Yes, but I blame Auctionwatch for not including the following links:
Koogle's been a pretty busy eBay'er lately:
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewBidItems&useri
d=virginiadude&completed=1&all=1&rows=25
but you'll be happy to know that he's been a model eBay citizen since he
first got addicted to the site in '98.
http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=iloveitaly1
Though, someone over at Techdirt questioned why it looks like he outbid
himself for the Aston Martin:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=570166294
-Mike
At 09:34 AM 4/10/01 -0700, Jeff Barr wrote:
>So much for practicing what you preach:
>
>http://www.auctionwatch.com/awdaily/dailynews/april01/2-040901.html
>
>Former Yahoo CEO 'Outed' As eBay User
>by Andy Roe
>April 9, 2001, 3 p.m. PT
>
>One of the attractions of online auctions is the anonymity that they
>provide. But just because buyers and sellers are known by their usernames
>doesn't mean that anonymity is necessarily guaranteed.
>
>Just ask "virginiadude."
>
>That's the eBay username of former Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle, who last week was
>"outed" by the Washington Post as an eBay user--meaning that Koogle, 49,
>likes to shop on the online auction leader's site.
>
>According to the Post, after stepping down as Yahoo's CEO on March 7 (right
>after the company posted poor revenues), Koogle bought several items on
>eBay, including an Aston Martin for $130,000, a black Versace leather wallet
>for $154.59, and more.
>
>News of Koogle's online auction habits--that is, his bypassing Yahoo
>Auctions in favor of eBay--caused more than a few snickers in the AW Message
>Center.
>
>"If he had just purchased the car on eBay I could understand," said reston
>ray in a Message Center thread. "Not many options for buying that item [on
>Yahoo Auctions]. But it looks like he is a regular shopper for all sorts of
>things. AND he got out bid on a pair of jeans! Now that's funny! Sort of
>like finding out that Sam Walton did all his shopping at Sears."
>
>One AW member reported that Koogle changed his eBay username after it became
>public knowledge. Another user complained that such information invaded
>Koogle's privacy and should have never been made public in the first place.
>
>The Post said it contacted Koogle via email to get his comments and received
>the following reply: "I don't appreciate this invasion of privacy and would
>respectfully ask you to refrain from publishing any supposed transactions.
>Tim."
>
>The Post's response? "Invasion of privacy? Come on, dude, it's the World
>Wide Web!"
>
>
>
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