News eBay to scoop up Skype?

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  1. The_Pope

    The_Pope Geoff Richards Super Moderator

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    The_Pope, 8 Sep 2005
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  2. boggsi

    boggsi What's a Dremel?

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    "but the only eBay related use I could see it being put to is to offer real-time communication between buyer and seller." - I wouldn't underestimate the significance of that. There are already sellers that run quite extensive and profitable "eBay shops", being able to call these and talk to a real person would certainly be appealing to the more tehcno skeptical.
     
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  3. MiNiMaL_FuSS

    MiNiMaL_FuSS ƬӇЄƦЄ ƁЄ ƇƠƜƧ ӇЄƦЄ.

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    yea, i think its for use with their current setup as mentioned above. Emails can take along time to answer and can be lost in a world of spam, offering a person to person coversation is a great way to re-assure buyers and bring diversity to ebay. We've seen them only recently add a proper pm system - sykp this is the next step perhaps?
     
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