Knocked off by an online 'bargain'
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Also: AOL's mobile ambitions. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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An Australian pleads guilty to fraud after posing as a dispossessed Nigerian to cheat people of their money. Also: eBay penalizes its own con men & hellip;. Microsoft's legal woes not quite over & hellip;. and more.
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Stop reading all that 'clickwrap' fine print! A browser bot will accept or reject agreements on your terms. By Mark D. Rasch from Wired magazine.
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Littlewoods has angered internet bargain hunters by demanding that an online discount voucher be paid back to the UK retailer.
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The "cheap chic" retailer's results are hit-or-miss.
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An online marketing strategy offers free good now, but consumers will have to buy something later.
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Web sites promising to find the best travel deals have online travel agents wondering if they have a new friend or enemy. For consumers, however, choices are rising
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ONE Christmas ritual should be a lot cheaper this year for anybody with broadband. Calling friends and relatives just about anywhere in the world now costs nothing, or just over 1p a minute (0.02 to be exact
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As listings migrate to the Web, the broker's traditional fee is threatened.
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A surprising number of items on eBay are available for just one cent. So where is the profit? (Hint: Watch those shipping charges.)
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Plus: '$100 laptop' for sale in North America. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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The popular online auction site raises its fees. Is it biting off more than it can chew?
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"The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture" by Andrew Keen; Currency ($22.95)  ___  Andrew Keen is an unhappy man.
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When 'free' isn't free An online advertiser that falsely claimed consumers had won free prizes has agreed to pay a $200,000 penalty to the Federal Trade Commission, which says the outfit failed to disclose that people had to spend money first.â¦Learn &amp; Contribute, Live &amp; Online - The Register Debates Green Computing
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An online store for Viliv media players accused of not delivering the goods is reportedly not refunding the money they promised. In Gadget Lab.
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RE the letter from an ex- Scottish Gas customer, I have the same problem.  I pay my son's electricity bill on the internet, and had a message that his payment was to rise by pounds 14 per month, despite the fact that I opted for the capped bill until 2010.
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Falls off the internet the best place to go for something awful - is recovering from Domain Name Server problems yesterday that left the site unaccessible for many users.â¦