eBay in talks to buy Skype, report says | CNET News.com

I was wondering what the tie in was. Then I got to nearly the end of the article.

"The person familiar with the situation told the Journal that eBay was keen on adding services that make it easier to buy and sell goods online, as it did when it acquired the electronic-payment processing service PayPal in 2002."

I'm not sure that I want to actually talk to buyers and sellers, though. E-mail has worked just fine for me so far.

What is more interesting is the pay per call mentioned at the very end. Perhaps this would be useful, especially for overseas calls, which are still pretty expensive.

This is in the very early stages so whether you are for or against it, don't count on it.