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kudos:1 | Re: No S@#t AOL? Huh? | |
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| | | said by 44402812:Like every service AOL touches turns to crap and becomes overpriced! Then they wonder why no one buys into it at the rate they expect. AOL is utter garbage, was good for some people when in served a purpose in the 90s. Now they have to lie, cheat, and steal to retain customers and resort to being scumbags  What does Skype have to do with AOL. Skype is owned by eBay - NOT AOL.
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| |  44402812Hack The PlanetPremium
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Plattsburgh, NY | Re: No S@#t said by fAcEtIOUs:said by 44402812:Like every service AOL touches turns to crap and becomes overpriced! Then they wonder why no one buys into it at the rate they expect. AOL is utter garbage, was good for some people when in served a purpose in the 90s. Now they have to lie, cheat, and steal to retain customers and resort to being scumbags What does Skype have to do with AOL. Skype is owned by eBay - NOT AOL. Who do ya think owns Ebay... Google a little bit before ya open your trap. Save yourself some embarrassment? | |
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| | | emptywigHuh? What?Premium
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Pasadena, TX | Re: No S@#t Did you?
AOL does not own eBay. No way, no how.
The majority shareholder is Pierre Omidyar.
Google it. Its pretty easy.
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2 edits | said by 44402812:said by fAcEtIOUs:said by 44402812:Like every service AOL touches turns to crap and becomes overpriced! Then they wonder why no one buys into it at the rate they expect. AOL is utter garbage, was good for some people when in served a purpose in the 90s. Now they have to lie, cheat, and steal to retain customers and resort to being scumbags What does Skype have to do with AOL. Skype is owned by eBay - NOT AOL. Who do ya think owns Ebay... Google a little bit before ya open your trap. Save yourself some embarrassment? Not AOL. Ever hear of financial web sites that shows who own companies?
Here are all the major owners of eBay:
»finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=EBAY
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Bloom County | Re: No S@#t by your posts - that would include you... | |
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Plattsburgh, NY | Re: No S@#t Don't you guys have something better to do? | |
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| | | | | | | | | Re: No S@#t said by 44402812:Don't you guys have something better to do? you mean like make wild claims about random company A owning random company B? | |
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Plattsburgh, NY | Re: No S@#t No your stupid little picture drawings that are sick and demented! | |
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| | | CylonRedPremium,MVM
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Bloom County | The embarrassment must hurt... OOL | |
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| | | | emptywigHuh? What?Premium
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Pasadena, TX | Re: No S@#t But wasn't it nice of him to be concerned about x554348's embarrassment?
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| | | | | said by 44402812:said by fAcEtIOUs:said by 44402812:Like every service AOL touches turns to crap and becomes overpriced! Then they wonder why no one buys into it at the rate they expect. AOL is utter garbage, was good for some people when in served a purpose in the 90s. Now they have to lie, cheat, and steal to retain customers and resort to being scumbags What does Skype have to do with AOL. Skype is owned by eBay - NOT AOL. Who do ya think owns Ebay... Google a little bit before ya open your trap. Save yourself some embarrassment? Self pwnage at its best....... | |
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Don't you mean embarr-ASS-ment? | |
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Where did you go hack4fun?
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| | | | 44402812Hack The PlanetPremium
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2 edits | Re: No S@#t No, I'm not wrong cause AOL does have stock in Ebay. Does not matter how hunh :P Stock is Stock! I did not go anywhere, I just don't have time to keep up with all the threads all day in these forums! | |
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1 edit | Re: No S@#t THAT is splitting hairs at best, as AOL has NOTHING to do with how Skype is run or doing.
By your screwed up logic - if any of my mutual funds own AOL stock then the mutual fund 'owns' AOL and are responsible for AOL's problems AND AOL would be responsible for the fund not doing well (of course - my mutual funds are doing fine and yea - they do own AOL stock). | |
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| | | | | | | said by 44402812:No, I'm not wrong cause AOL does have stock in Ebay. Does not matter how hunh :P Stock is Stock! I did not go anywhere, I just don't have time to keep up with all the threads all day in these forums! Prove it.
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|  JigsawStardust We ArePremium
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| | Alternatives to Skype? Do any of you guys know any cheaper alternatives to Skype? The service quality is pretty good but international calls are still eating up my money quickly. I primarily make calls from my PC to international land lines. | |
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| Re: Alternatives to Skype? said by spatula_city:Do any of you guys know any cheaper alternatives to Skype? The service quality is pretty good but international calls are still eating up my money quickly. I primarily make calls from my PC to international land lines. »www.onesuite.com, works great. | |
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| | | | Re: Alternatives to Skype? said by toby:said by spatula_city:Do any of you guys know any cheaper alternatives to Skype? The service quality is pretty good but international calls are still eating up my money quickly. I primarily make calls from my PC to international land lines. » www.onesuite.com, works great. I also get great service with onesuite.com | |
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| | | | | Re: Alternatives to Skype? Yup try Onesuite, a lot cheaper and better than Skype with more features too like it doubles as a calling card theres also fax to email feature. | |
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| | | If you subscribe to Skype Pro ($3 a month) you can get a Skype To Go number that will cut that cost on International calls down considerably. It's basically a ring-back service. | |
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| | | Yahoo! Voice
»voice.yahoo.com/
Their rates are cheaper than Skype across the board. | |
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| | | | Re: Alternatives to Skype? Yahoo Voice is much cheaper. However I think it cost me more in the long run as I don't do a lot of calling. I am not sure but I think it dumps your credits you have paid for after a certain time? Maybe 3 months? Skype doesn't seem to do that.
So when I checked my Yahoo account my balance had been wiped, I guess as I had not used it in awhile. | |
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| | | MagicJack is a much better alternative to Skype for an initial cost of $39.00 which covers the purchase of the USB device and first year of service, after that an additional year is $20.00. Unlimited calling in US and voicemail and inbound number included.
I tried out Skype and they were terrible. I hesitantly tried out MagicJack and while they are still in a BETA phase, they beat Shype hands down. | |
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| | | try gizmo project, www.gizmoproject.com
they're a SIP-based system much like skype, using it is free and you can buy call credit.
Alternatively you could use really any VoIP provider and a computer softphone, if you're willing to jump thru some hoops to set it up. use a softphone like x-lite or SJphone, and a provider like broadvoice.com or viatalk.com might work well... | |
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| | Skype It would help if eBay would actually integrate the Skype application into the eBay auctions :duh:
Billion Dollar right off, so much for respecting the share holders...
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Carrollton, TX | Lucky that's all I think we should be lucky that Ebay's only having to write off a billion or so. When they originally purchased Skype I really thought that we could be looking at the start of dot-com bust part 2. It's a shame that large organizations still haven't learnt restraint when it comes to deals like this. | |
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Greenwich, CT | dont understand Why they had to buy skype in the first place... I've been a ebay member since 2001 | |
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But they never have put it in the auctions.
I wouldn't mind enabling my customers, especially the International ones, to be able to skype us to ask questions about our auction items.
I don't understand the issue! Hell, my little YAHOO MESSENGER smiley shows up all over if I am online.
With the BAZZILIONS of eBayers, they could get more people to sign up just by integrating it. DUMB DUMB DUMB.
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
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kudos:4 | expiring minutes how about doing away with this! | |
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|  TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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1 edit | Who's Fault is this Since every one is blaming everybody else for bad business decisions, Pick one to suit.
___George Bush
___Dick Cheny
___Nancy Pelosi
___Al Gore
___Harry Reid
___Great Right Wing conspiracy
___Great Left Wing conspiracy
___Tri-Lateral Commission
___Teletubies
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___ Space Aliens from the Planet Porno.
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Parkersburg, WV | Re: Who's Fault is this Ok, NOW you crossed the line, BUDDY!!!!! Leave the Space Aliens from the Planet Porno completely OUT of this... they didn't do anything wrong! | |
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Tulsa, OK | Skype is an interesting idea but... ...ebay made a bad investment. They paid a lot of money for a service that doesn't make much money, period. To buy it and then expect massive revenue gains wasn't realistic. | |
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|  plkLil' Duffer Burger BarnPremium
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Ogden, IA | Re: Skype is an interesting idea but... I'll second KrK's commits. Ebay bought a good thing, but paid too much for it. Way too much.
Also, I think most clients on ebay really dont want called all hours of the day. I wouldn't.....
I have had Skype for about a year and I am very happy. Some lag from time to time and dropped calls. But not enough to look else where. I have both Skype in and out.
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| | KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| Re: Skype is an interesting idea but... Skype has potential... and it's not like I'm knocking Skype here... but ebay shelled out a ton of dough, and now is upset because Skype hasn't made huge revenue gains. Buying Skype and expecting short term gains was naive IMHO.
"Duh..." is kind of the way I see this one. Skype is all about making things cheaper for consumers, hell, even free or as close to it as possible. That hardly sounds like a plan to make a massive growth in revenue....
Long term, lots of potential. Big profits now? Not likely.
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1 edit | The only ones who made a good "investment" were said by KrK:...ebay made a bad investment. They paid a lot of money for a service that doesn't make much money, period. To buy it and then expect massive revenue gains wasn't realistic. the ones at the other end who sold Skype to Ebay. | |
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