Over the past few months, Cheryl Baker has sold her car, let her cleaner and gardener go, turned down the heating, and no longer shops online or anywhere else for anything other than essentials. ‘I haven’t bought any clothes for a year. Nothing! And I used to go shopping all the time, mostly high street … Read more
An original Apple computer with a wooden case is up for sale for £1.1 million ($1.5 million) on eBay — some 2,250 times more than its original price tag in 1976. The ‘Apple-1’ was the first product to be developed under the Apple name by company co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and launched in … Read more
I purchased a Dyson hairdryer on eBay in June 2019 for £215. However, the hairdryer malfunctioned in December 2020 and was returned to Dyson for repair. It inspected the hairdryer, advised it was counterfeit and destroyed it. The eBay seller is ignoring my messages requesting a refund, eBay is refusing to offer any refund as … Read more
Widow, 65, discovers long-lost family she never knew existed after stranger contacted her online to tell her he had purchased her grandfather’s WWI medals on eBay Jocelyn Trent, 65, had no idea grandfather Charles Sharman served in WWI Widow was ‘delighted’ to discover members of her family she never knew about Adam Simpson-York buys medals … Read more
First-time homeowners who had a tight budget revealed how they were able to transform their dated kitchen, while saving on the cost of an average renovation by 28 per cent. Sarah Macklin, 25, and her husband Jay, 26, who live in Cheshire, explained that they bought a secondhand kitchen on eBay for £850 and installed … Read more
People often find themselves being misled by adverts promising ‘perfect’ products online, only to find out the real product is not quite so shiny and new. But one man had no intention of misleading buyers when he penned his brutally honest advert for his car, where he likened the Volvo to ‘a skip full of dog turds’. Tommy … Read more
Australian man is accused of running the world’s biggest ‘dark web’ online marketplace for deadly drugs and stolen credit cards – with the site turning over $220million An Australian man accused of running $220million illegal dark web marketplace The man was arrested at the German border and the website was shut down Investigation followed discovery … Read more
If you’re using lockdown to do a much-needed clearout, you might want to keep an eye out for some forgotten toys and collectables from the ’90s because they could net you a fortune. Research from Self Financial has revealed the most profitable retro items to sell online, using eBay ‘sold’ data and analysing hundreds of … Read more
I sold three brand new, boxed SNES mini consoles on eBay to a buyer who then wanted me to send him £30 because the boxes they arrived in were ‘damaged’. When I asked for evidence of damage, the buyer declined and he asked for £10 instead. The buyer got eBay involved, who forced a full … Read more
Selling your mobile could leave you open to identity fraud or having bank details stolen if you do not wipe data first, cyber crime experts warn Customers warned of risk posed by buying and selling second-hand handsets National Cyber Security Centre advise consumers to digitally wipe any devices A major risk comes from devices that … Read more