Anger at Paypal

The Sunday Times this week included a long article by Anna Tobin regarding concerns about Paypal and its service and accountability. It deals with the case of Daniel Eddy who lost money when Paypal took back the payment after the buyer complained that he had not received a DVD he had purchased from Eddy.
Although millions of transactions are made by the 86+ million users of Paypal only a few generate problems. However in the next issue of the UK Action Line Newsletter we wil be tellig you about someone else who ran into problems when using the payment service.
For details of the Sunday Times article go to:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2770-2046695,00.html

eBay's Weirdest Items

by David Riewe
Indeed, E-bay is today's most sought-after shopping portal in
the Internet. It has created in itself a worldwide phenomenon
that people get inflicted with. The joy and the thrill of
bidding online create a certain diagrammatic representation of
life's drama.

Consequently, due to its underlying nature, the success of
E-bay can be well attributed to its wide range of market reach.
Hence, a lot of people are going in or out of the arena with a
number of diverse products at hand.

Because of its diversity, people all over the world resort to
e-bay to sell just about anything, from the basic necessities
to computer techies, and even weird stuffs.

The most common case of weird auctions on E-bay was about
virginity being on sale. There were about a dozen of auctions
that put one's virginity on the limelight. There was even one
auction that sold for $10,000,000 with 17 bidders at the most.
Though, there was no clear implication if the report was true
enough.

Next, there were cases of auctioned letters from a serial
killer being sold at 1500 pounds each.

Then, there was one auction about a man who is selling his
"fully functioning" kidneys. The reported bid amount was $5.7
million. There was no way to verify the truth, but reports said
that the sale did not push through.

There is much other weird stuff like one night stand with
someone's wife, ghost in a jar, ghost cane, and air guitar,
which were all sold, just for the heck of getting a sale on
E-bay.

But among all, the report about a 10-year old Virgin Mary
grilled cheese sandwich that sold for $28,000 was the most
sensationalized and the weirdest stuff ever sold on E-bay. The
seller was an old woman from Miami, Florida.

According to MSNBC, (this means it's for real) E-bay had
deliberately post back the auction last November 2004 after it
inadvertently pulled the auction out from the list, thinking it
was just a hoax.

The GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, had won the auction.
Executives of the company said that $28,000 was nothing
compared to the privilege of getting to own this 10-year old
half-bitten sandwich bearing the face of Virgin Mary.

Consequently, the fact that the Virgin Mary grilled cheese
sandwich was already 10 years old and still it did not bear any
traces of mold. That made those who read and have seen the
auction go "Huh?"

About The Author: David Riewe is a Publisher and Online
Marketer. Visit his eBay Blog to Discover 101 Ebay Auction Tips
in this FREE ebook
http://www.push-button-online-income.com/ebayblog

Want a bargain- Forget eBay -see a policeman

On Saturday The Guardian included a very interesting article entitled
“Move over eBay - this is the police” written by Patrick Collinson. In the article he points out how bargains can be had from police and Ministry of Defence auction and sales sites.

”If you want an auction where the bargains really are a steal, you're in luck. In fact, it's astonishing what goes under the hammer.”

To read the full article go to:
http://money.guardian.co.uk/savingmoney/story/0,12555,1696606,00.html