eBay and Craigslist - Open To Your Imagination

We all know that eBay has ended the digital download, except that you can sell your digitally downloaded items in their classifieds… for $9.99/month.

Check these out and then use your imagination (all quotes from the article);

EBay makes public its complaint against Craigslist

• “Craigslist considers eBay’s new site Kijiji a competitive activity that nullifies some shareholder rights eBay won when it bought a 28 percent stake in Craigslist in 2004, according to the complaint, which eBay made public on Wednesday.”
• “eBay contends Craigslist went too far in interpreting what rights eBay should lose. And it’s suing Craigslist for allegedly diluting its stake unfairly.”
• “Craigslist said Wednesday in a blog posting on its site that eBay is intent on dominating the classifieds business.”
• “EBay’s lust for acquiring the rest of Craigslist is blatant throughout the complaint. EBay says industry analysts believe the online classifieds site is worth several billion dollars, and in July, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman told Craigslist she’d ‘welcome the opportunity to acquire the remainder of (it).’”

How many Craigslists are there? Is it an anomaly? Honestly, how many of you know anything about Kijiji? Then - how many of you have been around long enough to know how diluted and powerless classifieds have become online? Ah - the good old days :) Craigslist truly would have been a powerhouse in the late 90’s!