Bloomberg TV’s Special Report “Phantom Shares” (later nominated for an Emmy for Investigative Journalism)
05 April 2007 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: Bloomberg Television SCANDAL! Bloomberg Television has produced a shocking 25 minute exposé showing how Wall Street rogues are exploiting a crack in the system to steal tens of billions of dollars from Americans. The Bloomberg piece starts by talking about Overstock (I make a brief appearance, [...]
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How to Handle a Corrupt Reporter
13 February 2007 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:13 am Post subject: Answers for a Reporter Dear Reader, You may know of my efforts to expose a crime that I believe is taking place on an enormous scale against millions of American workers, retirees, and savers, a crime from which a tiny segment within the hedge fund community [...]
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On the Introduction of “Guides” (née “Omuse”)
06 February 2007 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: Giving you a sneak preview: try Omuse and give me feedback Dear Auction Colleagues, We have completed the basic development of our new tab (that one at the far right that has been saying, “Coming Soon!” for six weeks). It is called “Omuse” and it will [...]
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Sell-through Rates in Auctions
29 January 2007 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: Sell-through-rates Folks, As you know, historically our STR has been abysmally low. We charged so little for the auctions that we did not feel too badly about it. But we set about making some changes, and they seem to be working. A few weeks ago we [...]
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Stormy, Meghan, and Auctions
22 January 2007 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Stormy, Meghan, and Auctions Hi folks. I got a bunch of calls in the last couple days about Stormy, why she rolled off auctions, did she leave the company, and who Meghan is. Stormy is a brilliant street-fighter whom I move around the company to dive [...]
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Official Roll-out of Cars
19 January 2007 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:09 pm Post subject: Welcome to Overstock Cars Dear Esteemed Customer, I write today most respectfully to request your attention to our new “Cars” tab on the our top navigation bar. A car is the second largest purchase people make. Yet the normal car buying experience fills people with dread, [...]
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Post Made When We Ended Subscription Plans
29 December 2006 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: Meghan and I Just Sent This: Subscription Plans Are Ending Greetings Sellers, We recently informed you that subscription plans 5-10 will expire on December 31, 2006. However, further analysis has convinced us that the problems arising from O-Subscriptions (specifically, high starting prices, and thus, low sell-through [...]
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An Article on Bollywood
23 December 2006 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: Interesting article http://www.forbes.com/business/2006/12/20/bollywood-hottest-films-biz-cx_lm_1219bollywood.html I am a fan myself.
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On The Roll-out of Cars
23 December 2006 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: Cars Hi. We just rollled out our new cars tab. It is in Beta, so be prepared for little glitches. Still, tell me what you think, and make any suggestions you can think of. Patrick
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Decision on Make It Mine, and more advice sought
06 December 2006 by Patrick Byrne
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:20 pm Post subject: Decision on Make It Mine, and more advice sought Hi Folks, We’ve read your responses. If you go through them yourselves, you will see that there is no one answer that meets the needs of everyone (including us). But we do think there is a solution [...]
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