Union, as is being done on their US site, eBay.com.

eBay addicts have helped turn around the fortunes of the Royal Mail with a huge increase in the volume of parcels now sent through the post each week.
The surge in eBay traffic in the past two years has led to a two-thirds increase in business at many post offices across the country.
Of 100 post offices […]

An auction of Beach Boys memorabilia was canceled Thursday after representatives of the band told the auction house the items had been stolen from a North Hollywood warehouse.
The band’s record company learned of the auction planned by London-based CooperOwen when the items appeared on the Internet, said Edwin McPherson of Brother Records, the band’s corporate […]

London Irish became the first of the 12 Premier Rugby clubs to have its shares admitted to trading on ShareMark - 29th October.
More details at Irish Auction News