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To: Gopher Broke who wrote (4977)	8/20/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: Hubert Few	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 7772

Gopher Broke said:But EBAY's success is based on its BUYER population. HELLO...??? What are all these BUYERS going to BUY if there are no sellers????? Are they there to read the stupid little banner advertising? There are some striking parallels here to network TV. Sure, it's free, but with 5 minutes of programming and 15 minutes of ADVERTISING, sooner or later even the dumbest motherphucker on Earth figures out he can watch his navel for FREE and conserve on power and reduce brain-damage from all the surreal crap they put on the airwaves. Clue this....the little "reserve auction" fee change may be the catalyst for change on Ebay. It ALWAYS happens in an unexpected manner, meaningful change that is. People are FED UP with the Ebay song and dance, and now they are pitting the sellers against the buyers....the true bad guy here is EBAY, in their typical predatory manner, they are trying to force something down the CUSTOMER'S throat!!!