The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 24, June 17, 2007, Article 26

AN 1837 HALF CENT TOKEN AND THE GOOGLE-EBAY TIFF

Dick Johnson writes: "An 1837 Half Cent token offered on eBay caught
my attention at the end of the week. It's a Rulau HT#73, which is
not mentioned in the description.  The auction closes on June 20 but
despite a one-day embargo on Thursday had 11 bids by the end of the
week.  This led me to the story of a corporate tiff.

"It seems eBay and Google are having a family spat. They do a billion
dollar's worth of business together in a year's time. A year ago
Google launched a new payment collection business, Checkout, in
competition to eBay's profitable Pal-Pal.

"Google tried this week to promote this service across the street
from an eBay convention in Boston. EBay was miffed and pulled its
ads in Google. In retaliation, Google suggested the ban on Thursday.
EBay normally receives 10.8 percent of its links through Google. On
Thursday this dropped to 9.6%. In this writer's opinion if there is
a wrong way and a right way to do something, eBay will choose the
wrong way. Decide for yourself. Here is the news story:

Full Story "

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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