Bidder's Edge Takes Stance for Open Internet With Listing of Ebay Auctions.BURLINGTON Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999-- Award-Winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" Portal Now has More than 4 Million Auction Listings Making it the World's Largest Online Auction Resource Based on overwhelming support from its users, hundreds of eBay (eBay, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.ebay.com) The major auction service on the Web. eBay popularized the concept of buying and selling online, and both individuals and commercial enterprises list items for sale. sellers and the online auction community, Bidder's Edge (www.biddersedge.com), the award-winning online auction portal, is once again listing items available at eBay (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : EBAY). With the addition of eBay, visitors to Bidder's Edge now have access to more than 4 million items across major auction sites, making Bidder's Edge the world's largest online auction resource. "Bidder's Edge initially complied with eBay in an effort to foster the spirit of cooperation that is essential for the continued growth of the online auction industry," said James James, person in the Bible James, in the Gospel of St. Luke, kinsman of St. Jude. The original does not specify the relationship. James, rivers, United States James. Carney car·ney n. Informal Variant of carny. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Bidder's Edge, Inc. "We made every effort to negotiate with eBay to persuade them to reverse their decision. However, eBay remained intransigent and Bidder's Edge elected to again list eBay's items. We made the decision to list eBay again in the best interests of Bidder's Edge's users, the online auction community and everyone who believes that the free exchange of information is essential for the success of commerce on the Web." About Bidder's Edge Bidder's Edge, Inc., was founded in April 1997 and is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. The company is the leading online auction portal. It is the first online auction site designed to provide the buyer with the auction market intelligence needed to make educated bids. Bidder's Edge aggregates more than 4 million items listed at the leading person-to-person and merchant online auction sites. The company provides bidders with tools to find items quickly and easily as they become available for auction, micro-categorization to speed item searches and historical pricing to make informed bids. Bidder's Edge was named one of 1999's `Top 100 Web Sites' by PC Magazine. All product or service marks mentioned herein are those of their respective owners. |
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