posted on October 21, 2005 02:10:46 PM new
you said::::
"eBay had a gross profit of 905.1 million on 1.106 Billion net revenue. Don't you want cry for poor Meg?"
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actually ebay's performance in reference to your numbers should read....
"Consolidated Net Revenues -- Consolidated net revenues totaled a record $1.106 billion in Q3-05, which represented an increase of 37% from the $805.9 million reported in Q3-04. "
posted on October 21, 2005 02:11:46 PM new
since they dont sell anything,there is hardly any cost of goods sold,most of their expenese will be operating expenses.
of course ,lets not forget Uncle Sam
posted on October 21, 2005 02:32:11 PM new
actually the op's statment refers in error to "profit." that is why i c/pasted thread to clarify; but here is ebay's info...just in case anyone interested in the real[as eBay reported to the stockholders] numbers...