THanks for the follow up Prof.
Perhaps it’s because here in New Zealand one of our most popular local sites is a site called TradeMe (a local online auction site – a poor mans ebay) where people sell al sorts of knick-knacks and items.
(see http://www.trademe.co.nz)
This site is so popular that it’s blamed for some productiveity issues as workplaces -and is now frequently banned from some corporate internet browsers because people were checking on it 20-30 times a day.
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They recently sold out to a big corporate Australian news conglomate (who will use it as an online advertising / classfieds arm) for the staggering price of NZ$700m (about USD$400m) and the main players we local boys and girls around my city here in Wellington.
It hit the headlines (of course) – no-one sees it as evil – in fact it’s seen as a great example of entrapenuership.
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So over here aligning with online auctions could only make things more positive.
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