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Story: Skype: Not quite what eBay bargained for

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Posted by: andrewdonoghue (Wednesday 3 October 2007, 5:15 PM)

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Not a surprise

I think the only people who didn't predict that this buy-out never really made sense was Ebay - ( I reckon the guys at Skype were probably confused at the synergies too but the huge wads of cash helped to convince them). Online auctions and internet telephony - well they are both internet based apps I guess but apart from that - where is the cross-over? The idea that biuyers and sellers might want to IM or chat to each other through Skype just never really seemed to make sense to me.

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