I'm currently reading the PayPal Wars book cited, and I haven't come across them buying items yet. There are two things they did, which I have come across in th

I'm currently reading the PayPal Wars book cited, and I haven't come across them buying items yet. There are two things they did, which I have come across in the book: 1. They had a bot that would put a PayPal badge onto all of a seller's listings for the seller. 2. They provided buyers with a small amount of PayPal credit for free when they signed up for an account, so that the buyers would ask if they could pay with PayPal.