Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Tony N — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:12:35 GMT

Pardon my saying, but you're article is very one sided. Craig may be a wonderful (and refreshingly different) person but that does not mean he is beyond the law. If there are laws in place to protect minority shareholders (such as eBay in Craigslist) then they need to be respected.

Ebay negotiated with its purchase with the whole Craigslist board back when and even if Craig regrets their decision, he can't go around trying to dilute the position of stakeholders whose views may not be aligned with his.

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Jason M — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:00:49 GMT

I concur!

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Nozamacs — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:37:22 GMT

In this particular case CL is Goliath and eBay is David. CL is abusing its position as majority shareholder to squeeze out the minorities. And by the way, it's not the first time it happens. Craig tried to squeeze out his co-founder Phillip Knowlton in 2004 too.

http://valleywag.com/tech/mythbusting/craig-newmark-filthy-rich-on-ebays-millions-283002.php

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Jill, Canada — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:11:09 GMT

Isn't it some sort of conflict that eBay even wanted part of Craig's to begin with?

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

joe — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:41:17 GMT

Painfully not very well written either. To sum up, it's a "you don't say" kind of article.

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Howard Blum, Oakland, California — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:35:01 GMT

So if you don't like MBAs and aren't greedy, you don't have to play by the same rules as everybody else? You can break the law?

MSNBC should be ashamed to have published this article. If its reporters are seduced by the fact that Craigslist's management is refreshing and don't feel it necessary to investigate whether or not Buckmaster and Newmark ignored Delaware corporate law, I will have to start questioning the credibility of MSNBC's reporting.

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Richard Gentile knoxville,tn. — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:46:28 GMT

EXCUSE ME!!! Have any of you people actualy sold anything on ebay, it costs way to much you might as well give them whatever your selling and let them have it. AND dont even get me started on buyer protection i purchased a protected car and when i recived it it was recked with a very bad paint job.I reported it to ebay on several occasions 8 or 9 I never recieved a respone at all not even a F**K YOU

Craigslist-eBay's David vs. Goliath battle

Robert West, Norfolk Virginia — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:17:34 GMT

There will always be people who don't care for those who are different or innovative. Craigslist was attacked by Ebay who should have backed off. They did not and some people are remarking that CL's board may have trampled a couple of laws 'Technically'. I wonder how many laws Ebay has trampled in it's past. People living in glass houses, should not do what?