http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ebay/ en-us Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:33:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076610/posts Bay Buchanan was interviewed by Campbell Brown and debunked smears associated with the jet Palin put up on Ebay. video eyeblast.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076610/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:33:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076044/posts ****** UPDATE ON EBAY SALE OF DONC ****** UNDER TELEVISION MEMORABILIA AS OF 11:30 AM EST: 1010 HITS…….. BID IS UP TO $10.50 QUESTIONS ASKED OF PRODUCT AND MY ANSWERES: Q: Does this item come with a community organizer? My closets are in bad shape, and really need to be organized. Sep-05-08 A: Community organizer, closet organizer,… what’s the heck… can’t see any difference…You take your chance on if ANY organizing gets done or if they show up… sorry no guarantees from the DONC Q: Are any of the obnoxious media included as part of this package? I don’t think... pumapac.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076044/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:04:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075995/posts JUNEAU, Alaska — When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sought to illustrate her frugality and flair to delegates at the GOP convention Wednesday, she described how she disposed of a corporate jet acquired by her unpopular predecessor. "That luxury jet was over the top," Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, said to loud cheers. "I put it on eBay." Palin's statement implied the plane was sold through the online auction site revered for empowering millions of small entrepreneurs, and Palin's spokeswoman insisted Thursday that the transaction occurred. But the plane failed to sell on eBay. Instead, the 23-year-old 10-seat Westwind II... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075995/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075240/posts Sources close the Republican National Committee have been told that since the arrival of Sarah Palin, the Obama/Biden ticket has drained all monies from the Committee's coffers. Sources also say that Howard Dean the Chairman of the DNC, has a past history of spending campaign money like a drunken sailor, liked the idea of Sarah Palin putting the jet that was used by the governor, up for sale on Ebay. Word has it that the DNC is selling itself for a damn good price. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230288207913 Ebay http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2075240/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:48:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075142/posts SOURCE According to PolitiFact, the plane, bought by her Republican predecessor whom she beat in 2006, was listed for sale three times on the San Jose internet auction giant. But no one ever met the minimum bid. The plane was listed with an asking price of $2.5 million in 2007. The state had paid just under $2.7 million for it in 2005. Finally, the state turned to an aircraft broker, who sold the jet to an Alaskan businessman for $2.1 million star bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075142/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:59:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068142/posts Personal data of a million bank customers found on computer sold on eBay for ?35 By Dan Newling Last updated at 11:03 AM on 26th August 2008 Personal details of more than a million bank customers have been found on a computer sold on eBay. Highly sensitive information on American Express, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers was stored on the machine's hard drive. It includes names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, bank account numbers, sort codes, credit card numbers, mothers' maiden names and even signatures. 'A thief's treasure chest': Andrew Chapman with the hard disk drive he bought on... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068142/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066240/posts Last Saturday, on live national television, the world witnessed Meg Whitman's celestial ascent in the eyes of John McCain. Rick Warren, famed author and "Purpose Driven" pastor of the Saddleback Church in Orange County, asked the presumptive Republican nominee to list "the three wisest people" he would "rely on heavily" in his administration. McCain named Gen. David Petraeus, "one of the great military leaders in American history," and John Lewis, a civil rights leader who "can teach us a lot about the meaning of courage." Then he brought up Whitman, an executive who helped turn a fledgling auction site for... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066240/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:52:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065974/posts Senate Housing Bill Requires eBay, Amazon, Google, and All Credit Card Companies to Report Transactions to the Government Broad, invasive provision touches nearly every aspect of American commerce. Washington, D.C. - Update: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley is pushing the bill. Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America's small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill's managers without debate this week, would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065974/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:16:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065458/posts NEW YORK (AP) -- Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers. Already this year, eBay has tinkered with its fee structure, search results and feedback system. These efforts might be meeting eBay's aims of improving the experience for buyers, but several sellers say their relationship with eBay is worse than ever, and some have left the... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065458/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2064448/posts A few days ago, I did a post about the beer brand, Honey Amber Rose. In my opinion, its lack of real success is attributable to its selling campaign. Beer is a funny product; it has to be the friend of all, not some, and it can’t afford to alienate its core. I might be wrong (and it wouldn’t be the first time), but in my original post, I layed out why the brand inevitably has problems. It’s a chick beer in a man’s world. Beer (& More) In Food http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2064448/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:43:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059827/posts WATERBURY — Now Mark Albino has two reasons for not liking California very much. Albino, owner of C&M Antiques & Collectibles, a company that sells a wide range of antiques exclusively through Internet auction sites, said he has been selling vintage American flags on eBay for the past five years. eBay, based in San Jose, Calif., is far and away the largest auction site on the Internet. Though Albino is a designated eBay power seller, which means his auctions have resulted in sales of at least $76,000 over the past 30 days, and though he has somewhere between 250 and... Waterbury (CT) Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059827/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057808/posts Ebay http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057808/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 02:19:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053437/posts Excerpt - If you regularly sell items on online auction sites, you may find yourself on the Internal Revenue Service's radar. Recent legislation aims to help the IRS collect more taxes from online enterprises, many of which either don't know about their tax obligations or are ignoring them, according to the agency. The provision, part of the housing rescue package that President George W. Bush is expected to sign within days, will require PayPal and other processors of online payments to report annual gross receipts to the IRS for all but the smallest online merchants. ~ snip ~ The Wall Street Journal (excerpt, subscription) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053437/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052641/posts A freedom-focused grassroots organization has issued a nationwide alert about a plan in Congress that would require credit card companies, eBay, Amazon, Google and other companies to report what you buy to the federal government. FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey said the privacy implications are "breathtaking." "This is a provision with astonishing reach, and it was slipped into the bill just this week," he said. "Not only does it affect nearly every credit card transaction in America, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, but the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay's PayPal, Amazon and Google Checkout," he said.... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052641/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038714/posts EBay Inc. said Monday that it plans to appeal a ruling from a French court that fined the company about $63 million for the sale of counterfeit luxury goods over its Web site. The online-auction giant said that the ruling goes beyond the sale of counterfeit products and represents an attempt by manufacturers of high-end goods to exert greater control over the market -- especially over the secondary sale of authentic products that take place outside the normal distribution channels. "We believe that the overreach manifests itself through an attempt to impose, in France, a business model that restricts consumer... MarketWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038714/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:02:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038190/posts A Briton living in Australia has agreed a bid of more than £192,000 after putting his "entire life" up for sale following a split from his wife. Ian Usher, 44, who left Darlington six years ago, included his house, car, job and friends in the online eBay auction, in an effort to make a fresh start. The lot attracted a peak offer of 399,300 Australian dollars (£192,276) when bids closed early on Sunday. Despite expecting higher bids, Mr Usher said he had "no regrets". At one point offers on the "life lot" rocketed to over two million Australian dollars (£1m)... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038190/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035757/posts Scroll down for updates… Ethics, schmethics. Despite the cloud over Countrywide pals Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad, the latest mortgage bailout boondoggle has cleared another congressional hurdle. The Senate voted 83-9 to move forward on Dodd’s housing aid bill. Final vote is scheduled for later today. We’ll see if the White House upholds its veto threat. Meanwhile, Politico asks Senate members to show them their loans. Check out the results here. http://www.politico.com/homeloans/ It’s so, so tough to be a U.S. Senator, isn’t it? http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTY3ODA3NmMwZGJjNjVkYTllNWE5ODE0MjAwMzJhNWY= Sniff. *** Update: Here’s the cloture motion roll call vote. Look who’s AWOL again… http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00155 ***... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035757/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:20:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035170/posts In an attempt to game Microsoft's new Live Search Cashback program, an eBayer has put a $714 price tag on $630 in cash. Here's the listing in all its glory: Pay cash for cash That's right, $630 in cash can be yours for $714. But if you access the page through a Live Search ad link that returns 35 per cent of the purchase price, you can make up the difference. And then some. So you make a profit, and so does the seller. At the expense of Microsoft and eBay. That's the theory, anyway. It's unclear whether this actually... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035170/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035149/posts Broad, invasive provision touches nearly every aspect of American commerce. ~~~ Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America’s small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill's managers without debate this week, would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction to the federal government. *** Call Congress and Tell Them to Oppose The eBay Reporting Provision in the Housing Bill: 1-866-928-3035 *** FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey commented: "This is a provision with... FreedomWorks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035149/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:04:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033908/posts Senate Housing Bill Requires eBay, Amazon, Google, and All Credit Card Companies to Report Transactions to the Government Broad, invasive provision touches nearly every aspect of American commerce.Contact:  Adam Brandon Phone:   202-942-7612 Email: abrandon@freedomworks.org Washington, DC -  Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America’s small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill's managers without debate this week, would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction to the federal government. Call Congress... Freedom Works http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033908/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026814/posts Some long-time eBay users are rebelling against policy changes at the on line auction company -- they've gone as far as loosely organizing an international boycott. EBay trading rules have changed recently and many eBay sellers don't like them. They claim the new rules threat the small time sellers who built eBay into a multi-billion dollar company. Around 47,000 people have signed an online pledge to boycott eBay until the company changes its new trading policies. “Our collective belief as eBay users is that eBay wants to get rid of the small time sellers that built eBay, said Ann Smith... KGW.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026814/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 01:02:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2016705/posts A jealous husband who suspected his wife of an affair took revenge — by putting her for sale on eBay. Paul Osborn, 44, kicked out wife Sharon and advertised her on the Internet auction site — with bids hitting $969,890. It offered his “cheating, lying, adulterous slag of a wife” to the highest bidder — and became an Internet phenomenon, with users forwarding the link worldwide. But Sharon, 43, denies an affair and cops are now investigating Paul for harassment The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2016705/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 04:34:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010443/posts I thought this might be of interest to the FR community, since it involves rights (actually as I found out, a complete lack thereof) with regard to software we paid for and many of us thought we owned. This is a bit long – I apologize for that, but I felt it might be important to include the emails I received from ebay and from Microsoft with regard to my alleged or apparent copyright rights violations. I have italicized the referenced emails so you can scan through those if you like and read the non-italicized text, which is my story.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010443/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 22:06:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2008687/posts A strange eBay auction. Family is eBaying their debts. See link for more details. Bids over $100 to- date.Please consider this purchase with care. My debt is about average for most Americans. If you purchase my debt you will be saving me and my family from great amounts of stress and much heartache. I can not allow returns on this item as I'm not so sure its anything I'd want back. Thank you so much for considering allowing us a second chance at a better life and you can be sure this purchase is Very good for your Karma! If... eBay http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2008687/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005304/posts THIS IS BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S BREAKFAST FROM THIS MORNING, 4-21-08 AT THE GLIDER DINER IN SCRANTON, PA. WINNER GETS HIS USED DINER PLATE WITH HIS USED SILVERWARE AND UN EATEN PORTION OF HIS WAFFLE & SAUSAGE LINK. IT WAS WRAPPED WITH SARAN WRAP IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEPARTURE AND IS NOW IN THE FREEZER AWAITING THE LUCKY WINNERS BID!!! THIS IS 100% AUTHENTIC AS YOU CAN SEE HE WAS AT THE DINER BY THE PICTURE AND IT WAS ON ALL LOCAL NEWS STATIONS. THIS PLATE WAS WRAPPED BY THE WAITRESS THAT SERVED HIM. GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, HIS DNA IS ON THE SILVERWARE.... www.ebay.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005304/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:41:30 GMT