E-eco eBay - I don’t think I can add any more ‘ees’ to capture my excitement. Ok, it’s not actual eco-anything, but fairtrade brands in the UK are joining forces with eBay to launch a special FairTrade eBay hub, ebay.co.uk/FairTrade. I, like millions out there, can get a tad addicted to eBay, staying up way past my bedtime just to give myself the pleasure of another click to see what the 30th page of my search brings forth. So this new hub is bound to excite a few of your ethicalites out there.
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Slash Fairtrade has a funked up flash page listing Home & Garden, Jewellery and clothing categories. Websites such as People Tree will feature, alonside products from embroidered hand bags and hand crafted earrings to funky t-shirts and detailed bangles.
Richard Anareck, spokesman for eBay.co.uk, said:
"The FairTrade on eBay hub features some of the UK's pioneering fairtrade brands alongside some of the newer players. Together they present an incredibly broad and enticing range of ethically sourced, fairtrade products."
So a monopoly who has absolutely no regard for their customers and are responsible for a VAST amount of online fraud are now going to branch into 'fair trade'. What's next? Donald Rumsfeld for the Nobel Peace Prize?
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