I’d love to have witnessed the scene at eBay’s house back in 2005 when the FedEx guy delivered their exciting new purchase…

“Hey, guys! Skype’s arrived!”

“Awesome! Quick – open it…”

“Wait, what the hell… this isn’t what we ordered. It’s just a big box full of users with the word ‘Skype’ written on the side in Sharpie – none of the core p2p technology is in here.”

“What? Didn’t you read the description before you bid on it?”

“I guess not. I just got carried away with all the excitement.”

“Shit dude. How much did we pay?”

“Uh… $2.6 billion”

“Man, we have to stop buying stuff on the Internet.”

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