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As an insider (currently employed at eBay) I can say that there is a very positive vibe going on. Everyone is feeling this is a fantastic achievement and it all
by fmsf 11y ago
As an insider (currently employed at eBay) I can say that there is a very positive vibe going on. Everyone is feeling this is a fantastic achievement and it allows both companies to flourish and compete much more effectively with the current market. We'll still be playing our weekly football matches with a mixture of PayPal and eBay people.
- noja 11y agoAs an outsider, I can't see how Paypal is holding eBay back - mind explaining?
- untog 11y agoThe only issue I can imagine is Paypal dominating mindshare among top execs. In any other way, this is a huge benefit for Paypal but a pretty pedestrian move for eBay, IMO.
- hobofan 11y agoAnother outsider guessing: A lot of Ebays profits are reinvested into PayPal leaving only little for the development of the Ebay marketplace.
- Decade 11y agoI guess PayPal would hold back eBay because lots of people hate PayPal. When eBay started, each seller would list their preferred payment method. Then eBay bought PayPal and banned the others. It's more secure. I hate PayPal, but I look for it because I'm wary of copying my card information into yet another store's database to be found by hackers. As a buyer, PayPal is only mildly annoying. After hearing about so many bad experiences, though, I'm wary about selling with PayPal, and by extension eBay.
- fmsf 11y agoSorry, can't comment on that, but there are some really good reasons behind it.