<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : ebay : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Misspelled and Bizarre Ebay Auctions]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/68857/1/" /><id>68857</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Misspelled and Bizarre Ebay Auctions]]></summary><issued>2008-07-15T16:34:09+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-15T16:34:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[You can find anything on Ebay, from someone's life to a Rick James jumpsuit, complete with bloodstains.  So, for your reading pleasure here is a list of some crazy items currently being auctioned off on Ebay]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[eBay in Patent Fight Over 'Buy It Now']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23723/1/" /><id>23723</id><summary><![CDATA[eBay in Patent Fight Over 'Buy It Now']]></summary><issued>2007-06-13T17:01:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-13T17:01:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A small Virginia company in a patent fight with eBay Inc. asked a federal judge Tuesday to stop the online auction powerhouse from using its &quot;Buy It Now&quot; feature allowing shoppers to buy items at a fixed price.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[eBay Named in Suits Against Pirated Software]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50763/1/" /><id>50763</id><summary><![CDATA[eBay Named in Suits Against Pirated Software]]></summary><issued>2008-02-15T16:09:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-15T16:09:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Online auction giant eBay has been implicated in piracy lawsuits. The Software &amp; Information Industry Association is suing several eBay sellers as part of its campaign to stop auctioning of pirated software.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[eBay to compete with USPS]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16073/1/" /><id>16073</id><summary><![CDATA[eBay to compete with USPS]]></summary><issued>2007-04-12T20:53:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-12T20:53:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Pierre Omidyar, eBay Founder and one of the nets richest geeks, today announced the launch of a new arm to the eBay Empire. The new business will be called ePost and will be a direct competitor to the US Postal Service (USPS).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Woman Blames eBay for Thwarting Baby Name Auction]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/130710/1/" /><id>130710</id><summary><![CDATA[Woman Blames eBay for Thwarting Baby Name Auction]]></summary><issued>2009-08-14T03:17:33+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-14T03:17:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An unemployed Arkansas woman offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder on eBay says she lost nearly $15,000 when the Web site removed her first three auction attempts.<br/><br/>update: <div style='display:block;width:250px;text-overflow:clip;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/130040/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plime.com/l/130040/1/</a></div>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Texas town put on sale on eBay for $2.5 million]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40229/1/" /><id>40229</id><summary><![CDATA[Texas town put on sale on eBay for $2.5 million]]></summary><issued>2007-11-01T07:33:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-01T07:33:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;It's a concept. It's one of a kind,&quot; said Cave, 47, a real estate agent. &quot;It's more like a piece of art than it is a real estate property. That's why eBay sounded so good to us. It's quirky.&quot;<br/><br/>(If you believe this, I have a town to sell you...oh, wait)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Worst iPhone Pictures on eBay]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26906/1/" /><id>26906</id><summary><![CDATA[Worst iPhone Pictures on eBay]]></summary><issued>2007-07-10T19:40:59+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-10T19:40:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[These following eBay sellers decided to choose a different approach to getting their iPhones to sell.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[eBay auction to raise funds for defense of man accused of killing abortion doctor]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135323/1/" /><id>135323</id><summary><![CDATA[eBay auction to raise funds for defense of man accused of killing abortion doctor]]></summary><issued>2009-11-03T08:14:56+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-03T08:14:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&#8220;I really am hopeful that eBay can see that once this is up, that it is not a glorification of violence,&#8221; said auction organizer Dave Leach, an abortion opponent from Iowa. &#8220;If the auction stays up, it will only be because eBay has been shamed into recognizing the nonviolent nature of the items.&#8221;<br/><br/>Items organizers said were being donated for the auction include an Army of God manual that describes dozens of ways to shut down abortion clinics; and a prison cookbook compiled by Shelley Shannon, who is serving time for clinic arsons and bombings.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro ($1.57)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63015/1/" /><id>63015</id><summary><![CDATA[German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro ($1.57)]]></summary><issued>2008-05-24T14:04:53+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-24T14:04:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It is a male baby, nearly 28 inches (70 cm) long and can be used either in a baby carrier or a stroller.&quot; Said the Ebay Ad. They are sick People, but we all knew it was only a matter of time.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Fraudsters Try to Scam Security Expert on EBay ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/125252/1/" /><id>125252</id><summary><![CDATA[Fraudsters Try to Scam Security Expert on EBay ]]></summary><issued>2009-06-22T10:57:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-22T10:57:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[EBay cancels ads in tiff with Google.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24006/1/" /><id>24006</id><summary><![CDATA[EBay cancels ads in tiff with Google.]]></summary><issued>2007-06-15T17:36:23+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-15T17:36:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[About how ebay is cancelling advertising with google due to the high competitiveness between the two companies.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man arrested in eBay sale of historic documents]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48773/1/" /><id>48773</id><summary><![CDATA[Man arrested in eBay sale of historic documents]]></summary><issued>2008-01-29T11:53:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-29T11:53:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A New York state employee who had access to government-owned archives has been arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of historic documents, many of which he sold on eBay, authorities said on Monday.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Couple in MA selling debt on EBay]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/92683/1/" /><id>92683</id><summary><![CDATA[Couple in MA selling debt on EBay]]></summary><issued>2009-02-04T11:33:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-04T11:33:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They are both out of a job with a 2 year old and a mortgage.  They are selling their debt in $10.00 chunks.  Buyers will get a thank you note and a photo of the family.<br/><br/>The original auction listing was removed by EBay, but was relisted <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=290294099281" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> - probably with a wording change to make it acceptable.<br/><br/>Desperate times call for desperate measures.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[One Joke for Sale on eBay]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/87432/1/" /><id>87432</id><summary><![CDATA[One Joke for Sale on eBay]]></summary><issued>2009-01-02T15:43:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-02T15:43:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Onion writer John Harris is trying to sell an unspecified joke on eBay because he &quot;can't find a contextual home&quot; for it. The punchline is that bids have already soared to $370, despite his self-effacing sales pitch: &quot;To be fair, it's less of a joke and more of a dated, Capote-esque cocktail party bon mot, but decidedly more feeble&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Skype Founders File Copyright Suit Against eBay ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/133153/1/" /><id>133153</id><summary><![CDATA[Skype Founders File Copyright Suit Against eBay ]]></summary><issued>2009-09-17T14:38:08+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-17T14:38:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In the court filing, Joltid, a company owned by the Skype founders, claims that eBay violated copyright law by altering and sharing the peer-to-peer source code behind the free Internet calling service. The Skype founders maintained ownership of that source code after selling Skype to eBay in 2005, and licensed it to eBay.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[12 Funniest eBay Commercial Videos]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35931/1/" /><id>35931</id><summary><![CDATA[12 Funniest eBay Commercial Videos]]></summary><issued>2007-09-17T10:46:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-17T10:46:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[here&#8217;s a collection of 12 funniest eBay commercial videos, old and new, from across the globe.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[EBay Faces a Lawsuit for Identifying Real Coins as Fakes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48877/1/" /><id>48877</id><summary><![CDATA[EBay Faces a Lawsuit for Identifying Real Coins as Fakes]]></summary><issued>2008-01-30T09:41:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-30T09:41:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[American Numismatic Association (ANA) and the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) filed a lawsuit against eBay, stating that the latter uses unfair and deceptive trade practices.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[12 Funniest eBay Commercial Videos]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35764/1/" /><id>35764</id><summary><![CDATA[12 Funniest eBay Commercial Videos]]></summary><issued>2007-09-15T10:54:32+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-15T10:54:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[12 Funniest eBay Commercial Videos]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51415/1/" /><id>51415</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database]]></summary><issued>2008-02-20T09:46:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-20T09:46:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Church of Scientology can delete auctions from eBay with no supervision under the VeRO program, and has used this to delete all resale of the e-meters Scientologists use. This is to stop members from buying used units from ex-members instead of buying from the official (and very expensive) source. Given Scientology's record of fraud and abuse, should eBay give them this level of trust? Will this set a precedent for other companies that want to stop the aftermarket resale of their products? - from /.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[eBay stops the sale of Belgium]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36011/1/" /><id>36011</id><summary><![CDATA[eBay stops the sale of Belgium]]></summary><issued>2007-09-17T22:51:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-17T22:51:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Internet auction website eBay today withdrew an unusual second-hand sale item, the country of Belgium, which had attracted an offer of &#8364;10 million ($16.68m).]]></content></entry></items></xml>