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As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Coventry University student Bill Bennett sold a single cornflake for £1.20 (US$1.63). [32] An Australian newspaper reported in December 2004 that a single piece of the Kellogg's breakfast cereal Nutri-Grain sold on eBay for A$1,035 because it happened to bear a slight resemblance to the character E.T. from the Steven Spielberg movie. The ...
eBay was founded as AuctionWeb in California on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as a hobby to make some extra money. [2] One of the first items sold on AuctionWeb was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser ...
1. Gigayacht. Sold for: $168 million Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, must have been staring at an empty dock for a while now, because the 168 milly he shelled out for a 400-foot yacht is ...
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A lunch date that sold for $3.4M, and a watch that went for $65K are among the most noteworthy pricey items on eBay this year.
From lunch with Warren Buffett to Kurt Cobain's Hagstrom guitar, there were a slew of exclusive items that sold for hefty sums on eBay in 2017.
eBay had a stellar year thanks in part to holiday sales — but a few of the more luxurious items greatly boosted the brand's revenue, too. eBay's most expensive items sold in 2018 Skip to main ...