On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:43:20 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
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>"JohnO" > wrote in message
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>> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>>> "JohnO" > wrote in message
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>>>> Well, IMHO their fees are pretty high, and they are raking in billions
>>>> for little more than running a big website.
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>>> All they do is run a web site?
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>>> FYI,.they employ 13,200 people.
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>> Seriously? Dang, considering they don't have a phone number,
>> -John O
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>Yep. http://investor.ebay.com/faq.cfm
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>You can call if you want to invest
>For general investor information, or to request printed material
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>When someone says "all they do is run a web site" it irritates me. Sure,
>they are in business to make money, but they also have a lot of costs, a
>huge payroll, rent, taxes, employee benefits, utility bills, etc. This
>certainly is not run by a kid with a computer in the bedroom.
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>Same with most businesses. Where I work I often take visitors into the
>plant and warehouse. They see our inventory and make comments like "wow,
>you guys must make a lot of money". I ask them what they think our gas and
>electric bills are. They guess that electric is $500 and gas is maybe
>$1000. In reality, electric is $20,000 and gas is $25000 in summer, $30,000
>in winter.
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I gather you have got yourselves up and running OK now, Ed?

BTW, how much is that in 'real money'? ;o)