Ixnay on the eBay: eBay's Addictive Nature

[mandy]

I don’t even like eBay as a company.

It overcharges and monopolizes every facet of the buying and listing process, and I would theorize that each of its flamboyant, clickable Web site buttons has an addictive agent like tobacco. Internet tobacco.

Work with me, people.

EBay is a very successful company, but when it lures vulnerable, weak-minded customers like me (a typical American), they are doing a disservice to the general public...

full article: http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/04/24/68197