If E-BAY, buys a bunch of their stock back, (pd. for by store owners!) would that stave off a hostile take over? Although buy low/sell high is a lovely scenerio, it seldom works that way. If you buy a stock that's tanking, more often than not it continues to decline.( A BUFFETT remark) Microsoft made E an offer at 25. Do you think GOOG will jump in?