Ebay, Skype & The Subprime Crisis

Isn't it ironic how every analyst who lambasted Ebay for acquiring Skype for 3.1 billion dollars are associated with firms that lost billions and billions in the subprime crisis(Lehman, Merrill, Citibank, etc). At least Ebay still owns Skype and Skype is growing and contributing revenues while all of these other firms are up to their necks in billions of losses. Bank of America invested in Countrywide at $20 per share and are know buying Countrywide for $6 per share. How is that for an investment. & we are to trust these analysts on investment advice? Just think if one of these analysts had asked their firms to stay away from subprime and buy Skype they would be lauded as geniuses in the Street today.

Additionally all those sellers who whined about Ebay raising final value fees etc. Why not take some of the money you had made from all of your sales of Ebay and purchase Ebay stock. It would have been a win win situation.

Granted Ebay should have instituted a seller loyalty program where by sellers who had been with the company for the first few years should have been exempt from increases. This would have detered many from switching. Hey Meg, it is not too late to start this seller loyalty program. Are you listening?