Archive for the 'Ebay Auction Site' Category

Madoff Victims Selling Memorabilia on eBay (FOX 5 New York)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Former employees and clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff are hoping to recoup some of their losses by selling Madoff memorabilia on the Internet. Madoff put his investment firm’s name on hats, T-shirts, beach towels and umbrellas. Dozens of the keepsakes are now being offered on the Internet auction site eBay.

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Family of rock’s ‘Big Bopper’ plans casket auction on eBay (Dallas Morning News)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

BEAUMONT – Rock ‘n’ roll’s most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime in the next few weeks – almost 50 years after “the day the music died.”

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Berlin zookeeper’s son tries to cash in on Knut (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

The son of the late German zookeeper who nurtured celebrity polar bear cub Knut at Berlin zoo has raised nearly 7,000 euros ($9,748) by selling off his father’s belongings on internet auction site eBay.

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Cop uniform ‘in online auction’ (The Courier Mail)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

A QUEENSLAND police officer is under departmental investigation for allegedly selling parts of his uniform and equipment on the internet auction site eBay.

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Holiday Online Spending Dips, But Big Sites Win - PC Magazine

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

AFPHoliday Online Spending Dips, But Big Sites WinPC Magazine - Dec 31, 2008Online auction site eBay actually recorded the most traffic in December with about 85 million hits, but that was a 4 percent decline from the same period in …Online holiday sales fall 3 percent ReutersOnline Holiday Shopping Sales Decline by 3 Percent eWeekOnline Retail Sales Dip 3% AdweekRedOrbit - Digitaltrends.comall 250 news articles

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