User:Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The/Overstock/Analysis/Overstock.com

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September 2005

 * 05:32, 21 September 2005 by
 * "Overstock.com is an online retailer." and external link and stub tag
 * 10:40, 21 September 2005 by, stub sort and tag with "Context"

October 2005

 * 05:05, 12 October 2005 by, add Category:Companies based in Utah
 * 23:49, 12 October 2005 by, add "based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah"

November 2005
Nothing in the editing history for November, 2005

December 2005

 * 05:26, 19 December 2005 by, adds "Overstock.com is a leading online marketplace where internet users may purchase surplus and returned merchandise in individual or retail quantities. Roughly half of Overstock.com merchandise is sourced by third parties - which include manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers - with standing business relationships with Overstock."
 * 05:40, 19 December 2005 by 65.6.146.15, add "Founded in 1999 in Salt Lake City, Utah" and consolidate text
 * 22:56, 19 December 2005 by Gellersen, queries whether company was founded in Salt Lake City, removes that bit
 * 02:48, 24 December 2005 by, adds "The company's distinctive television advertisements feature spokeswoman Sabine Ehrenfeld"
 * 23:39, 29 December 2005 by, adds attack section on Patrick Byrne. Not linked here because of personal attack

January 2006

 * 01:21, 7 January 2006 by, removes attack, leaves "Patrick Byrne is the CEO and Founder of Overstock.com"
 * 01:22, 7 January 2006 by 219.101.139.252, grammar tweak
 * 21:54, 11 January 2006 by, correct "CEO and Founder" to "CEO and President"

February 2006

 * 00:43, 6 February 2006 by, vandalism, "She, and their ads, are fucking annoying."
 * 00:43, 6 February 2006 rollback by
 * 00:44, 6 February 2006 revert by 67.168.31.239
 * 00:44, 6 February 2006 rollback by

March 2006

 * 08:01, 3 March 2006 2 edits by, add NASDAQ template for OSTK
 * 18:39, 15 March 2006 by, add Category:Online retail companies of the United States
 * 15:38, 22 March 2006 by, part of a brief spam run for www.meanbargains.com, "Do not buy at Overstock.com unless you use coupons"
 * 04:36, 28 March 2006 spam revert by

April 2006

 * 23:49, 11 April 2006 by, adds Overstock logo
 * 17:31, 25 April 2006 by, add "Overstock.com's customer service is managed by SENTO."
 * 20:40, 29 April 2006 by (recently blocked as abusive sock of Mantanmoreland), edit summary "adding details re recent controversy concerning CEO, changing corporate location to Salt Lake City as per SEC filings"
 * Changes "based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah" to Salt Lake City
 * Prefix Sabine Ehrenfeld's name with "German actress"
 * Remove reference to SENTO
 * Remove "Patrick Byrne" section
 * Adds section "Recent controversy"
 * "The company became enmeshed in controversy in 2005, when chief executive officer Patrick Byrne commenced a campaign against alleged naked short selling of his company's stock. Byrne contends that shareholders have been hurt by this practice, which he has said is masterminded by a "Sith Lord." Critics say that the allegations are preoposterous, and that this campaign has diverted attention from the company's failure to generate profits."
 * 07:19, 30 April 2006 by Gellerson, edit summary "rv - Overstock.com is located in the City of Cottonwood Heights, over six miles outside of the Salt Lake City limits". Changes location back to Cottonwood Heights, leaves other changes.
 * 15:32, 30 April 2006 by Lastexit
 * Adds "(listed in corporate filings as Salt Lake City)" to lead sentence
 * Appends to lead section: "Though the company's corporate filings list its mailing address as Salt Lake City, because of a U.S. Postal Service vagary, it is actually located in the community of Cottonwood Heights, six miles away."
 * 16:16, 30 April 2006 by Gellerson, rewrite lead section describing the Salt Lake City filing as "rather erroneous" and blaming the ZIP code