TulipTools Daily Trivia 11/6/06: Name the auction site that sued PayPal in 2001

[mandy]

TulipTools Daily Trivia Contest 11/6/06:

A) Name the company that sued PayPal in June 2001 alleging:

(Count 1) Breach of Contract
(Count 2) Breach of Implied Contract
(Count 3) Breach of Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
(Count 4) Promissory Estoppel
(Count 5) Fraud and Misrepresentation
(Count 6) Negligent Misrepresentation
(Count 7) Defamation
(Count 8 ) Commercial and Trade Disparagement

B) What was the original name of the company's auction site and what date did it open?

100 TulipShop points for part A and 100 TulipShop points for part B

[BellisimaJ.]

I love these trivia things.

Part A=NoBidding.com

[BellisimaJ.]

Part B=AuXpal was the original name of the site.  Later renamed Bidville.
       
They opened in July 2001?

[BellisimaJ.]

Regic 

[regic]

Part A is correct 100 points.

The date you gave for part B is wrong though.

[BellisimaJ.]

1999

[regic]

Wrong year. I want the exact date :twistedevil:

[BellisimaJ.]

Okay I give up, damn it! Where do I find a company's incorporation papers online?

[BellisimaJ.]

PrimEdge, Inc., formerly known as Bidville, Inc., a Nevada corporation, was founded in 1999 as an Internet auction alternative to eBay.

http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=103960

[regic]

B) What was the original name of the company's auction site and what date did it open?

The date AuXpal opened. :angry017: