However, there is considerable risk should EBAY shares continue to decline.

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Additionally, eBay pointed to Bill Me Later's credit risk analysis, which has outperformed the consumer credit industry average.

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That could put them at risk of obsolescence, similar to the way dot-com era Internet Malls were quickly leapfrogged by eBay and Amazon.com.

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