Ebay hoped to acquire Craigslist

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Post by UsNThem » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 3:19 AM UTC

Re: Ebay hoped to acquire Craigslist

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Post by stilist » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 4:08 AM UTC

Seems like a pretty reasonable target. You’re in the online auction business, so why not shift to just being an online market?

Re: Ebay hoped to acquire Craigslist

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Post by callmeed » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 6:46 AM UTC

I'm glad they didn't. Despite CL's shortcomings, it's hard to see eBay making them better in any way.

Re: Ebay hoped to acquire Craigslist

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Post by neilc » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 7:47 AM UTC

It's absolutely crazy to me that eBay was able to acquire 28% of Craigslist for $32 million. What a steal. The unnamed CL executive who sold his shares must be kicking himself now!

Re: Ebay hoped to acquire Craigslist

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Post by cdr » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 10:28 AM UTC

Behind a paywall.

Possible to read it by going through Google News ( http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&... ) and clicking the Financial Times link.

Re: Ebay hoped to acquire Craigslist

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Post by UsNThem » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:26 PM UTC

cdr wrote: post #5

Behind a paywall. Possible to read it by going through Google News ( http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&... ) and clicking the Financial Times link.

thanks cdr ! U need to sigup to read the article.