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Apple’s Weird Refurbished Ebay Store Is Gone

Shoppers looking for the best price on Apple stuff recently may have noticed a mysterious Ebay store selling official Apple refurbs for less than Apple itself. Although Apple never confirmed their involvement, it was widely believed that they were behind Refurbished_Outlet because it sold official Apple refurbs with genuine Applecare. Today, there are no more…

Apple’s Mysterious Ebay Storefront Sells Macs For Less Than the Apple Refurb Store

Since last October, there’s been a store on Ebay that goes by the name Refurbished_Outlet, and it only sells Apple products. Although there’s no contact information and little Apple corporate branding, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider think it’s an official Apple outlet, because it sells official Apple refurbs. As you may know, Apple refurbs are already one…

This Insane Camera Collection on Ebay Can Fill a Room

Forget your quaint little shelves with a few vintage cameras you love showing off. For the teeny sum of $49,999 you can buy this hoarder’s bonkers collection of what appears to be every camera ever. Basically. Stan Horaczek at PopPhoto unearthed this impressive lot. The listing doesn’t include an inventory, so you’ll be taking a…

eBay’s overhauled its iOS app, streamlining the set-up and management of auctions. Sell those crappy Christmas gifts!

EBay’s Testing Two New Ways to Help Sell Your Stuff

As major online retailers are being shoved further into the physical realm to keep competitive, eBay’s doing everything it can to stay in the fray with the announcement of two new pilot programs. https://gizmodo.com/how-amazon-s-same-day-delivery-plan-will-kill-your-loca-5925387 The first comes in the form of a “selling assistant” who essentially acts as a consignment store with pick-up service—for 25%…

How Many Gifts Are You Selling on eBay?

Every year, without fail, we all receive some bad gifts. Sure, you may’ve scored that phone, e-reader or laptop that you were lusting after, but there will be shockers, too: a hand-knitted sweater from your grandma, novelty socks, or, perhaps if you’re incredibly unlucky, an $80 Walmart tablet. And with gifts that bad, there’s only…

Hell Yeah, Here’s a BIG MAC Belt Buckle

God I love Big Macs. Big Macs are more American than a damn bald eagle, and more delicious than they are pulmonarily congestive, if only just barely. Here’s one on a belt buckle from the 70s. You don’t really need any more information than that, but if you must, here’s what the eBay seller says:…

You Can Buy Original Art From the Woman Who Ruined That Jesus Portrait

Monkey Jesus lady, you gave us one of our favorite things of 2012: the botched restoration of a 19th century fresco called “Ecce Homo” in an old Spanish church. If you, too, are a fan of the work of Cecilia Gímenez, here’s some welcome news: You can buy her original art on eBay. The piece…

Google’s Nexus 4 is so in demand that eBay’s limiting the number of units users can sell, to stamp out fraud. [eBay]

Apple Is Selling Stuff on eBay Now (Updated)

What does Apple have in common with your stay-at-home aunt who loves cats and knits you sweaters in her spare time? They both sell their goods on eBay now. Apple has sneakily opened up a Refurbished Outlet on eBay to test out the online auction waters. eBay told 9to5Mac that the online storefront is “a…

New Pinterest-Like eBay Makes It Easier for You to Spend Money

Remember New Coke? It was wildly unsuccessful. Fortunately, New eBay ain’t half bad. Everything from the apps to the logo to the main site has been redesigned, and mostly for the better. Definitely for the more expensive. Now, everything on eBay is heavily curated—each time you visit the site, you’re going to get suggestions of…

We all missed the greatest eBay auction of all time

This honor goes to “Mummified Cat Slam Dunking A Mummified Bird,” which up until recently was for sale for a discount $750 buy-it-now price (via Geekologie). Because if there’s anything that distinguishes you as an individual of taste and distinction, it’s a barf-out effigy of Bastet schooling Horus on the basketball court. Semi-Related: The Sphinx…

Yay or Nay: Ebay’s New Logo

Ebay has a new logo. Much like every other company under the sun, it’s an attempt to go with a design that’s flat, streamlined and sleek—in other words, modern. But while all of those ideas are fine in theory, sometimes the finished product doesn’t always end up the way its creators intended. This might be…

CupChair App Lets You Take 360 Degree Pictures With Just an iPhone and a Cup

If you’re trying to sell something online, panoramic project images are a great way to make customers feel like they know what they’re buying. Actually making the things can be kind of a pain, but the CupChair app by RotaryView streamlines the process. It’s a pretty simple process: you just place your iPhone in a…

eBay Bans Sale of “Metaphysical Goods”

Starting today, warlocks and witches the world over will have to find a more hospitable hosting platform for their black magic business: eBay has had enough. The Wall Street Journal reports that the online auction site, which has allowed the sale of metaphysical goods since its launching in 1995, has recently had a change of…

Two Gorgeous Lighters From When Smoking Was Still Cool

A lighter is not just a hunk of cheap plastic you use to fire up a smoke. It’s also a matter of taste. And you can light up in style with a pair of vintage Braun lighters designed by Dieter Rams for sale on eBay. One is a table lighter, which is the kind of…

eBay bans the sale of all magic, including potions, hexes, and curses

Online savvy sorcerers, you’re out of luck. Online auction giant eBay has recently exiled magical wares from their site. No longer will you be able to purchase Haunted Money Spells or a curse for your incredibly loud neighbor who smokes skunk weed while jamming out to Pink at 3:38 AM. According to the official eBay’s…

En Garde Amazon, eBay Rolling Out Same-Day Shipping Service “eBay Now”

All the speculation about Amazon’s same-day shipping service may have been wishful thinking, but it seems like eBay is really going to give it a shot. The auction service has started sending invites to the beta of “eBay Now,” which provides just that. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-same-day-delivery-might-have-been-wishful-thinki-5929414 Local to San Fransciso at the moment, eBay Now will apparently…

How eBay Became Relevant Again

When a website goes into tailspin common wisdom dictates that there’s no way it can make a comeback. But in recent time eBay has done just that, transforming its dismal financial state into successes resembling its glory days. How the hell did it do it? Back in 2004, eBay shares hit a peak of $58.…

Will You Be the Next Owner of This Jet-Engine Powered Go-Kart?

Take a serious inventory of your financial situation right now, because you may just have to have this jet-engine powered custom-crafted go-kart. Veteran vehicle tinkerer Seth Kittleman has his latest creation up for sale on eBay, with a current bid of $6,200 and just over 2 days left till the auction closes (June 17, at…