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Posted at September 16, 2005, 2:41 pm:

I find it strange the eBay would buy Skype yet they have no real-time text chat functionality on their site. In fact I believe they prohibit using such software code in their auctions. It does not seem that eBay has always been interested in enhancing communication betwee n its users probably because it leads to more off-site transactions.

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