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The holiday shopping season is officially behind us, but that hasn’t stopped retailers from finding something else to celebrate with a sale. Right now, it’s all about New Year’s, and in honor of that fact, eBay is taking an extra 20 percent off select items through January 7th when you use offer code NEWYEARDEAL at checkout.In case you need a refresher, Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones and WF-1000XM5 earbuds are some of the best on the market. Both deliver top-notch noise cancellation and detailed sound, which are two of the…

Image: TCGPlayerTCGPlayer, the popular marketplace responsible for handling shipments for card games, comics, and collectible trading cards, has unionized. This past Friday before the weekend started, a majority of its workers voted in favor of becoming the TCGUnion. Notably, this makes it the first group of employees to successfully unionize at its parent company eBay.Now represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), TCGPlayer’s 272-person staff first started unionization efforts 2020, but those were…

The workers at eBay-owned TCGPlayer, a marketplace for trading card games such as Magic: The Gathering, have voted in favor of joining a union. eBay purchased the company in 2022 for a deal valued up to $295 million, but the website continues to operate independently. Now that all 272 non-supervisory workers at the company's authentication center in Syracuse, New York are represented by the Communications Workers of America, they've become the first group to form a union at eBay in the US.  The organized workers, who are…

The Communications Workers of America () has filed an unfair labor practice charge against -owned TCGplayer on behalf of workers at the trading card marketplace. The organization says TCGplayer supervisors and managers, including founder and CEO Chedy Hampson, illegally surveilled union activity in recent weeks. Workers at TCGplayer and this week, a supermajority for a union representation election. If they're successful, they'll form TCG Union/CWA, which will be the first union within eBay. Within the past two weeks,…

EBay Inc's quarterly results beat Wall Street targets as inflation-wary shoppers snapped up refurbished goods and the ecommerce platform reaped the benefits of expanding its luxury offerings. The company still forecast holiday-quarter revenue slightly below estimates, but investors looked past that to drive up its shares nearly 8% in extended trading. "As consumers in our major markets face persistent inflation, higher interest rates and rising home energy costs, they are increasingly turning to eBay for better value,"…

eBayEBay on Thursday announced the launch of its new live, interactive shopping platform, called eBay Live. Much like the traditional cable TV experience of the "Home Shopping Network," viewers will be able to watch hosts on the platform showcases different items they can instantly purchase. The platform also lets users chat with the hosts and interact with them via reaction buttons. The platform launches in beta on June 22, with an inaugural series offering a curated selection of rare trading cards from top eBay…

Consider dusting off your attic shoeboxes filled with baseball cards; eBay might have a new home for some of them soon. The pioneering online marketplace site built a new 31,000-square-foot facility, called the eBay Vault, which is open now to house graded trading cards that are valued at over $750 and, in the future, physical collectibles of all kinds. The launch of the eBay Vault comes hot on the heels of its Authenticity Guarantee push, where it expanded from validating sneakers over $100 to partnering with…

eBay is expanding its authentication services to include single graded trading cards over $2,000, the company announced today. The company is partnering with third-party trading card authentication and grading service Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) for the expanded service. eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee already includes sneakers sold for over $100, watches sold for over $2,000, and handbags sold for over $500. In January, eBay announced it was launching authentication services for ungraded trading cards…