Despite Skype’s impressive growth and the potential benefits that eBay felt could be obtained through further integration of Skype and its online commerce platforms, Skype’s future with the company was unclear heading into 2009. A number of analysts felt that eBay Inc. had overpaid in acquiring Skype and that the company had never been able to capture the synergies that Meg Whitman had hoped Skype would generate. The company’s write down of $ 1.4 billion in the value of Skype in 2007 seemed to provide the evidence to these analysts and that the synergies were not working as desired.
Pamoja na ukuaji Skype ya kuvutia na faida kwamba eBay waliona inaweza kupatikana kwa njia ya ushirikiano zaidi wa Skype na biashara zake za online majukwaa, baadaye Skype na kampuni ilikuwa haijulikani viongozi ndani ya 2009. idadi ya wachambuzi waliona kuwa eBay Inc alikuwa overpaid katika kupata Skype na kwamba kampuni alikuwa na kamwe kuwa na uwezo wa kukamata mahusiano kwamba Meg Whitman alikuwa na matumaini Skype ingekuwa kuzalisha. kampuni ya kuandika chini ya $ 1.4 bilioni katika thamani ya Skype mwaka 2007 walionekana kutoa ushahidi na wachambuzi hawa na kwamba umoja walikuwa si kazi kama taka.