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eBay's Skype Fiasco: What Were They Thinking?

Sounds like the originall founders of Skype beat eBay at their own game!!

LMAO!!!

Kudos to Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis!! You got the gobbling monster before they got you! Keep your technology and let eBay marinate in their own greed!

eBay in Litigation with Skype Founders over Key Technology

So in other words... eBay wants to resell Skype back to it's original founders, but keep (develop) the technology as their own?? LMAO!

This is so eBay!! LOL!

Paypal Looks to Crush Amazon’s Fledgling Payment Service

@eBay+++ who stated:

"...Iook for eBay to make a strong rebound in the 2nd half..."

That's pretty funny considering they've gone on record saying they are "recession proof"...LOL! Now this recession-proof company needs a rebound?

Good luck on your rebound, eBay ;)

Paypal Looks to Crush Amazon’s Fledgling Payment Service

@ eBay+++ who just couldn't resist re-posting a supposed positive for eBay:

"....and with more free shipping, it's only a matter of time before eBay takes market share form AMZN..."

This just goes to show you the mentality of the eBay trolls.

SHIPPING IS NOT FREE!!! Shipping is incorporated into the price of the item! There's no deal there! Knock knock - anybody home? eBay just takes more of the sellers hard earned profits (again) via FVF - double/triple dipping I believe would be the correct terminology.

Just read this post too - enjoy:

...By the time John Donahoe took the helm of eBay in Q1 2008, he opted to “aggressively change our product, our customer approach and our business model.” In a futile effort to compete with Amazon and Google, eBay leadership essentially stripped whatever remaining fun existed out of its marketplace....

Link: www.techcrunch.com/200.../

Paypal Looks to Crush Amazon’s Fledgling Payment Service

eBay/Paypal has always been a follower and a copy-cat of the real leaders of the pack. Who is eBay today? Amazon? Overstock? A liquidator? How 'bout an over-bloated pig?

With JD still at the helm, this tugboat is sinking more and more everyday. Between selling on Bonanzle.com and eCrater.com, I've made more and kept more money instead of stuffing it in eBay's bottomless pockets.

Fear not the gobbling dealings of Paypal, Facebook's "Pay With Facebook" is going to eat them alive!

Link: www.businessinsider.co...

Why Isn't Paypal More Successful?

Et tu, Brute!,

SoberUp's comments carry no validity or weight whatsoever, as he is most likely a paid eBay operative. And let's not forget his childish kindergarten-like name calling comments in an early postings located here: seekingalpha.com/user/....

Ignore the employees, they get paid to distort the truth.

And the truth is Paypal IS NOT A BANK! They are not bound to federal regulations such as an FDIC financial institution. They can make up their own rules and as long as they can squeeze those "catch 22's" into their countless page agreement, they will continue to do what they want with your account, such as freezing your funds without an explanation.

President Obama is making the credit card companies clean up their tricky wording by making the fine print not so fine. My hope is that this administration will not over-look Paypal and eBay - the "we're just a venue" company.

jmo

U.K. Court Rules in Favor Of eBay in L’Oreal Fight

Guess it's not who you know - but rather who you pay off...

Homepage Visitors at the Top Sites

Thanks for the info noirblood,

Using ysearch certainly does de-clutter the searches, but eventually you'll have to sign in to get your email and be bombarded. I chose to use (iGoogle) www.google.com/ig - no ads on the homepage or email page. Loads up way faster and it's completely customizable. Give it a try!

Good luck!

Homepage Visitors at the Top Sites

@ Cetin Hakimoglu who stated:

"People are sick of banner ads, but they love to click on text ads for some reason."

Perhaps clicking those text ads are accidental...

I know I've accidentally clicked on a few of those text ads as I tried desperately to get a bowl of salad fixin's to stop swirling around my Yahoo homepage. Finally, those irritating vegetables spun their way back to their ad box on their own.

Homepage Visitors at the Top Sites

I guess it just goes to show you that people are finally fed up with being bombarded by ads and commercials 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year!

I know I'm sick of being forced into watching advertisements/commerc... before I'm connected to what it was I clicked in the first place!

In my experience with Yahoo, I've found that if their ads don't load first - neither will your email or your homepage (AdBlock Plus for Firefox works great to eliminate these bothersome ads).

And yes, I'm one that dropped Yahoo like a hot potato in favor of a quieter, less cluttered home page.

Strength in Amazon Cannot Be Ignored

Do yourself a favor... drop eBay and invest in Amazon!

Sales Tax for E-tailers?

Agreed Jay Dee!

-and to think "research" is their title...

Skype iPhone App Downloaded an Amazing One Million Times in Two Days

@ eBay+++ who stated:

"Where's all the eBay bashers today? This was suppose to be just a bunch of hype on Skype?"

"eBay sell Skype...please!"

Uh, you were saying eBay+++???

Have you heard the news? Oh, you must have because you've been hiding behind that keyboard with your tail between your legs eating your words. lol!

Skype is up for sale!

That's also known as the "Skype Hype" eBay+++. LOL!!!

I just love putting the eBay spin doctors in their place along with the other bottom-feeders...

Sales Tax for E-tailers?

Funny....

eBay is killing the seller with it's outrageous fees and now the government is going to kill eBay (along with other marketplaces) with it's outrageous fees. These two monstrosities don't get the big picture - not at all.

eBay believes raising fees beyond reason, is going to make them richer, quicker. Turn the seller into third world slaves - sell quantity at low prices, give eBay the majority of your profits and you'll do fine, right? *puke*

Enter Uncle Sam...The government believes taxing sellers (big and small) will make all the states rich, too. The end result (of course) is the consumer will incur these additional fees.

Many people shop online simply because of this tax-free incentive (especially on bigger ticket items). Unfortunately their greedy plans will back-fire. Countless numbers of potential online shoppers will simply stop buying (at least online).

Why would anyone shop online and pay the taxes too when they can easily buy their goods cheaper at their local Walmart - and we all know eBay has burdened sellers with sky-rocketing Final Value Fees and totalitarianism policies and put countless people out of business by stacking the cards against them.

The cost of shopping eBay already exceeds the cost of shopping at WalMart - now add tax to the equation! eBay will die quicker than it already is.

Look at the huge loss the US Post Office is taking - 2.3 billion dollars last year and they are still crashing. Their answer is to continually raise rates - again and again and again, yet the their bottom line is still suffering (they'll be raising rates again this May by the way).

Sometimes raising fees may not be the way to go. UPS is usually cheaper than using USPS and they include insurance! Who do you think is picking up the Post Office's business? *Hint... The one who offers more and costs less, of course!

They just don't get it, do they? These gluttonous hogs are going to put themselves right out of business along with millions of Americans. eBay can TARP, and us common folk...well.... we'll get another get a stimulus package for $12 dollars more a month.

jmo

eBay News Roundup

Hmmm..... about those new PayPal reserves.... I wonder if they'll be collecting interest on your "reserves"? I mean if it has to remain as a back-up in your account, why not grab a little love money on the side with your funds?

I'm sure they won't allow you to collect any interest on YOUR money that they'll be holding in "reserve", eBay wouldn't do that, right? Not eBay...