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  • Has Stagnating Innovation Led to This Economic Crisis? [View article]
    Mr. Maher, are u for real? You say "our internet age owes its existence to US government research investment" - c'mon - if u said Bill Gates, Intel, etc... you'd be close, but the US Gov't? u can't be serious. Otherwise, a good article.
    Dec 23 06:50 am |Rating: +1 -3 |Link to Comment
  • Opportunity to Make a Profit on eBay [View article]
    Mr. Price, great assessment of Ebay. Please also remember that Ebay also has a pretty sizable share buyback taking place. In 3Q08, $623 mill of stock bought back; that’s part of $5.3 bill bought back since 2006. Given Ebay’s massive cash horde & $2 bill or so annual eanrings, I can see Ebay’s share repurchases continuing well into future quarters.
    Nov 28 07:33 am |Rating: +1 -4 |Link to Comment
  • eBay's Donahoe Has Crow for Thanksgiving [View article]
    You unsuccessful Ebay sellers are unbelievable. Ebay’s upcoming results will probably be record-breaking for several reasons. Not only are listings & sales at all time highs, but more & more merchants are using Paypal.
    Nov 28 07:29 am |Rating: 0 -6 |Link to Comment
  • eBay's Weakening Bid [View article]
    Bob, Google’s shopping site is good for a lot of things & I do use it. However, if i want to buy something fast - and it’s on ebay for about the same price as the myriad of hits that come up on Google’s shopping site - i’m just going to get it from ebay. This way they have my paypal & other info. I can check the seller’s rating. It’s less risky than going to a no-name site that’s linked to Google’s shopping. If Google shopping was superior to Ebay, Ebay’s sales & profits wouldn’t be going up every quarter.
    Nov 19 12:27 pm |Rating: 0 -2 |Link to Comment
  • eBay's Weakening Bid [View article]
    Why do Ebay's sellers seem so angry all the time? C'mon - if there was a better platform - combining exposure, ease of use, cost, etc... it would have materialized already. I never even heard of Biblio. Ebay isn't perfect. Ebay continues to rack up record sales & profits b/c the vast majority of people like Ebay a lot.
    Nov 19 09:40 am |Rating: 0 -4 |Link to Comment
  • eBay's Weakening Bid [View article]
    Another worthless post bashing Ebay.

    Anyone with additional funds should be buying up EBAY at these levels. Even though EBAY’s growth has slowed, they’re still tremendously profitable; have tons of cash; doing stock buybacks; the paypal is really profitable; skype should become more profitable and keeps growing tremendously; etc... etc... Also, with Craigslist, you’re taking your chances that the seller is legite. You have no protections. So EBAY is really the best place in many respects. Stock closed @ $12.36
    Nov 19 06:24 am |Rating: 0 -4 |Link to Comment
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