Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker has been left broke by lockdown

Over the past few months, Cheryl Baker has sold her car, let her cleaner and gardener go, turned down the heating, and no longer shops online or anywhere else for anything other than essentials. ‘I haven’t bought any clothes for a year. Nothing! And I used to go shopping all the time, mostly high street … Read more

1976 Apple-1 computer with wooden case set to sell for £1.1M 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

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

I bought a counterfeit Dyson hairdryer on eBay: Where is my refund?

I purchased a Dyson hairdryer on eBay in June 2019 for £215. However, the hairdryer malfunctioned in December 2020 and was returned to Dyson for repair. It inspected the hairdryer, advised it was counterfeit and destroyed it. The eBay seller is ignoring my messages requesting a refund, eBay is refusing to offer any refund as … 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

Van alive! Friends buy clapped-out old ambulances on eBay

Two friends have spent lockdown converting two clapped-out ambulances into mobile homes complete with showers, double beds, and kitchens so they can go travelling around Britain together after Covid. Amy Boughton, 25, and James Jackson, 32, bought the vehicles on eBay from the Boston Ambulance Service in Lincolnshire with the idea of doing them up … Read more

Vintage dresses from British brand Laura Ashley are on sale for as much as £2,495 on eBay

Vintage dresses from Laura Ashley are now selling for up to £500 on eBay – and some cheeky sellers are asking as much as £2,495. Fans of the chintzy British brand, which fell into administration last March which saw dozens of stores across the country close, are flocking to the online auction site to bag … Read more

Man likens £198 Volvo V70 to ‘skip full of dog turds’ in eBay ad

People often find themselves being misled by adverts promising ‘perfect’ products online, only to find out the real product is not quite so shiny and new. But one man had no intention of misleading buyers when he penned his brutally honest advert for his car, where he likened the Volvo to ‘a skip full of dog turds’. Tommy … Read more