fearlessrick - 10:58 am on Jun 14, 2007 (gmt 0)

From my perspective, both companies are acting out and need more Ritalin. If I had to take sides, it would be with Google, but only because eBay hasn't a clue about how to run a business and has become too expensive, clunky and watered down to use effectively. I used to spend over $200/month hawking goods on ebay; that is down to $0 today.

Google SHOULD take the fight to the next level and eliminate ebay auctions from their SERPs. They are nothing but spam. eBay would crumble like a stale cookie.

And, with the FTC likely not to be too keen on the idea of a Google/eBay or Goog/Yahoo merger, Google could just introduce their own auction system. They would not even have to do it for free. Ebay's fees are so ridiculously high, they'd likely be able to charge enough to be profitable in short order.

No insertion fee and 5% FVF sounds like a winner. Come on "do no evil" guys, it's time to take the fight to the losers at eBay.