tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post9010062055694796297..comments2007-10-05T09:31:00.015-07:00Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101rksmythe@yahoo.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-39230819215533663782007-10-05T09:31:00.015-07:002007-10-05T09:31:00.015-07:00Chris, yeah they own a chunk of CA but don't control CA. eBay wants to control the companies they own. <BR/><BR/>They own a piece of Craigs List but can't get control so they brought Kijiji to the US. Since they bought 100% of this coming in Germany it seems to me to be a sign they want that extra 2% of each transaction. <BR/><BR/>This looks to me like a similar play. CA wasn't entrenched in Germany so this move made sense (if I am on the right track).<BR/><BR/>With CA buying Marketworks it makes even more sense for eBay to own CA. Scot Wingo is not Craig Newmark. If he gets an offer that he feels is too good to turn down then he will take it. I can't see any other reason for the purchase of AfterBuy but I've been wrong before.<BR/><BR/>Of course Scot could respond to this post and tell me I'm way off base.Randy Smythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271958472975660101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530817.post-38746128620688101272007-10-05T08:11:39.836-07:002007-10-05T08:11:39.836-07:00eBay acquire them? <A HREF="http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=357" REL="nofollow">eBay already own a nice chunk of ChannelAdvisor</A> anyway ;-)Chrishttp://www.tamebay.comnoreply@blogger.com