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San Jose, CA Police report that a suspicious package was found at the Hamilton Avenue headquarters of eBay, Inc.

<p><font face="Trebuchet MS">Over 250 eBay employees were told to evacuate the building at that they could work from other buildings on the campus which is located near a high-end residential area, or work from home.</font></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS">The San Jose Police Bomb Squad is on the scene and&nbsp;are investigating with bomb-sniffing dogs.&nbsp;police reported that the campus will be closed for several hours until they&nbsp;determine the nature of the package and render it safe.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;package was found in the mail room.</font></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS">In other eBay news, the trial between the luxury goods firm Tiffany of New York and eBay started today.&nbsp; Tiffany is alleging that eBay was warned that counterfeit Tiffany Goods were being sold on eBay and eBay did not act soon enough and strongly enough to prevent the sale.&nbsp; The lawsuit was filed back in 2004 when Tiffany sued eBay over the fake goods. Tiffany &amp; Co.&nbsp;claims that eBay&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;fake copies of their trademarked items&nbsp;to be sold on the website.</font></p><p>At the heart of the lawsuit is a major issue for all online sellers:&nbsp;Who&nbsp;is responsible for policing&nbsp;a shopping site for counterfeit products --eBay or Tiffany?&nbsp;Legal experts&nbsp;have said the decision could set a significant precedent and no matter what the verdict it will probably be appealed.</p><p>In other news, consumers are complaining that eBay sellers are gouging customers by selling the hot new PlayStation game Dual-Shock at prices far above retail. The MSRP of Dual-Shock is $49.95, but there have been several sales on eBay over $80 and some as high as $115. The grey market for the game controller has been caused by Sony's decision to sell the Dual-shock strictly in Japan through the end of the year.&nbsp; Some Japanese sellers are selling them direct from Japan and US Sellers and Canadian eBay sellers&nbsp;are buying them from Japan and reselling them here.&nbsp; In addition to the high cost, sellers are passing along the international shipping charges of about $20 to $25.</p> 9 application/xml false dual shock dual-shock ebay bomb ebay counterfeit ebay fake goods ebay lawsuit ebay news ebay seller game controller playstation e promo:171061 Tiffany ebay This 5 pound book with CDs teaches eBay marketing from start to finish. http://www.skipmcgrath.com/products/ebaypackage.shtml These are 10 niche market businesses hiding on eBay. Easy to start with little or no investment http://www.skipmcgrath.com/products/Niche-Markets.shtml Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mcgrrrrr 66.114.150.189 false true false false true 135199 blog blogsite/SkipMcGrath/web