eBay bought 25% of craigslist

Luden

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I bet its only a matter of time until craigslist is nothing more then a forward to ebay.
 

Passions

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Say hello to advertisting, listing fees, paypal fees...GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!vGARBAGE!!!
 

ivol07

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I just heard an interview about two weeks ago with the guy who started Craigslist and he said that he would never sell the company to any big company and that he would never have any advertisements on the site. He said the only way they make money was the fees from the job listing in the Bay area, and they were going to expand to job listings in Los Angeles.

It should be interesting to see what happens.
 

NakaNaka

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I own stock in Ebay, it has made me a lot of money and I like Ebay as a product and a company. They are smart. I don't know where they are going with this but Meg has a plan for everything, and there is some long term strategy to either make money or bring in more visitors. I have a feeling it has something to do with promoting Paypal.
 

AccruedExpenditure

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Originally posted by: NakaNaka
I own stock in Ebay, it has made me a lot of money and I like Ebay as a product and a company. They are smart. I don't know where they are going with this but Meg has a plan for everything, and there is some long term strategy to either make money or bring in more visitors. I have a feeling it has something to do with promoting Paypal.

Ever read a random walk down wall street?
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: Passions
Say hello to advertisting, listing fees, paypal fees...GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!vGARBAGE!!!

Yep it's only a matter of time.
 

ggavinmoss

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Passions
Say hello to advertisting, listing fees, paypal fees...GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!GARBAGE!!!vGARBAGE!!!

Yep it's only a matter of time.

While these annoyances may come to Craig's List (even though eBay doesn't have a controlling interest in it), the users will accept them until some threshold is reached. When it is reached, I'm sure there will be some cheaper site where we can hawk our crap. Eventually that site will be bought/invested in by some larger, annoying company and the circle of life will continue.

-geoff