http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/05/ebay-got-suckered-on-skype/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/05/ebay-got-suckered-on-skype/#comment-7007 Mark Evans - eBay-Skype: I Hate to Say I Told You So…. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:02:02 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1130#comment-7007 [...] I was one of those people who never got eBay’s decision to buy Skype. It didn’t make sense strategically despite eBay’s loud assertions it was a great fit. In fact, I opined - along with lots of other people such as Andy Abramson - that eBay got suckered. [...] [...] I was one of those people who never got eBay’s decision to buy Skype. It didn’t make sense strategically despite eBay’s loud assertions it was a great fit. In fact, I opined - along with lots of other people such as Andy Abramson - that eBay got suckered. [...]

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/05/ebay-got-suckered-on-skype/#comment-780 Mathew Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:03:41 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1130#comment-780 I agree, Mark. I think the news (as reported by TheStreet.com) that eBay power sellers don't really want to use Skype -- which I blogged about <a href="http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2005/12/01/ebay-sellers-dont-want-skype/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, is also potentially a big blow to the value of the deal. I agree, Mark. I think the news (as reported by TheStreet.com) that eBay power sellers don't really want to use Skype — which I blogged about here, is also potentially a big blow to the value of the deal.

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