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Paypal Shipping Down?
7 July 2008I’ve been unable to use the Paypal shipping service for almost 24 hours now. I only use the USPS, so it may be isolated to just that service, or it might be UPS and other foreign services as well. Anyone else having any problems?
I can’t find anything about this on either the eBay [...]
B.A.N.S:A Better Way To Make Money With eBay
21 January 2008When you hear the words “eBay” and “money” in the same sentence your probably think of all the stories that you’ve heard about becoming an eBay Powerseller. You place product listings in the eBay marketplace, buyers bid, you pay your eBay seller fees and what you have left is your profit margin. There is, however, [...]
OUCH! eBay loses $938 Million in Q3
18 October 2007eBay announced their earnings yesterday and what a whammy that was. They lost $938 Million in the third quarter. That’s nearly a Billion dollars. Enough to cut the Federal Deficit by what? 1/80th?
Part of the loss is the markdown of Skype, but what about the other 40 Million? Could it [...]
Hot Dozen Toys Announced
8 October 2007Toy wishes announced the annual “Hot Dozen” list of toys for the holidays. It’s meant to be a list of the toys that will be the hottest sellers this holiday season. Frankly, I think lists like this are worth taking notice of, but are mostly bunk. If they could predict the hottest [...]
Is PayPal having Hiccups?
6 October 2007Chris at TameBay is having some problems with PayPal and intermittent payment processing. A commenter seems to be having the same problems. I was able to login, but since I did not have any purchases to make or sales to be paid for, I can’t say whether my account is affected. It’s [...]
