Archive for April 21st, 2006

  • eBay earnings fall

    webpronews:
    Although revenue increased by 35 percent compared to the same quarter last year, net income for eBay moved down by three percent as stock-based compensation expenses impacted the bottom line.
    EBay has not accounted for stock options before in its financial numbers. By treating the $58.3 million of stock-based compensation as an expense, net income for [...]

  • eBay Outrage

    One Day At A Time:
    It has come to my attention that ebay no longer allows the sale of Teacher’s Edition Textbooks. The claim I’ve been hearing through the message boards is that non-teachers, namely students, are buying the answer keys for their own use.
    So what? If it is a college student, that person is an [...]

  • eBay Reality TV

    Variety.com:
    EBay is finally ready for primetime.
    After years of trying to break into television, the Internet auction giant is working with ABC and Tom Mazza’s Madison Road Prods. on a feel-good reality show dubbed “Make It Happen.” Alphabet wouldn’t confirm anything, but casting has already begun and the show could be on the air as early [...]

  • eBay in talks with Yahoo and Microsoft?

    MicYahBay?
    Wall Street Journal via John Battelle:
    EBay Inc. is talking to both Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to determine whether one of them might be a worthy ally against a common threat: Google Inc.
    After years of working closely with the search giant, eBay last year became alarmed as Google started assaulting its turf in multiple ways. [...]

  • Protecting yourself on eBay

    Village Voice:
    When it comes to bidding on eBay, we’ve always held ourselves to a strict $20 limit. Granted, this means we’re largely restricted to throwaway costume jewelry, discarded Smurf memorabilia, the first five episodes of 21 Jumpstreet on VHS (complete with bad ’80s Fruit Roll Up commercials). But overall, we’ve been fine with this�or maybe [...]