A Great Find & A Defense of E-Bay

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri Jun 16 14:52:31 2000

At 11:12 AM 6/16/00 -0400, William Donzelli wrote:
>Ebay does not want keep all of the auctions as a publicly accessable
>database, simply because it is not their job. After a few months, they
>can "wash their hands" of the deal, and with it, any disputes that may
>come up afterwards (problems in the car auctions leap to mind). They don't
>want the legal hassles, basically.

In my mind, the best web site business plans involve the visitors
creating the content themselves. They're missing a big, big opportunity.
Each description can contain potentially valuable nuggets of info.
It's a crime to toss them in the bit bucket.

- John
Received on Fri Jun 16 2000 - 14:52:31 BST