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Archive for December, 2005

Auctioned dad visits Aids charity

Friday, December 30th, 2005

A Cheltenham man who was auctioned on eBay to raise money for an Aids charity has been visiting the people he was aiming to help.
Sisters Victoria and Olivia Randell offered a date with their father Ernie on the internet site last month.
The sale raised £205.01 for the Nuru centre in Tanzania where Olivia works as […]

EBay UK blames users for fraud

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

The online auctioneer eBay has admitted that personal accounts are being hijacked by fraudsters, but claim it is the responsibility of eBay users themselves to prevent this.
Criminals are obtaining the secret passwords of eBay subscribers and using their sites to conduct bogus auctions for non existent goods.
In a growing number of cases, would be buyers […]

eBay UK 5p Listing Day on 29th December 2005

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

On Thursday 29th December 2005 (GMT), sellers listing in Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now-Only (Fixed Price) formats in an eligible category, will pay 5p insertion fee regardless of the insertion fee bracket.
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Whisky to be auctioned for charity

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Two decanters of rare whisky are being auctioned by a Norfolk-based magazine team to raise money for charity.
Malt whisky was collected from several distilleries by Whisky Magazine for the Make Poverty History campaign.
The spirit was created to mark the 20th anniversary of Live Aid and is at least 20 years old.
One decanter will be auctioned […]

eBay banning money transfers

Monday, December 26th, 2005

eBay is banning the use of money transfer providers such as Western Union and MoneyGram in a bid to prevent online fraud.
The auction site is working with the Metropolitan Police, and from mid-January it is unlikely that any police investigation will take place into eBay fraud cases where a money transfer service has been used.

Shell LPG auction hanging in the balance

Monday, December 26th, 2005

Royal Dutch Shell’s attempt to auction its bottled gas business is hanging in the balance after bids came in at around €1billion (£685m) lower than the oil major expected.
Royal Dutch Shell’s attempt to auction its bottled gas business is hanging in the balance after bids came in at around €1billion (£685m) lower than the oil […]

Reverse Auction text game

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Manchester-based gaming company, Million-2-1, is offering the chance to bag the Christmas gift of a lifetime - a Ferrari 430 or £100,000 cash.
To be in with a chance of winning, players must take part in a reverse auction, an interesting concept that could scoop them the car or the cash for just £1.50.
Players text any […]