Re: I still don't get it in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19710220 en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:33:59 EDT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:33:59 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19732830 Subaru : sweet no more bidding wars.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19732830 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:47:37 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19728479 supergirl :
said by cdru See Profile :

Luckily for her, most eBay sellers are not stock holders. As long as she continues to make them money, stock holders could care less.
Actually, under her "fine" leadership, her constant raising fees on sellers is catching up. So is the massive fraud on eBay. 90% of FTC Complaints are about eBay. The Skype writedown didn't look good either. Users on eBay are also declining in visits and lots of auctions never have a bid. Eventually, she'll get the boot. Sellers are leaving eBay everyday en masse. Buyers are too since the fraud is getting so ridiculous. Oh, and they are getting sued by Tiffany's too. :uhh:
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-Supergirl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19728479 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:37:40 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19712087 cdru : Luckily for her, most eBay sellers are not stock holders. As long as she continues to make them money, stock holders could care less.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19712087 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:17:38 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19712046 supergirl :
said by lordie See Profile :

said by Subaru See Profile :

holy hell.. $4.5 Billion?? first time for me hearing the price on it.. Is Skype worth that much in the first place?!?!?
eBay paid approximately $2.6 billion (thats with a B!!!) in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration.
this is when Goog was trading at $320.. today it is at $700+..

Those Skype kids made a fricken killing!!! damn! :)
as someone here said.. Miss CEO should be fired and sued by her stock holders..
Most Ebay sellers would like to see Meg Whitman fired. Look at their users boards on eBay...they hate that woman.
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-Supergirl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19712046 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:42:45 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19711203 lordie :
said by Subaru See Profile :

holy hell.. $4.5 Billion?? first time for me hearing the price on it.. Is Skype worth that much in the first place?!?!?
eBay paid approximately $2.6 billion (thats with a B!!!) in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration.

Those Skype kids made a fricken killing!!! damn! :)
as someone here said.. Miss CEO should be fired and sued by her stock holders..
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»litman.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19711203 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:23:53 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19710420 ricep5 :
said by Subaru See Profile :

i ask the same question on why AMD brought ATi.
ATI has more in common with AMD than Skype ever had with eBay.

AMD needed;

1> Fab capacity
2> R&D talent
3> Access to some patent cross-licenses to Intel
4> Positive cash flow from the GPU biz

Clearly, ATI had synergy with AMD.

eBay is already starting to write down the Skype purchase on their books and will continue to before they dump them. It will then make the eventual sale look "positive" on the books, when in reality they overpaid.

They thought that having Skype integrated into the eBay bidding scheme would add value to the bidding process. For what they paid, they could have written their own P2P Voice client.

Not the first company to overreach on hype, and it won't be the last.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19710420 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:41:47 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19710220 Subaru : holy hell.. $4.5 Billion?? first time for me hearing the price on it.. Is Skype worth that much in the first place?!?!?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19710220 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:03:41 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19709576 supergirl :
said by lordie See Profile :

I still don't get why eBay bought Skype.. and for a ludicrous amount of money..
I like Skype, and I use it every day, but nothing that I do with Skype is to the benefits of eBay..

someone needs to get fired... :)
Ebay bought Skype almost demanding its sellers use it so buyers could ask questions about auctions. That bombed. I just wonder why Meg "Whitless" Whitman is still the CEO.

Personally, I hope Skype ends up being a money pit for crooked Ebay. Still can't believe they paid $4.5 billion for it.
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-Supergirl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19709576 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:48:01 EDT Re: I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19708473 Subaru : i ask the same question on why AMD brought ATi.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19708473 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:27:21 EDT I still don't get it http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19708463 lordie : I still don't get why eBay bought Skype.. and for a ludicrous amount of money..
I like Skype, and I use it every day, but nothing that I do with Skype is to the benefits of eBay..

someone needs to get fired... :)
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