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Here's something i did'nt know and i bet i lot of you did'nt know either,the first item to sell on ebay was a broken laser pointer for £14.00 and it of course belonged to ebay's founder Pierre Omidyar.
eBay was created in September 1995,so its 10 years old now.Pierre originally called it "AuctionWeb" and the company name was Echo Bay,.."ebayAuctionWeb"was the domain name for the company.
In 1997 Pierre changed the company name to eBay and the rest they say is history.
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guess the worst sin[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2005-12-16 20:26 ]
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Posted: 2005-12-16 02:07:14
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They said on the gadget show he was going to call the site EchoBay, but somebody snatched it up before he did.
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Posted: 2005-12-16 11:59:42
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The original company name was echobay!
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Posted: 2005-12-16 15:20:07
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eBay is much better, and because of Email and everything, it kind of makes it Bay as in i dunno an auction place and E as in the internet...
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Posted: 2005-12-16 15:48:02
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E as in electronic you mean? I agree, does sound better this way.
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Posted: 2005-12-16 16:07:52
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Well, i had (auction bay)
www.abay.com but it never took off...
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Posted: 2005-12-16 16:18:03
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Did you also know that google was originally called google.stanford...stanford being the university site from where google was launched.
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Posted: 2005-12-16 20:15:42
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there you go! AOL used to be called America Online!
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Posted: 2005-12-16 20:18:46
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How long before esato becomes... eto?..sto?..ato?..esto..?..sorry!
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Posted: 2005-12-16 20:24:41
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EastCoastStar Posts: > 500
so noone noticed this?? kinda confused me @axxxr!!
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On 2005-12-16 02:07:14, axxxr wrote:
eBay was created in September 1995,so its 10 years old this month
you said... september 1995, so its 10 years old this month... its december?!? u confuse me!
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Posted: 2005-12-16 21:17:46
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