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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Flea-market aficionados insist that eBay is doing a more abstract kind of damage: it's destroying the pleasures of the offline collectibles world. Al Hoff, author of Thrift Score and collector of "everything but Levolor blinds," says eBay has changed the atmosphere in flea markets and thrift stores. She...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

eBay is sticking with its core mission of consumer-to-consumer auctions but is also working to expand its reach dramatically. In October, eBay announced a new venture: eBay Great Collections, a new area on the site for antiques and fine collectibles. Along with the acquisition of Butterfield & Butterfield, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

eBay's most ambitious undertaking right now is its drive to go international. It's a big enough priority that Omidyar has returned to his native France to help oversee the effort. eBay has always had a small percentage of overseas users logging into its U.S. site, but now it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

It's not just a push for market share. Omidyar and his colleagues are still driven by the company's original goal of creating a global market where everyone competes on an equal footing. One pet project is an effort to bring a Guatemalan village into the global economy by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

The global online marketplace will be here before we know it, and eBay's refrain "eBay everywhere" seems destined to become a reality. It's something the National Flea Market Association members are starting to accept. Several members of the association have begun moving online, working to put together virtual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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