Microsoft in Talks To Acquire Ebay

thatedeguy writes "The NY Post is reporting that Microsoft and Ebay are in talks for the online auction house to join the Microsoft family." That said, the talks aren't going that well at the moment. From the article: " Sources indicate that the talks, while still active, have cooled somewhat in the last two weeks as executives considered antitrust issues. It is unclear what the full impact of yesterday's advertising and search alliance between Yahoo! and eBay will be for talks between MSN and eBay. One source close to the matter suggested the Yahoo-eBay tie-up would not stop Microsoft from pursuing the online auctioneer."

Comments

Obligatory Joke

[Anonymous Coward]

Bidding for Ebay starts at $8 billion, but you can Buy It Now for $12.5 billion.

Re:Obligatory Joke

[Anonymous Coward]

> ... Only those with positive feedback should bid. ...

Does Microsoft actually have positive feedback?

Re:Obligatory Joke

[kerplunk1984]

Dear seller,
I really want to buy this item and i need a seller who is ready to sell,i
will be paying 750euro for this item and you will ship it to my client in
Nigeria.
(1)I will be paying you by western Union Auction Payment(Bidpay).
(2)You will ship the item by FEDEX,DHL,UPS,EMS.
(3)You will ship the item to my client immediately you recieve my payment
approval from the western union.
If you agree with these stated terms,send me your full name and address so
that i can go to the western union office immeidately to make payment for
the item.

Robert Dallas

Re:Obligatory Joke

[CheeseTroll]

They'll make up the difference with an astronomical shipping price.

Re:Obligatory Joke

[ImaLamer]

I would advise seller "ebay3802" to not sell to buyer "billmoney" because the user has too much negative feedback. User billmoney has 32,800 positive feedbacks while having 97,400 negative feedbacks.

Reminds me of HotMail

[Anonymous Coward]

MS will spend YEARS trying to dump the *nix servers out of Ebay ;-)

That explains this new category

[raider_red]

I was on the eBay sight this morning and there's a new category labeled "Vaporware". It only had listings for advance purchases of Windows Vista.

Re:That explains this new category

[joe 155]

It only had listings for advance purchases of Windows Vista

wow, although if you looked a little harder though you would have found versions for sale right now...

Re:That explains this new category

[Anonymous Coward]

That's not true - i saw a couple copies of Duke Nukem Forever and a few consoles from this company called "Infinium Labs"...

Wow, I misread that...

[Lally Singh]

I saw it as "Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Baby"

I need some coffee.

Re:mmmm monopolies...

[Funkcikle]

I am hereby continuing to withhold the £13.57 of eBay fees I have outstanding. That will teach them to displease people on Slashdot!

But how will I sell my fabulous Xena: Warrior Princess merchandise now?

Hi cost to stop illegal MS Windows sales on ebay

[OwnStile]

I bet they're just trying to stop the illegal sales of MS Windows on ebay...

BSOD

[Anonymous Coward]

Bid Screen of Death.

In the new Vista, after a crash, you have to have the winning bid before getting your crash dump.

Re:ummm

[Anonymous Coward]

"they kill competition with hard work at unfair practices"

There, fixed that for you. ;-)

You can...

[suv4x4]

eBay's CEO: You can suck my tiny red-blue-yellow-green balls, Mr. Ballmer!

Re:no kidding

[grazzy]

Prepare for slower uglier eBay & Paypal.

I'm sorry, but I REALLY dont think that is possible.