George Washington Chicken McNugget Auctioned on eBay

Would You Buy a 3-year-Old McNugget Shaped Like George Washington? Sioux City, Iowa resident Rebekah Speights is auctioning off a three-year-old Chicken McNugget on eBay to raise money for her kids' church camp....

'Tom Cruise Pool Water' for Sale on eBay

'Tom Cruise Swam in This Pool Water': Must Be Legit, Right? An intrepid eBay seller is hawking what is claimed to be Tom Cruise pool water. That is, water from a swimming pool in which Tom Cruise swam with his...

PayPal sues Google for stealing its digital wallet technology

The Internet Search Engine Google is being sued by the online payment service PayPal over its plans to turn mobile phones into what it calls digital wallets. PayPal says two of its executives passed on trade...

Justin Bieber's Auctioned Hair Sells for Over $40,000 Online

"What is it with this kid? Even Justin Bieber's shorn, leftover hair is a money maker.  It was huge news when Bieber cut his hair. It was also big news when he gave his hair clippings to Ellen Degeneres when he was a guest on her show, asking her to donate the...

Ringo Starr Refuses To Sign Autographs Because Of Resale On eBay

Ringo Starr Blames eBay For Not Signing Autographs The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr blames it all on eBay. In an interview on Sunday, Starr confirmed that he was no longer going to sign any more autographs because...

Stadium Events NES: Rarest NES Game Sells for $13,105 on Ebay

The rarest licensed game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Stadium Events, sold for a staggering $13,105 on Ebay. Stadium Events is recognized as the rarest licensed game for the NES as it was originally...

Pat Robertson Voodoo Doll Auction on Ebay

In an effort to raise relief funds for Haiti, a voodoo doll is being sold on Ebay. All the proceeds will be sent to the relief effort in Haiti. At last count the bid was at $520.00 US. In an apparent attempt to...

Meg Whitman For Governor of California, Ex-eBay CEO Running

Meg Whitman formally announced today (Tuesday) that she is running for the Republican nomination for 2010 California gubernatorial race. The former eBay CEO decided to run for California governor, promising to cut...

Cathy Maples Wins Dinner With Palin For $63,500

Alabama resident Cathy Maples had the winning bid in eBay's auction for a dinner with Sarah and Todd Palin. Maples, 53, owns a defense contracting company and is a big fan of Palin. She has met the ex-Governor at least twice before - once in North Carolina during a...

Ebay Auctions Dinner With Sarah Palin

Ebay is auctioning a dinner for five with Sarah Palin starting at $25,000. Proceeds going to "Ride 2 Recovery", a charity which provides wounded veterans with bicycles and organized rides. The auctions opens on Tuesday, September 15, and lasts for ten days. Sarah Palin's...

Sale Of Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe Falls Through on eBay

The crypt above that of Marilyn Monroe went for sale on eBay on August 18, reaching $4.6 million in bids, but today it turned out that the highest bidder from Japan was unable to pay the required sum of money. The...

GM to Sell Cars on eBay

General Motors Co. announced today that they will allow buyers to purchase cars from California Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Pontiac dealers through the eBay online marketplace. Two months after GM filed for...

Skype Shutdown Threat over Joltid Licensing

Skype could possibly get shut down over a licensing dispute with Joltid, which developed Skype many years ago. When eBay bought Skype for $3.1 billion in 2005, it did not buy a core element of the underlying...

Canadian eBay Sellers Forced to Pay Taxes

Canadians selling items on eBay will be forced to pay taxes on any sales after the government launched an investigation into online sellers. The Canada Revenue Agency was provided with the names of eBay sellers and their contact information and are matching it up to their...

Topps yanks Madoff cards before they hit shelves

This years Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball cards have already hit store shelves, minus the highly anticipated rookie card of fraudster Bernie Madoff. Yeah, that's right!! The modern day Charlies Ponzi,...

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