http://dir.salon.com/topics/ebay/?source=rss&aim=ebay en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT Farhad Manjoo Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/06/13/ebay_google/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/06/13/ebay_google/index.html?source=rss After eBay pulls Google's ads from the auction site, Google cancels its planned anti-eBay protest. By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/25/freecycle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/25/freecycle/index.html?source=rss Need a pile of dirt? Got a pile of dirt? It's Christmas every day in the new world of freecycling. By Keith Olbermann Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/12/05/ebay_nation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/12/05/ebay_nation/index.html?source=rss When I collected baseball cards, you had to buy them from other humans. Now you can get almost anything you want, anonymously, on the Internet -- and people want ever-stranger things. By Farhad Manjoo Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/17/steganography/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/17/steganography/index.html?source=rss Are al-Qaida terrorists hiding their secrets in eBay photographs? By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/11/sumerian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/11/sumerian/index.html?source=rss Iraq's economic collapse means the oldest writing in the world can be bought for a song on eBay -- and has scholars racing to digitize Sumerian artifacts before they become paperweights. By Loren Fox Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/11/27/whitman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/11/27/whitman/index.html?source=rss The CEO of eBay presides over a company worth more than four times as much as Kmart. Maybe there's something to this e-commerce thing after all. By Gretchen Dukowitz Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/15/bid_bombers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/15/bid_bombers/index.html?source=rss How a group of e-vigilantes, furious at profiteers attempting to cash in on the WTC tragedy, fought back. By Damien Cave Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/23/pay_pal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/23/pay_pal/index.html?source=rss Aggressive anti-fraud tactics at the first widely used online payment company are spurring a consumer backlash. By Jeff Sypeck Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/20/relics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/20/relics/index.html?source=rss A one-man crusade against online relic sales is met with unholy indifference. Audio by Janelle Brown and Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/col/tech/2000/11/17/technology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/col/tech/2000/11/17/technology/index.html?source=rss EBay sellers experience a "glut of goods" and AOL users get up in arms over Steve Case's big gift. By John Geirland Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/11/15/ebay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/11/15/ebay/index.html?source=rss A new book about the auction Web site sheds little light on one of the Net's biggest successes.   Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/01/ebay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/11/01/ebay/index.html?source=rss By Claudia O'Keefe By Claudia O'Keefe Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/10/27/doomed_by_ebay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/10/27/doomed_by_ebay/index.html?source=rss I quit my job to become an online auctioneer, but the success of millions turned out to be a disaster. By Scott Rosenberg Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/20/customer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/20/customer/index.html?source=rss What does the failure of e-commerce experiments tell us about the potential for making money on the Net? By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/11/ebay_deadpool/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/11/ebay_deadpool/index.html?source=rss The site that chronicles the Net's living nightmares goes on the auction block. By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/17/vote_sale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/08/17/vote_sale/index.html?source=rss Bid for the vote of one U.S. citizen, now on eBay! By Gary Kaufman Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/bounds/2000/07/18/bounds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/bounds/2000/07/18/bounds/index.html?source=rss Imagine what it would be worth if it weren't a worthless piece of paper. By Amy Reiter Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/05/16/nptues/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/05/16/nptues/index.html?source=rss Jaid Barrymore busted for gun possession and illegal postering. By Daryl Lindsey Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/05/03/soundbite/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/05/03/soundbite/index.html?source=rss EBay has a mess on its hands after a rogue auctioneer tries to sell Elian's "genuine" raft. By Ted Gup Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/04/19/grief/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2000/04/19/grief/index.html?source=rss A heartbreaking letter bought on the Web led me to a Vermont graveyard. By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/03/30/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/03/30/hillary/index.html?source=rss Hillary cuts the "virtual ribbon" on a new Web company and shakes down dot-com millionaires for their support. By Amy Reiter Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/22/npwed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/22/npwed/index.html?source=rss Mackenzie Phillips: "My father taught me how to shoot up"; Halle Berry: Why do bad drivers happen to good dogs? Plus: Mariah Carey says ninth-graders are hotter than she is! Letters to the editor Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/03/genvy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/03/genvy/index.html?source=rss Whose generation is it anyway? Plus: No sympathy for Hitler apologist; is Dr. Laura's mantra "Now go take on the gays?" Letters to the editor Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/02/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/03/02/rape/index.html?source=rss Has evolution ensured survival of the rapists? Plus: Kiddie sales force is exploitation; hot and bothered over RealDolls sex dolls. By Stephen Lemons Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/log/2000/02/25/soul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/log/2000/02/25/soul/index.html?source=rss The real reason you can't sell your soul on eBay: There's just no way to prove you can make good to the winning bidder.