50% of American Consumers Plan to Shop Online This Holiday Season
Just ahead of Black Friday, the unofficial kickoff point of the winter holiday shopping season, news reports indicate that about half of all holiday purchases will be made online. For e-commerce business owners, More...
10 Really Effective Ways to Save Extra $1000
It’s nice to sit on a couch and dream what you would do with extra $1000 if you had it. But money will not come to your wallet if you take no efforts for this. Basically, there are 2 ways: you can earn this $1000 More...
Michael Jackson’s furniture goes up for auction on eBay
The makeup-stained bedroom chair and a parquetry side table from the rented mansion where pop star Michael Jackson tragically died on June 25, 2009, are up for sale on EBAY. Brian Mayes, a Jackson fan and Nashville-based More...
Estate Planning for Your Digital Life
The latest frontier in the traditionally conservative field of estate planning is determining what rules apply to the passing, control and access to digital assets. Digital assets whether on your personal computer, More...
The benefits of online shopping
Why online shopping? Probably be one of the most important reasons why people choose to do shopping online is because it is more discrete and people are able to keep their purchases secret especially if it is something More...
Racial Diversity Increasing Within the Tech Industry
According to a recent USA TODAY article, the technology industry is beginning to see an increase of diversity within its ranks. The tech field has long been known to lack representation from certain ethnic groups, More...
Stained Michael Jackson chair goes up for auction on eBay, estate made $700 million since death
The bedroom chair from the rented mansion where pop star Michael Jackson tragically died on June 25, 2009, is up for sale on EBAY. Makeup-stained bedroom chair from Michael Jackson’s final home – More...
Tech companies rally to oppose FCC internet plan, more fees for the consumer
In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s internet plan, which opponents claim will weaken the concept of net neutrality, more than 100 technology companies have signed onto a letter slamming the More...
‘Pee wee’s Big Adventure’ Bike sells for over $35K on eBay
While it’s unclear if the bike was screen used or a promotional item, but the Pee wee’s Big Adventure bicycle sold for a big number on eBay. From the auction, the seller the bike, which came “with More...
Flappy Bird fans flock to eBay to purchase Apple iPhones with the discontinued app installed
The creator of the popular Flappy Bird app has pulled the plug on his creation and created a frenzied market of fans seeking to buy an Apple iPhone with the app loaded. Flappy Bird was removed from Apple’s app More...
Indiana man, David Charles, busted selling stolen brains on eBay
An Indianapolis man is facing charges of theft, marijuana possession and paraphernalia possession after getting busted in a most unusual sting, which caught him trying to sell, of all things, human brains from More...
eBay rejects Glenn Beck’s ‘Obama in Pee Pee’ art project stunt
The online auction site eBay has pulled a piece of “art” done by Glenn Beck citing its belief that the project featured an Obama figurine floating in actual urine, which Beck confirmed did not. Beck submerged More...
Father uses half-dressed daughter in eBay photos to sell car
Car magazines have long exploited half-naked woman in ads and attempts to sell cars, but a father may have gone to another level when he used his 20-year-old daughter to pose provocatively with his 1977 Datsun so More...
Twinkies lunchbox sells for $600 on eBay
Hostess may be going under and the fear of a Twinkie-free world is the buzz on the Internet, but an eBay auction took advantage of the interest. A “Twinkie the Kid” lunch box just sold for $690 on eBay. It is in More...
Michael Jordan McDonalds BBQ sauce ‘McJordan’ selling for 10K
Back in 1992, the famous basketball legend teamed up with the fast food giant to offer a unique burger called the McJordan. It was a cheeseburger that also had bacon, onion, and pickles and a special McJordan BBQ More...
Google, Facebook, Amazon, ebay will join forces form political lobby
Web giants Google, Amazon, eBay and Facebook will form a lobbying organization with other online companies to shape political and regulatory issues in Washington DC, according to the Reuters news agency. The More...
Coupon Cheaters ruining discounts for everyone
by Laura Jones and Desk of Brian’s Brandon Jones Fraud always creates a problem for retailers and consumers alike. As a cost savings, many vendors issue coupons on-line to increase availability beyond the More...
eBay changes collecting, first appearance John Constantine, Catwoman and Punisher
THE SLUSH PILE I think it’s only appropriate to recognize the influence that eBay, the primary online auctioning service, has on collecting. With comic shops failing (see last week’s issue) and the increasing More...
