BBC drama The Serpent drives rise in shoppers searching 1970s-style clothing on eBay

Viewers were left hooked by dark real-life BBC drama The Serpent, but it seems the twisting storyline wasn’t the only thing that grabbed the attention of fans.  The eight-part drama, which earlier this week became iPlayer’s most watched show, has sparked a huge interest in 1970’s style clothing – with some items gaining an 158 per cent … Read more

BBC drama The Serpent drives rise in shoppers searching 1970s-style clothing on eBay

Viewers were left hooked by dark real-life BBC drama The Serpent, but it seems the twisting storyline wasn’t the only thing that grabbed the attention of fans.  The eight-part drama, which earlier this week became iPlayer’s most watched show, has sparked a huge interest in 1970’s style clothing – with some items gaining an 158 per cent … Read more

Tax evasion fears as HMRC drastically scales back checks on eBay and Amazon sellers

Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on 2 December 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a few … Read more

Tax evasion fears as HMRC drastically scales back checks on eBay and Amazon sellers

Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on 2 December 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a few … Read more

Apple: Original 45-year-old computer with wooden case set to sell for £1.1 MILLION on eBay

An original Apple computer with a wooden case is up for sale for £1.1 million ($1.5 million) on eBay — some 2,250 times more than its original price tag in 1976. The ‘Apple-1’ was the first product to be developed under the Apple name by company co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and launched in … Read more

Widow discovers long-lost family after stranger bought her grandad’s war medals online

Widow, 65, discovers long-lost family she never knew existed after stranger contacted her online to tell her he had purchased her grandfather’s WWI medals on eBay Jocelyn Trent, 65, had no idea grandfather Charles Sharman served in WWI   Widow was ‘delighted’ to discover members of her family she never knew about  Adam Simpson-York buys medals … Read more

Widow discovers long-lost family after stranger bought her grandad’s war medals online

Widow, 65, discovers long-lost family she never knew existed after stranger contacted her online to tell her he had purchased her grandfather’s WWI medals on eBay Jocelyn Trent, 65, had no idea grandfather Charles Sharman served in WWI   Widow was ‘delighted’ to discover members of her family she never knew about  Adam Simpson-York buys medals … Read more

First-time homeowner reveals she used secondhand purchases to renovate her dated kitchen

First-time homeowners who had a tight budget revealed how they were able to transform their dated kitchen, while saving on the cost of an average renovation by 28 per cent. Sarah Macklin, 25, and her husband Jay, 26, who live in Cheshire, explained that they bought a secondhand kitchen on eBay for £850 and installed … Read more