Once upon a time Microsoft was the gorilla to beat. Once upon a time we thought Google could do it.
Perhaps not any more. Amazon has dropped Google’s search results from their A9 search aggregator in favor of Microsoft’s Live search, and while Yahoo!’s on again, off again partnership talks with Microsoft appear dead after Y!’s [...]

Posted May 29, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: allegiance, competition, ebay, google, gorilla, microsoft, partnership, yahoo. 3 Comments.

He he. Chuckle, chuckle. Thanks to Kris and Brett for these pics. They ads are still there now when I search Google for used brain or black plague.
My question is: does eBay just submit bulk lists of terms they want to buy, or do they have a deal with Google to just link ‘em up [...]

Posted May 5, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: advertising, black plague, brain, brains, ebay, keyword advertising, keywords, plague, targeted, targeted advertising, used brain, used brains. 2 Comments.

It’s good to know Hard to Find 800 Numbers.com is there when you need it. Here are the top five:

 
HTF#
Who
Notes

Amazon.com
800-201-7575
877-251-0696
866-348-2492
206-266-2992
Cust. service
Seller support [...]

Posted January 27, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: 800 numbers, amazon, contacting amazon, contacting ebay, contacting microsoft, contacting paypal, contacting yahoo!, customer support, customers service, ebay, hard to find 800 numbers, microsoft, paypal, support line, yahoo. 38 Comments.

Ross Rubin at Engadget just alerted me to Peerflix
…which can be described on a basic level as eBay meets Netflix. Peerflix resembles many online DVD stores, but it neither rents nor sells DVDs. Rather, it depends on a community of users willing to trade DVDs they have for DVDs they want. There are no subscription [...]

Posted July 22, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Blink, Books, Movies, Music, Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Technology. Tags: dvd, dvd rental, ebay, engadget, flix, netflix, peerflix, rental, trade, trading. Be the first one.

Yup, it’s up on eBay now (closing in a day or so) with the following description:
Everybody needs one of these, cleaning out the garage, this little car is so much fun, it is thrust powered by 2 GE t-58 turbines, has 4 fuel tanks, power steering, power brakes, fire detection, fire suppression, roll over protection, [...]

Posted July 15, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: 187 mph, ebay, ebay motors, ge t-58, jet a, jet fuel, jet turbine, liability waiver, mph, t58-3, thrust, toyota, toyota mr2, turbine, twin turbine. 18 Comments.