UK tax collectors plan a taxation blitz on eBay sales this Christmas. A report claims UK taxation and customs authorities will be watching eBay this season in “an attempt to crack down on traders avoiding tax liabilities”. The report explains the [...]

Auctioneers and estate agents must be urgently regulated to ensure young home-buyers get a fair deal, it was claimed today.As house prices continue to soar, Fine Gael called for more transparency in the industry to protect consumers in the property market.It was revealed today the average price of a second-hand home in Dublin has now [...]

eBay is making changes to the fee structure to the UK and Ireland sites effective September 29, 2005. On eBay.ie, the maximum insertion fee for Multiple Item listings will go from 3 Euros to 4.50 Euro (including VAT). Adding a Buy It Now option to auctions will change from a flat fee of .10 Euros [...]

Online auction house eBay was facing criticism today over an attempt to sell violent footage of bare knuckle Traveller fights in Ireland.
The shocking camcorder footage is on sale to the highest bidder on the world-famous website.
Some DVDs advertised in recent weeks were billed as a “must-have piece of unlicensed boxing history”.
One was placed by a [...]

EBay.ie is teaming up with the Irish law enforcers to explore new ways to fight credit card fraud, as criminals increasingly focus on internet and phone channels.
Representatives of eBay met with the Garda Bureau of Investigation and the Garda Hi-Tech Crime Unit last week, to introduce Irish law enforcement officials to the eBay and [...]