Maybe things here are a little less rosy than Donahoe/sleazebay would like everyone to believe?

EBay Lowest-Valuation Takeover Generates Worst Losses Since '02: Real M&A

"...Sometimes the cheapest price turns out to be a very expensive price," said Michael Holland, who oversees more than $4 billion as chairman of Holland & Co. in New York. "They are probably going to have to invest to compete. Amazon is the huge gorilla in the jungle...."

Also, not sure just how many related investigations are going on?

Harwood Feffer LLP Announces Investigation of GSI Commerce, Inc.

Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims on Behalf of Investors of GSI Commerce

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation on Behalf of ...

Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC Announces Investigation into the Proposed Buyout ...

Law Office of Jonathan M. Stein, PL Investigates Possible Breach of Fiduciary ...

and on and on...

I also wonder whether any fullfillment centers will be stocked with counterfeit returns, alleged counterfeit returns, SNAD and/or alleged SNAD items etc. We've seen sleazebay get caught red-handed in things like that before.

Mr_E wrote:

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They are already thick as thieves. GSI doesn't look to be an extrememly booming venture. I'd say there is a chance that deal is about hiding billions in losses.

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 Nothing would surprise me. ebay is more like the iceberg than the titanic. The 10% we can see looks mighty tainted. The part below water is made of the same stuff, just 9 x as much.  Imagine what's going on below? eeek.