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Gosh, no one saw this coming
Posted By: Dan Bretta
http://tinyurl.com/7f2r94 |
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Posted By: Jeff S.
Great article Dan - perfect example of a company dismissing the formula that made it a juggernaut. As a member since '97, I do appreciate some of the features in "My Ebay" - saved searches, e-mail updates of current searches etc., but long for Ebay of the late 90's and early 2000's. |
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Posted By: steve yawitz
Shocking, indeed. |
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Posted By: leon
Ebay is still the goliath of online venues but it's not what it used to be. I predict it will continue to shrink until they get back to their original winning formula (though I am not sure they ever will).....regards |
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Posted By: Joann
I buy quite a bit on Amazon.com, and last month had my first genuine problem with one of their third-party sellers. After five weeks of fruitless email exchanges, I finally complained to Amazon. Amazon - not the seller, but Amazon itself - processed a credit within 24 hours. They refunded me so quickly that they clearly hadn't had time to investigate. They just refunded me outright, and now they are taking it up with the seller. |
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Posted By: Anonymous
A few weeks ago I tried to list something for sale and was blocked because my DSR on shipping time is below 4.1. I had only 13 ratings total that made up the result and every item I sold that drew feedback posted over the last several months is great, with lots of "great shipping, fast" and so on. Ebay's rule stated that: "Sellers are required to maintain a rating of at least 4.1 on each DSR to sell on eBay. Sellers with one or more DSR below 4.1 will be restricted from listing until their DSRs improve." That makes so much sense. A rating of "very good" gets you suspended. I also had to wonder how my rating is supposed to improve if I can't sell anything? So I called Ebay's new personal calling line that they say they give to us select few good ebayers to get help. It was Orwellian: |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Does anyone know what background this Donahoe has? Where'd he come from? What's his business experience? |
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Posted By: Robert Klevens
John Donahoe (born 1960) became President and CEO of eBay Inc. on March 31, 2008, succeeding Meg Whitman, who stepped down from the role after 10 years, and who continues to serve on the company's Board of Directors. |
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Posted By: Joann
Wow Adam. Just wow. What an incredibly crappy thing to have happen. Ebay is driving itself off a cliff so predictably that it is almost becoming interesting to watch. |
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Posted By: dennis
unfortuantely, the spin at ebay corp. will be that the economy is bad,not the bad decisions made by the corporate higher ups. the old ebay would have thrived and prospered in this bad economy. |
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Posted By: D. Bergin
This is just another example of the Wall Street mentality destroying a company from within. The problems began as soon as Ebay became a publicly traded company. Ebay immediately began to chase the short term profit goals to keep shareholders happy and justify the price of the stock. |
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Posted By: Fred C
I don't really like this happening to ebay but the only thing you can do is boycott. Organizig a boycott probably wont happen and you'll find the usual scabs breaking the picket line. |
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Posted By: Max Weder
Fred |
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Posted By: Dave Williams
Another annoying E Bay idea is that smart shopper thing that comes up on the left of the screen. |
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Posted By: Jason
Well........keep selling on ebay then! Exactly the reason I have not returned. The only purpose that ebay can really provide as far as benefits from selling is store selling format. You can inflate your items to full retail and beyond and maybe sell something once a month or two with keeping your lsiting fees down. As a collector that is why I am choosing to form my own website and offer merchant account there. I only use ebay now to purchase for now. If they decide to change back to the days of old aution only format and change rules of feedback back to checks and balances, then I may consider coming back. Oh......they would need to fire their new incompetant CEO as well. If you are into retailing from store inventory at a really high inflated price then I would say ebay is for you. If you are looking to find bargains at auction format I say GOOD LUCK. I know they are there but the good stuff is like finding a needle in a haystack. The fact that this guy is a Morman doesn't surprise me either. Ebay's system is solely set up on a greedy prideful pool of ownership/employees. They could care less about the "free trade" concept at this point. It is all about the dollar. I am not saying that they shouldn't make a lot of $$$, but when that is your only purpose and goal, then you see what happens. the LOVE of money $$$$ is the root of all EVIL. Unless something changes drastically I really do not see ebay as the major monopoly that it became in the near distant future. I love what is going on and am enjoying every second of it. Now on the flip side......I hate what is going on for the people who are making their living off of ebay. Goes to show that ebay cannot give two shakes about their lifeline.....(people). |
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Posted By: Greg Ecklund
So, in short, Donahoe is another in a legion of Ivy League bred consultants who are bean counters at heart, relying on endless spreadsheets of "data" and "metrics" rather than having an actual human feel for their business. |
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Posted By: Bob
Someday we will fondly remember the 90's and early 00's as the golden age of ebay and be greatful so many of us were able to add to our collections, especially those of us who have no card stores or shows anywhere near. |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Jason wrote: "The fact that this guy is a Morman doesn't surprise me either." |
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Posted By: Steve
Ebay works just fine for me. |
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
What's a Morman? |
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Is that like a Moopman? |
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Gosh, no one saw this coming
Posted By: Jason
Dan- |
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Gosh, no one saw this coming
Posted By: Jason
Steve- |
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Posted By: Matt
"The fact that this guy is a Morman doesn't surprise me either. Ebay's system is solely set up on a greedy prideful pool of ownership/employees." |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Matt, now you see why I told him to leave his ignorance at the door too. |
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Posted By: Jason
Matt- |
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Posted By: Jason
Dan- |
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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley
Jason, I don't think Dan is Mormon, just a really nice guy. |
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Posted By: boxingcardman
I still find ebay the most useful sales outlet but that doesn't mean that it isn't frustrating as heck watching its management step on their d***s. |
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Gosh, no one saw this coming
Posted By: Jason
Rhett- |
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Posted By: steve yawitz
...was quite prophetic. |
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Posted By: Rob D.
Nicely done, Steve. |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Jason wrote: "I do not understand how it can be offensive." |
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Posted By: Rhys
Jason |
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Posted By: Randy Trierweiler
Jason, substitute "Bible Believing protestant evangelical" for Mormon, and tell us that it doesn't sound like a prejudiced statement. |
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Posted By: Jason
Again.....I stated nothing negative about Mormonism. I only said the I was not surprised. Do your own research. I have nothing I need to explain. As I said I have no interest in religious debate here. Email me in confidnece if you have any questions. Otherwise back to feebay and baseball cards. |
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Posted By: David McDonald
"The fact that this guy is a (Jew) doesn't surprise me either. |
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Posted By: MW
David, |
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Posted By: Fred C
If ebay forces everyone to use paypal as a method of payment then what will happen? |
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Posted By: Kevin Saucier
...who is a Mormon. Your post is fairly offensive (and I have pretty thick skin). |
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Posted By: Joel
no problems here with eBay...list an item for .10 cents and have thousands of potential buyers from around the world. sell an item and pay only 8% or so in fees. accept credit card payments for only 3%. then I get a 40% discount on my monthly ebay invoice. |
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Posted By: Steve
Regardless how how or where you go with this, it's offensive. Seems like the more you post the more you just keep digging a deeper hole. May I suggest sticking to cards or the subject matter. |
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