AuctionAce
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posted on October 17, 2003 05:02:04 PM new
http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3093891
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Libra63
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posted on October 17, 2003 05:39:28 PM new
So now there's someone else that wants a piece of the pie.....
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neroter12
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posted on October 17, 2003 06:44:20 PM new
Wonder if the suit will fly?
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AuctionAce
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posted on October 17, 2003 07:07:11 PM new
Great publicity for Bidz.com anyway.
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classicrock000
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posted on October 17, 2003 07:18:55 PM new
probably will fly-they lost the other suit
of the "buy it now" feature
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neroter12
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posted on October 17, 2003 08:27:43 PM new
classic, yeah but that had to do with software piracy. I dont know that you can claim the term $1 no reserve auction, as ungeneric.
Think Ace is right, if nothing else they get the advertising and promo from it! :-0
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Salgal48
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posted on October 17, 2003 09:14:34 PM new
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6202.html
and
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y02/m10/i01/s01
It seems that Ebay is losing steam?
Maybe TOO MANY sellers? and not enough buyers?
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fenix03
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posted on October 17, 2003 09:59:53 PM new
The problem with the lawsuit is simple... "Ebay" is not running $1 No Reserve Auctions.... Ebay sellers are. Ebay is not using the trademarked slogan as a sales tool.... ebay sellers are. There are millions of active auctions running... according to the article...680 of those millions use the $1 No Reserve slogan. Seems that Bidz should be suing the sellers on the 680 auctions in question as they are the offending parties.
SalGal ... Another piece of crack research I see. Did you actually read the articles? Profit levels still growing despite the fact that the second article is A YEAR OLD.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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Salgal48
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posted on October 18, 2003 04:34:36 AM new
I apologize, the newscaster said that Ebay was downgraded by the analysts. They are making money, but their support in the finance community is waning.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/031016/tech_ebay_earns_5.html
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fenix03
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posted on October 18, 2003 08:50:00 AM new
If a 70% jump in quarterly profits is a sign of losing steam I'm curious what you consider a growth percentage to be.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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toollady
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posted on October 18, 2003 09:10:46 AM new
There may have been a 70% jump in quarterly profits, but don't forget that includes PayPal's revenue now. What was PP's profits a year ago?
Also, earnings per share went from 33 cents down to 16 cents.
The stock has also been dropping since the stock has been moved to a recommend "sell" status.
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AuctionAce
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posted on October 18, 2003 11:31:27 AM new
Articles that I've read said that PayPal dragged down the ebay earning percentage due to much lower profit margins at Paypal. So Paypal appears to be more of a negative factor than a positive factor for ebay at this time.
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