March 17, 2005

EBay Will Donate Some Auction Fees

By Nicole Wallace

Ebay, the popular online auction site where people can buy or sell a John Deere tractor, a Prada handbag, and just about anything else, has announced that it will donate the fees it charges on auctions that benefit charity.

For example, if a camera listed on eBay's Giving Works section sold for $100 -- with the seller promising to donate the entire sale price to Unicef -- eBay would contribute the fees it charges the seller, a total of $3.98 in this case, to

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