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To: Urlman who wrote (6207)	12/7/1999 11:28:00 AM
From: mauser96	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Great idea. Use the brand name. A lot of small sellers don't have the time or staff to search out programs like this. Have you tried to approach the company with this idea?

To: Urlman who wrote (6207)	12/20/1999 7:58:00 PM
From: Urlman	Respond to of 7772

reply #6207 comes to life auction inevntory management December 3rd I ask eBay for auction inevntory management December 16th it comes to fruition Ironically I downloaded the trial version of eBud (a competitor of Blackthorne) few hours ago and then stumbled into this note from eBay test driving eBud! * eBAY ACQUIRES BLACKTHORNE SOFTWARE * Dear eBay Community: We?re pleased to announce the acquisition of auction software developer Blackthorne Software. As many of you probably know, Blackthorne has developed a set of auction management products, including Auction Assistant. We intend to work closely with Blackthorne in order to continue developing auction management tools for eBay users. We believe that this acquisition will enable Blackthorne to more tightly integrate their software products with our auction site, thus providing our sellers more robust and automated auction management software. For more information about Blackthorne, please visit their website at: blackthornesw.com We look forward to this new venture! Regards, eBay