Doesn't ebay have more gall than ever. They care not an ounce for Sellers but now they want them to notify Congress and the Senate that we don't want to collect sales tax for every state. I do it for PA & MD and it's all electronic; no problem. They just don't want to lose business and act like they are doing the seller a favor looking out for us. that would be the first time.

American businesses weren't very happy about a privacy bill that Rep. Rick Boucher announced in May. The Interactive Advertising Bureau, for instance, said the Virginia Democrat's draft legislation would have "major" effects on legitimate business practices.

Well, if they disliked the Boucher bill, they're really going to loathe a new Democratic proposal that would slap even more extensive regulations on virtually any U.S. business.

A bill introduced Monday by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush, chairman of a House consumer subcommittee, would levy fines of up to $5 million on businesses and individuals unless they abide by a complex set of new regulations to be administrated by the Federal Trade Commission. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m. PT.

Rush's bill applies to any "person" or business that stores personal information, including someone's name, mailing address, e-mail address, and phone or tax number. That person must provide, if requested, "access to" information stored about others.

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All ecommerce sellers who accept PayPal will need to accept the new Commercial Entity Agreement by October 1, 2010 in order to continue receiving Visa and Mastercard funded payments.

Accepting this new Commercial Entity Agreement actually means that you are agreeing to accept each of the different commercial agreements for several banks.

Commercial Entity Agreement with JP Morgan Chase
Commercial Entity Agreement with HSBC
Commercial Entity Agreement with Wells Fargo
Commercial Entity Agreement with Wells Fargo – Pro
Commercial Entity Agreement with National Westminster Bank
Most of the Commercial Entity Agreements are very similiar but there are some differences. While the agreements are obviously very complex, I have tried to boil them down into a short list of 5 Do's and Don'ts that encompasses the highlights of various agreements.

1. WHO can and should give and get information?

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eBay will announce changes later today in its third roll-out of seller updates for 2010, calling it "Seller Release 3." Most changes will launch between September 7 and September 13, and eBay said it was the final seller update of the year. eBay will make certain media and electronics categories free for sellers to list in during the holiday selling season, but is requiring that they use its product catalog to list. The three categories are iPod & MP3 Players, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and DVDs, HD DVDs & Blu-ray.

eBay is making changes to its Unpaid Item process and will allow sellers to create lists of preferred customers who will be excluded from Unpaid Item Assistant. Sellers will be able to exclude specific transactions from Unpaid Item Assistant.

eBay is running a test in which it has moved the "Ask a question" link further down the item page for about one quarter of buyers, and expects to launch it to all buyers by the end of the year. eBay will also allow sellers to prevent blocked buyers from contacting them.

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EBay apps make it No. 1 mobile retailer in U.S.

Tim L. Fields bids on jewelry, art and antiques on eBay Inc., sometimes in 30 to 40 auctions at one time.

The New Orleans attorney spends hours away from his PC, so he gets his shopping done using an eBay app on his iPhone that sends alerts when he's been outbid or when a sale is about to expire. EBay's apps have allowed it to grab the lead over rival Amazon.com in a new market.

"It's sort of an addiction," says Fields, who has used the eBay mobile app to buy a $15,000 set of antique French silver.

After losing ground to Amazon.com for years in online retailing, eBay has emerged as a leader in mobile commerce. As consumers increasingly shop with their BlackBerrys, iPhones, and handsets powered by Google Inc.'s Android software, eBay has become the top mobile retailer in the United States, according to Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners LP in New York.

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Ebay will begin allowing users to view other members' feedback in a new way - by allowing them to isolate positive, neutral or negative feedback.

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y10/m06/i14/s05


Ebay's announcement from their site:

Starting this week, you'll be able to see a member's Feedback ratings by type – positive, neutral, or negative – on their Feedback Profile page. Just go to the Feedback Profile page and click on a number in the Recent Feedback Ratings table to filter comments by type. You'll see that set of comments along with replies. There are no changes to the item page. This is a feature on the Feedback Profile page many members have requested to help them make faster, more well-informed decisions when transacting on eBay.

http://announcements.ebay.com/2010/06/feedback-filtering-on-member-profile-page/