John’s Tech News

eBay launched its Adobe AIR-powered eBay Desktop several months ago to good reviews. The app has been in beta since then, but eBay announced yesterday that eBay Desktop 1.0 was available for download. The app hasn’t changed a ton since coming out of beta, but the new version bundles up a number of bug fixes [...]

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In a move to curtail retaliation by vengeful sellers in its feedback system, eBay plans to prohibit sellers from posting negative feedback about their customers.
Beginning in May, sellers will not be able to leave negative or even neutral comments about their customers, only positive feedback, said spokesman Usher Lieberman.
Sellers are crying foul, saying the policy [...]

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EBay unveiled changes to its online marketplace Tuesday that the company characterizes as sweeping and historic and that are aimed at boosting sales by making the shopping experience simpler and safer.
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The changes, which include lowering some fees and raising merchant standards, were announced at the company’s eCommerce Forum by John Donahoe, who will succeed [...]

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If you think you would save money by bidding on eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) auctions, you would likely be right, according to a study released Monday by researchers at the University of Maryland. In fact, the researchers maintain eBay bidders saved $19 billion in 2007 at the popular auction site.
Researchers Wolfgang Jank and Galit Shmueli studied [...]

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