Mikey C.

Microsoft and eBay Team Up: Desperate or Brilliant?

Don't you hate it when uneducated readers leave incompetent comments becuase they don't bother to read the articles?

"Jackdee" - You are da chump! Berkowitz never said this was a new program, he clearly said the program started on May 21, 2008. He also said "this concept may sound groundbreaking but it is nothing new, various other sites... have been doing this for years." Why don't you read what he wrote before you leave obnoxious comments that only serve to embarrass you.

Jack, you have to look at the bigger picture. The point is that while Microsoft may have offered similar promotions before (which Berkowitz said) I don't think you could ever get 40% the way I just did (well 30% - I didn't get the stakable coupon from Ebay). And even if you could, the fact that this promotion is NOW will have a major impact on the companies' profit statements. The holiday season was just launched and now is when people will be spending money (albeit less than in previous years0. We are also in the middle of a financial crises, the worst since the great depression. Now is when people will be trying to save as much as possible. Ebay and microsoft maybe getting a huge part of the pie this year. Of course, I think the author is right: but at what cost and what is the cost? Who who is going to take the hit of absorbing the hundreds of millions of dollars that will be lost, Microsoft or Eebay. Ebay will make a ton of sales and will make money off those sales. But was does Microsoft get? Nothing but its15 minutes of fame and then they are back to where they started. Live.com will never beat Google. Therefore I think ebay is taking most of the hit. If so, they are probably losing more than they are getting. So yes, this promotion is an act of desperation and something they will likely regret (though they can for sure afford it). But I got 30% off my gifts so their folly is my gain!


On Dec 01 05:36 PM jackdee wrote:

> What a chump.
>
> MSFT and EBAY have offering this... since before the SUMMER!!!!!! .... The 10% promo is also older than jesus...
>

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