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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It’s not there anymore, but up until a few days ago, there was a notice about the impending sale and a link to the eBay auction in question: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=506328272 If it is a joke, either the people at eSnipe are in on it too or their site was hacked… I saw the auction. It just didn’t look real to me. I’ve seen plenty of joke auctions and this looked like one of them. I never saw the notice on their website. I’ve been using them, but through the SnipeIt function. I’ll have to take your word for it, I’m just a natural skeptic. Peter
If you look at his only other Ebay sale here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=433854585 you see he’s selling a serial # for BlackIce that’s the same as selling a pirated version of the software. I seriously doubt that this person has the right to sell Esnipe, regardless of his Ebay name. Bill Funk bfunk1 on Ebay
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Maybe not, most advertiser supported sites have lost money, and there’s no telling whether esnipe has ever been profitable or not. You notice the auction posting didn’t say anything about P&L’s being availabe to the prospective buyer. A nice piece of programming with a site that only has 12,000 current users isn’t going to be an advertising goldmine by any means. If it isn’t making money it’s only going to be sellable to someone who thinks they’re getting a steal. The days of internet stocks having huge values based on pipe dreams of future income are coming to a close, investors want to see a real business before they lay down very much money at all.
I didn’t say they were the next Yahoo. Just that the way they sold their company wasn’t the best way to maximize the selling price. I’d be that even eBay themselves would have paid more than that for them. Peter
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What evidence is there that esnipe *was* sold? Some phony eBay auction? Gee, I think I’ll sell Yahoo today, will you go and change your Yahoo passwords now?
I change my passwords about every 2 weeks anyway so the esnipe auction only acted as a reminder it was time to update passwords. I don’t like using the same passwords all the time. I also change my PIN on my debt card on a regular bases. Sorry that you find this stupid. Kimberly – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 
Peter (remembering the story of Chicken Little) Since esnipe has now been sold and is changing hands along with it’s database, now might be a good time to change the password on any account(s) you may have used there. That thought crossed my mind also and I changed the passwords on both on my Ebay accounts a few days ago. Kimberly Just a precaution… – David –
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I seriously doubt that this person has the right to sell Esnipe, regardless of his Ebay name.
His e-mail address looks pretty authentic. GK
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| What evidence is there that esnipe *was* sold? | Some phony eBay auction? Gee, I think I’ll sell Yahoo today, will you go | and change your Yahoo passwords now? | | Peter (remembering the story of Chicken Little) Well if you watched the ’stock market’ everyday, listened to the nightly news, and went also to their web page you’d know it sold a couple or so months ago.
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and now waiting for an answer. Couple months ago there were reports on the news and such that it had sold but now someone just gave us a link to an auction about it which is current. Let’s see what they send me back than I’ll let y’all know.
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If they were a publicly traded company, there would not be a sale on eBay. Do you even understand what you’re talking about? Either you’re joking, or clueless. Which is it? Peter – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – | What evidence is there that esnipe *was* sold? | Some phony eBay auction? Gee, I think I’ll sell Yahoo today, will you go | and change your Yahoo passwords now? | | Peter (remembering the story of Chicken Little) Well if you watched the ’stock market’ everyday, listened to the nightly news, and went also to their web page you’d know it sold a couple or so months ago.
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Since esnipe has now been sold and is changing hands along with it’s database, now might be a good time to change the password on any account(s) you may have used there. Just a precaution… – David –
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Since esnipe has now been sold and is changing hands along with it’s database, now might be a good time to change the password on any account(s) you may have used there.
That thought crossed my mind also and I changed the passwords on both on my Ebay accounts a few days ago. Kimberly – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just a precaution… – David –
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What evidence is there that esnipe *was* sold? Some phony eBay auction? Gee, I think I’ll sell Yahoo today, will you go and change your Yahoo passwords now? Peter (remembering the story of Chicken Little) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Since esnipe has now been sold and is changing hands along with it’s database, now might be a good time to change the password on any account(s) you may have used there. That thought crossed my mind also and I changed the passwords on both on my Ebay accounts a few days ago. Kimberly Just a precaution… – David –
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Look at the main page at esnipe. He said he sold it. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What evidence is there that esnipe *was* sold? Some phony eBay auction? Gee, I think I’ll sell Yahoo today, will you go and change your Yahoo passwords now? Peter (remembering the story of Chicken Little) Since esnipe has now been sold and is changing hands along with it’s database, now might be a good time to change the password on any account(s) you may have used there. That thought crossed my mind also and I changed the passwords on both on my Ebay accounts a few days ago. Kimberly Just a precaution… – David –
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Look at the main page at esnipe. He said he sold it.
I admit to being half-blind, but I looked and can’t find anything about it on esnipe’s website. I expected to see it in the "esnipe.com News" section, but all I see is: "SnipeIt! has become a tremendous success! Now you can place bids directly from the eBay item page! Statistics on bidding results are now available. Check these out to help you determine buffer times. Attention Sellers! We have a feature that will allow your buyers to snipe directly from your item page!" Where should I be looking for this? Peter
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It’s not there anymore, but up until a few days ago, there was a notice about the impending sale and a link to the eBay auction in question: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=506328272 If it is a joke, either the people at eSnipe are in on it too or their site was hacked…
I saw the auction. It just didn’t look real to me. I’ve seen plenty of joke auctions and this looked like one of them. I never saw the notice on their website. I’ve been using them, but through the SnipeIt function. I’ll have to take your word for it, I’m just a natural skeptic. Peter
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Understandable — had I not seen the notice on eSnipe’s own site, I would have thought that particular auction was a load of horse-cookies myself…
If they really sold for that amount, I’d have to question the sanity of the former owners. Had they sold through established business brokers, surely that amount would have been ten to hundred-fold. Peter
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Maybe not, most advertiser supported sites have lost money, and there’s no telling whether esnipe has ever been profitable or not. You notice the auction posting didn’t say anything about P&L’s being availabe to the prospective buyer. A nice piece of programming with a site that only has 12,000 current users isn’t going to be an advertising goldmine by any means. If it isn’t making money it’s only going to be sellable to someone who thinks they’re getting a steal. The days of internet stocks having huge values based on pipe dreams of future income are coming to a close, investors want to see a real business before they lay down very much money at all. Richard Ward – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Understandable — had I not seen the notice on eSnipe’s own site, I would have thought that particular auction was a load of horse-cookies myself… If they really sold for that amount, I’d have to question the sanity of the former owners. Had they sold through established business brokers, surely that amount would have been ten to hundred-fold. Peter
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