Sunday, May 17, 2020

What Company Got So Big That Even Weird Al Yankovic

What Company got so big that even Weird Al Yankovic decided to create Parody to the Backstreet boys hit song, â€Å"I want it that way†? If you guessed Amazon, you were wrong. The correct answer is eBay. Weird Al Yankovic describes in the eBay song what he bought on the famous website. EBay is a website that you can sell or buy literally anything. Weird Al says that he bought a used pink bathrobe, a rare mint snow globe, a Smurf TV tray. He then states that his house is filled with this crap that people sell on eBay (Yankovic, 2016). Weird Al really knows how to shop. E-Bay was founded in 1995, it was as radical and cutting-edge as many of the other dot com startups launched in that era. Today, however, eBay is one of the world’s most venerable online companies, not to mention one of the most endlessly emulated and discussed companies in the world (Hsiao, 2016). In an Article written by Aron Hsiao, Hsiao states, â€Å"eBay is place to buy meaning, you can get nearly anything you need or want at prices better than you can find in traditional brick-and-mortar or even online stores. Though there are lots of rotten deals on eBay, too, the careful consumer can always come out ahead. He then says, â€Å"eBay is a place to sell meaning, whether you are a Bix-box retailer or just an average Joe (or Jane) cleaning out your garage, nearly anything you list on eBay will sell if you are flexible enough about the price. E-Bays global reach can even move unusual items that are not in demand in your

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