With millions of dollars in surplus property gathering dust in warehouses across the city, officials think they have found a faster way to unload their unwanted merchandise. ...more

October 6, 2008

Webber International University in Polk County has put the naming rights to its newest 2-acre structure up for bid on eBay. Those who wish to contribute to the small business school in Babson Park need not be affluent, university President Keith Wade said. ...more

October 1, 2008

With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman has won an auction for an abandoned home in Saginaw. Joanne Smith, 30, recently was the top bidder for the home during an auction on eBay, The Saginaw News reported. Her bid was one of eight for the home. ...more

October 1, 2008

Dave Webster and his wife, Leslie, Tampa Bay Rays fans for a decade, plan to drive 1,750 miles from El Paso, Texas, to St. Petersburg this week in the hope of finding tickets for the Rays' playoff home stand Thursday and Friday. ...more

September 30, 2008

Pease tell me about my old Singer sewing machine in a cabinet. It is marked Model 15-91. It still works and has the original accessories. ...more

September 11, 2008

JetBlue Airways Corp. is auctioning off more than 300 roundtrip flights and six vacation packages this week on eBay, with opening bids set between 5 and 10 cents. ...more

September 8, 2008

Here's what I love about Diana Cofield. Someone showed her a Vera Bradley designer bag. Cofield, a purse maker of some repute in these parts, was struck by the resemblance to her own line. ...more

September 6, 2008

Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi. ...more

September 3, 2008

A computer containing banking security details of more than 1 million people has been sold on eBay, bank officials said Tuesday - the latest in a series of losses of personal data in Great Britain. ...more

August 27, 2008

Margaret Hoggatt was overwhelmed after her mother died in 2006. It wasn't just the grief of losing a beloved parent. Her mother, Rosemary, had lived in a small house on Tropic Boulevard in Largo for nearly 30 years. The 1,300-square-foot home was crammed with the things she collected and adored - elephant knickknacks, angels, ceramic roses, kitchen gadgets, cookbooks. ...more

August 24, 2008