balazone
60 billion
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Wheeling, WV | Good for Ebay
Ebay is not required to include a competitors product on it's own website.
Just because companies like Ebay, Microsoft etc.. are 800 pound Gorrilla's they should not have to include competitior's software in their products. |
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Madcap
Reformed Forum Troll
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join:2004-06-26
Kenosha, WI
clubs: | Most likely, if eBay is pro-Skype it's already working hand in hand with their service it's hardly newsworthy that they told another company trying to slid it's self onto eBay's pages to sod off. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | I'm sure you'll soon have all of the "Jajah's" of the world claiming anticompetitiveness since eBay owns Skype. |
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jack b
Gone Fishing
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join:2000-09-08
Cape Cod
clubs: | reply to Madcap
EBay being "Pro-Skype" is one way of looking at it...
...they OWN Skype. |
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fiberguy
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| reply to balazone
I think it's a little more than what you guys are looking on the surface.
I am always one to say that business should be able to operate in it's own model and not be told what it can and can't do..
BUT, Yes, as someone said below, these large gorillas are often told that they can't exclude others from use with in it's service. Funny they mention Microsoft of all companies.
eBay may find that it's "everything you do must be through eBay" policy can get challenged and fail. eBay also claims that it's not part of the auction, rather, it's just a place for people to sell and buy and it's a free market place. If that's the case, I'm very sure that it could be challenged and eBay can wind up sitting on the losing side on this one if they want to push it.
eBay is either part of the auction, or not.. they can't have it both ways.
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
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| I agree, Fiberguy.
Ebay wants to be known as "just a place where things are sold" so it can't be sued when buyers and sellers get scammed and ebay does nothing about it.
How ebay is involved with almost every transaction:
-Ebay owns PayPal (which is almost forced on sellers)
-It has a dispute dept (window dressing to make it look they are trying end scams)
-Ebay has a "feedback" system, which they won't change pretty much unless you sue the person who defamed you
-Ebay forces sellers to put actual shipping charges on it through a system they created
-Ebay tries to make all sellers use Skype
-Ebay's takes money to list, money to list higher in results, and money on the sell price.
-Ebay has workshops on how to sell
-Ebay defends powersellers to death
Ebay not being intimitally involved in 99% of all sales is ridiculous.
If you read the sellers gripes, Ebay screwed "store owners" for auctions ala bidding ala more fees, allows shilling, and just put in a feature so you can't look up the buyer or the seller. Only Ebay really knows the buyer and the seller.
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20
| You know what's funny, kind of off to the side... eBay has been adding many new features except for one that I know is a good one - and would/could actually benefit them.
They could stop sniping easily by extending the end of the auction by 2 minutes if the last bud came in with in 60 seconds of the auction closing... but they don't.
With all the new "buy it now" or "make an offer" and other features they are adding, they've refused to add that one - which, of all things, is how a typical auction actually works.
One reason - it encourages bidders to bid higher earlier which gives them more fees.
Again, I know it's a little off subject, but it does kind of lend to how eBay really IS involved in the auction process even though they say they aren't.
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
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·Skype
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·AT&T Southeast
·magicjack.com
| said by fiberguy  :You know what's funny, kind of off to the side... eBay has been adding many new features except for one that I know is a good one - and would/could actually benefit them. They could stop sniping easily by extending the end of the auction by 2 minutes if the last bud came in with in 60 seconds of the auction closing... but they don't. With all the new "buy it now" or "make an offer" and other features they are adding, they've refused to add that one - which, of all things, is how a typical auction actually works. One reason - it encourages bidders to bid higher earlier which gives them more fees. Again, I know it's a little off subject, but it does kind of lend to how eBay really IS involved in the auction process even though they say they aren't. I just think Ebay is a crooked, unprincipled mess.
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