800 Pound Gorilla-

Or a 363.6 kilogram gorilla... There's an old joke that asks where does an 800 pound gorilla sit. The usual answer is 'Anywhere he wants.' In some variations of the joke the gorilla has been converted into a canary or some other strange animal. It's hard to imagine what Sylvester the cat would do with a 800 pound Tweety Bird....

It didn't take long for Yahoo Japan to realize that it had suddenly become the 800 pound auction gorilla here in Japan. Less than 36 hours after it became public knowledge that eBay was abandoning the Japanese market, Yahoo announced new, improved (read that as 'more expensive') pricing for their auction customers here. I guess if you are almost a monopoly player you can do what you like. They must have been taking lessons from Bill Gates....

Japan Today Japan News - News - Yahoo to charge fees for Internet auction service - Japan's Leading International News Network
- posted by tempusmaster @ 1:00 AM