eBay Shutting Down Half.com
from the uh-oh dept
I am a huge fan of Half.com. For about a year and a half I use it for almost all of my book/music/movie purchases. Now, however, Half.com owner eBay has decided to shut down the site and try to move the users over to eBay, as Half.com's founder has decided to leave the company. I realize that there are some similarities, and that eBay has added the "buy it now" capability to their auctions - but there's still something different about the way Half.com and eBay work - and, personally, I find the Half.com model much more compelling. eBay tried once before to combine the two sites, and users revolted. I guess, this time they don't care any more.
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half.com: solution
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I agree: half is better than eBay
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Half.com no more?!
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not true
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