Online auction site eBay announced last week that it is to revamp its buyer protection scheme to provide members with 100% protection on all purchases in the event of fraud.

The company, fighting to keep sellers off rivals such as Amazon.com Inc, also said sellers with top ratings would get an improved 20 percent discount on auction fees.

The new protections for both buyers and sellers only apply if the purchase is made using PayPal. The previous version of eBay’s buyer protection plan offered coverage of up to $200 for most items and up to $2,000 for items purchased from eBay’s most established merchants.

eBay on MutualPoints

The online auction house is clearly popular with MutualPoints members, with 9 reviews already and a regular appearance in our monthly zeitgeist. To take advantage of the new offer on eBay simply visit via your MutualPoints link and you’ll receive 26 points for every ‘buy it now’ purchase you make.

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A jilted husband has put his wife up for sale on the internet shopping site eBay.

The furious man states on the site that he has been married to the woman for 26 years and describes her as cheating and adulterous.

He offers his wife to the highest bidder and says she can be ‘collected’ from her lover’s home in Hemel Hempstead.

But then he urges people not to bid on her because she is worth ’sod all’.

The advert has since been removed from the auction site but it has already become a phenomenon with users forwarding the link to people across the world.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever seen or bought on eBay?