Google gets into a tussle with eBay when it invites the auction site's sellers to a party to promote Google Checkout, a service that competes with eBay's PayPal.
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Are people really this stupid?
Ebay and Pay-Pal are bad enough, but this is worse.
- "Don't be Evil"*
- by amanda hugnkiss June 14, 2007 8:48 AM PDT
- * may actually be evil
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