"Peter Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> That's fine, but I object to the same company charging me two commission >> fees as if they're two companies. They're not. >>
>Have you ever bought a supermarket's own brand baked beans? Yes. And they're much less expensive than the name brand beans - precisely because of the consolidation of the two parts of the business. You've illustrated exactly the point I was trying to make (although more clearly than I was able to). >The supermarket is making a profit on both the sale and manufacture of the >beans, whereas if you buy a brand name, the profits are split between the >two companies. Right. This is basically what's happened with the merger of eBay and Pay Pal, only PayBay (or whatever we'll call the merged entity) isn't "passing the savings along to you", as they say in the advertising business. Now there's no reason why they *have* to pass along the economies of scale to their customers. There's no rule or law that says they're required to. But there's no rule that says I have to like it either :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
