eBay vs. Craigslist Courtroom Fisticuffs Start Today

davekleiman writes with news that former eBay chief exec Meg Whitman took the stand today to kick off the battle that has been brewing between Craigslist and eBay. The waters are further clouded by Whitman's upcoming bid for governor of California. "eBay wants to shed light on the 'coercive plan' that it has said Newmark hatched with Craigslist Chief Executive Jim Buckmaster to dilute eBay's ownership stake, ultimately stripping eBay of its seat on the Craigslist board. Craigslist has hit back that eBay used its board seat to glean information to launch its own classified site, Kijiji. Craigslist also claims that eBay used deceptive tactics to direct traffic away from its site."

Comments

Re:Cross Ownership

[MightyMartian]

What made eBay and Craigslist different? Or think they were different?

It's easier to find prostitutes on Craigslist.

Kijiji?

[FrankSchwab]

OK, I use Ebay a lot, and Craigslist even more, and this is the first time I've ever heard of Kijiji.

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijiji) says it's been up since 2007 in the US.

Sounds like an epic failure to me. I wonder if it carries any Zune ads?

Just one question

[Locke2005]

WTF is a "Kijiji"?!? It looks like a name attempt at a logo by someone with an obsession with dotted letters.

"Ow, man! You kicked me right in the kijiji!"

Re:watching rich people fight

[Sponge Bath]

NASCAR would be cooler if half the cars went one direction, half in the opposite direction. Geeks would love it because it resembles the LHC. Oooh! Look at those particles!

Re:In Smaller Markets, Kijiji Dominates

[TubeSteak]

So Kijiji is eBay's Canadian girlfriend?
That explains why no one here knows her, but eBay still talks about her all the time.

Re: It's easier to find prostitutes on Craigslist.

[Bob_Who]

....and yet its easier to get screwed on eBay!!

Re:In Smaller Markets, Kijiji Dominates

[PitaBred]

Take off you hoser