12-02-2005, 11:33 AM
Quote:Big eBay Users Shun Skype
Whitman is due to address investors Thursday morning... With Wall Street already concerned about eBay's growth, the CEO now faces criticism from a group of big eBay users who are miffed over Whitman's latest strategic stroke.
In October, eBay acquired closely held Internet phone company Skype...
Skype doesn't give me a capability that I already don't have," says Jonathan Garriss, executive director of the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance...
Garriss...says many high-volume eBay users won't sign up for Skype because they prefer to communicate with customers via email...
full article: http://www.thestreet.com/_htmlbtb/tech/j...55122.html
Quote:But an article this morning on investment site TheStreet.com casts some serious doubt about how some very influential members of the eBay community are looking at Skype as a bid and sales facilitator.
Actually, they aren't. At least many members of the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, which is a group of about 900 high-volume eBay merchants.
full article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?m=200512