Elton John sells off his personal wardrobe on eBay for Aids Foundation
Collection includes Versace shirts and dressing gowns, Adidas tracksuits, a Gucci bag and tour T-shirts
May 2024
Money hacks
How to buy secondhand clothes you’ll love online
Fraud rife on secondhand marketplaces Depop, Preloved, and Shpock
Consumer champions
No refund after I was sold a stolen £3,300 bike on eBay
Fake Monet and Renoir on eBay among 40 counterfeits identified using AI
March 2024
It’s daylight e-robbery: how entrepreneurs feel powerless as their work is ripped off
It’s no longer just familiar designer goods that are faked. Counterfeiters now spread their net much wider
January 2024
Online retailer eBay to lay off 1,000 workers, firm says in letter to employees
Announcement by CEO Jamie Iannone follows wave of cuts in US tech after heavy hiring during pandemic
‘Teaching – how hard can it be?’: three writers put their relationships on the line and try their partners’ jobs
Have you ever secretly thought how easy it would be to do your partner’s job? Three journalists find out if they can hack it as a teacher, an eBay trader and a creative director
‘A sledgehammer to crack a nut’: readers voice fears at HMRC crackdown on ‘side-hustles’
Ebay fined $3m after workers harassed couple and sent spiders to their home
Selling goods online? Be warned: HMRC will soon know about it
November 2023
Online marketplaces report surge in sales of secondhand goods
Amazon, eBay and others record rise in reselling as cost of living crisis bites and customers try to shop sustainably
August 2023
British Museum must list missing objects so antiquities dealers can help
Letter: Ivan Macquisten of the Antiquities Dealers’ Association says the trade is highly alert to red flags and has an interest in keeping the market clean
July 2023
Ebay refused my refund after fraudster’s Nintendo no-show
The seller seems to have used an old tracking number to suggest my order had been delivered
May 2023
E-bike chargers posing fire risk found on eBay, Amazon and Wish.com
Consumer champions
Ebay won’t refund me over a fraudulent stolen laptop listing
April 2023
Online sellers take down ‘offensive’ listings for golliwog dolls
Man who made £1.2m from fake vinyl records caught out by Clash fan
March 2023
WeWork mugs for $500: 10 of the strangest merch items from companies that crashed
FTX fortune cookies and Theranos gift cards offer souvenirs from recent business disasters
February 2023
Consumer champions
Ebay parcel was lost, but the courier can’t trace it
Using the platform to book an Evri delivery signs sellers up to Packlink
