On-line Auctions – The shipping sting

Mimenta | May 24, 2010

Buyers Beware, especially on eBay. They don’t seem to scrutinize their auction listings for inflated shipping charges as rigorously as some other on-line auctions.

Shill bidding

Mimenta | May 15, 2010

It was odd, because on several occasions we had almost identical products but their’s always sold higher than ours.

Poetic justice – The Overruns scam

Mimenta | April 11, 2010

Have you ever wondered why the stuff at eBay is often so cheap? . . . Often this is not the case. the product is 99% genuine – it’s an overrun.

eBay – Don’t bother searching!

Mimenta | March 26, 2010

An hour later I tried to find our listings – nothing. . . Tomorrow – still nothing.

Has eBay become another Internet dinosaur?

Mimenta | February 14, 2010

with only 10% of fixed price items selling and approximately 8% of items on auction selling at above cost prices, eBay, once the flagship of the Internet business scene is today a rusting hulk drifting in cyberspace.

Newsflash! Warning – Do not use Internet Explorer!

Mimenta | January 19, 2010

If you use Internet Explorer you run the risk of admitting a Trojan virus that can allow someone to completely take over your computer. Even setting IE to its highest security will not prevent an attack.

Special Fiend – The Rootkit Virus (Part 3)

Mimenta | November 9, 2009

You start to realise this is a pattern – the files you delete today will be the files you have to delete tomorrow.