I received an email yesterday from Sponfeeder the listing tool and photo hosting service. They announced that with immediate effect they were closing down and could no longer support their software. Spoonfeeder owner Gene Chandler has subsequently said that the problems were cause d by their failure to resecure a new loan on their commercial property.
Currently there are somewhere between one and two thousand regular users of the software and possibly up to 14,000 casual users. Most users appear to be based in the USA but it is believed that there are UK users of the software. Anyone who is using this software should change their eBay listings as soon as possible.
eBay Boy has to pay just £1
Twenty two year old Phillip Shortman, 22 who is currently serving a 30 month prison sentence for online fraud after having fleeced eBay buyers of over £100,000 was today order to repay £1 or face a further 7 days in jail.
He was back in court facing a recovery order for £7,000. However, he has spent all the money that he cheated people out of and has no funds. This left the court little choice but to settle for a nominal pound. However, in the future if Shortman should ever have any assets then he could be bought back o court for recovery action. A police spokesman said the “the best chance of anyone getting their money back is if Shortman should win the lottery”.