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Sentiment Positive Ahead of eBay Earnings

alright, it's been a month or so, the truth starts coming out, little by little. As you see, folks, Ebay tends to hide the stuff they don't want the investors to see BEFORE the earnings report..

Then, AFTER the report, the "you know what" hits the fan.
Such as..policy changes..hit or miss..first, they announce them before they are actually submitted...to see how they are received by the public..they wait in earnest...they think they are going to con people in to believing the hype, but of course, it just doesn't fly any more. besides, Auctionbytes does a major survey of millions of sellers who NOW sell elsewhere on "everyplaceisell" an aggregate of now ex-ebay sellers who like to sit back and watch the story and stock unfold.

THEN..we find out that Ebay forgot to purchase the software that went with SKYPE. The very important fact they decided to leave out when they announced they were going to sell SKYPE. They waited to tell the stockholders that they can't sell or use skype without it. Yep. We call that VERO on Ebay. They used to pull our listings off if someone claimed we abused intellectual rights in some way, (even if we did not, and someone was abusing a vero account card)

Lets see. Are we all together on this one now? Are we going to look for moves or changes BEFORE the next Q3 report that will somehow foreshadow the next report, or are we going to rely on what ebay's grids and margins are?

You guys are perfectly welcome to come and read the auctionbytes blogs. It is not comprised of a handful of ungrateful uneducated ex-ebay sellers. Many of us are older professional antique dealers who have gone elsewhere, some are just part time sellers who have professional careers elsewhere and are now unable to sell on ebay due to the obstructive nature of their policies. It's sour grapes yes! It's also ebay's past and future! We are the community who started and made ebay what it once was. We are who brought ebay down, because we LEFT. Remember that. We still like to come back and visit.

Sentiment Positive Ahead of eBay Earnings

Let us not forget that TaoBao (online auctions) has completely blown ebay off the map in China. It won't be long, news travels fast to the states. TaoBao is working on ways to adapt to English speaking countries..as we speak!!LOL!!

Sentiment Positive Ahead of eBay Earnings

Sentiment? Try searching for something you want. Something you normally would have been able to find easily on ebay.Good Luck!

I think there are some Steve Madden Shoes at the nearby thrift store, for $5. You don't have to pay for shipping, and they still have tags on them. LOL! How is that for sentiment?

Where is Jeetil Patel? His sentiment is always accurate. Unlike the paid Ebay stock flunkies.

Can Apple Remain the Unique Innovator It Was, Without Steve Jobs?

Ebay is no longer counting as much money coming in as it once did. That's because it's management changed. never underestimate what can happen to a company when placed in the wrong hands. Just watch carefully..

eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

I must say one more thing..lol.

In the past, Mr Donahoe has been quoted as saying he did not want ebay to be like a flea market. He also referred to the smaller sellers as "noise". These are comments that were taken seriously, and were not addressed by him in any way.

If, in fact, it was true, that ebay corporation was pondering the idea of getting the small sellers back, as BAIT for their beloved corporate affiliates, (obviously, that's the mentality) then they would have to get on their knees and beg, and personally apologize to everyone who they ruined, for the hateful way they rigged the old seller's businesses by enticing them into using "buy it now" strategies.

This was accomplished primarily by fee extortion and feedback manipulation, a regular practice that the corporate mind uses to control their employees. Otherwise, auctions would rule the top of all sales on that site!

Well, guess what? Sellers are not their employees. And the sellers' customers are not THEIR customers.

They cannot control the small business owners with whom they rent space to. Or ...those sellers will just leave and take all that money with them.

Is it happening? You bet! Are the numbers climbing in leaps and bounds on the other selling sites? You bet!
Do the small sellers owe allegiance to ebay after 10 or more years of paying them fees? No.

Does ebay owe the small sellers, who left..anything? Personally, I think so. I don't know about all of you others..but a public apology should be in order first and foremost before EVER returning to that site again!

eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

Ebay is now part of the Bain Cyborg community.They are now formally assimilated. Personally, I wouldn't want an part of that company. They destroy, not build.

eBay and the CEF

This is not really Rocket Science. The oldest ebayers that have been with this site for 10 years or more saw this coming. Ebay started out as an auction format. It was famous for it's auction format. Even to this day, it is still the leading auction format site.(unfortunately) What part of this FACT does the management not understand? If they would stop re-inventing the wheel and get out of the way, they could still salvage that part of the business. Although at this point, there will be "others" who will intervene and take over where ebay left off..in the auction format.(It's coming soon!)
Now that ebay has alienated all of their old loyal members, it won't be hard for another company to woo those members away. The oldest members ARE the core. Don't ever forget that.

Will eBay Spin Off PayPal and Skype?

He is such an imbecile! The sooner the board of directors dumps him, the better.

I'd still have to say that he must be getting what he deserves now. That is, he must be worried about his job! I should think he would!

Karma....the great equalizer!

eBay: First Quarter Looks Rocky

Well...there IS such a thing as KARMA!

And ebay is simply reaping what they've sown!

That's Ok, the new "MY Ebay" program that rolled out the same day as the quarterly, will finish the job of "letting go of a very successful past".

What Will Become of eBay?

Sorry Pat, I was not aware of old auction sales records from Amazon. I wasn't interested in selling there in 2005...so I would not have bothered. They had nothing "auction related" that even attracted me into selling there. I never shopped there in any auction category either.

I DID bid and win auctions on ebay,since 2000 as well as sell over the last few years. But now THAT company no longer attracts me either.Their auctions were the best thing on the net, in the old days. Now they are unsafe for sellers to risk to unscrupulous buyers, especially since ebay, INC. supports this kind of seller behavior, and does not protect the sellers from it.

But that's ok! I just joined GoAntiques, and they will have a very similar auction site to the "old ebay", except for one crucial difference: The sellers are supported there, the buyers are thrown off the site if they don't pay, and in general, the terms, conditions, policies, and agreements are all developed in fairness,equality, honor, and respect.

Ebay cannot compete on that level. They have very poor and deficient customer service for their sellers. Especially in light of the continuous increasing fees they collect from each seller who does not "rate" as a high income retailer.

I always said, if they want the small sellers, the old loyal individual auction sellers, and the part time sellers to leave. They should be transparent and just say so. Anyone would appreciate even just a LITTLE honesty from them. Now, there is nothing but deceit from their management.

2008: The Year eBay Lost Its Mojo

legends of batman is entirely correct. he has obviously done all the accurate homework to present ebay as it really is. If you want a very good financial appraisal from an investor guru who has watched and advised about investing in the ebay stock for MANY years, try reading anything written by Jeetil Patel of Deutchebank . He is completely accurate and insightful, and can beat the pants off of any other analyst when it comes to knowing ebay's strengths and weaknesses.
As for investing purposes, the cheerleaders are freaking out because some of them were stupid enough to invest in ebay when it was in the 20's and 30's.They've lost their shirts, and are trying to discredit the truth-tellers to get some new uninformed investors interested in buying more ebay stock.

Sorry guys, it's not going to work.Us old timers who have been around ebay for over 10 years know the company and it's history of market value, as well as it's online business practices, INTIMATELY.

I have investments through Schwab, and none of them have ebay included in them!LOL! I wouldn't think of touching this stock until you hear tyhe news that the present CEO team is either fired or "leaving" with their golden parachutes intact. If they get fired, so much the better.They are failures as businesspeople, and do not know what they are doing.

Amex, eBay, IBM Most Trusted for Privacy in 2008

Oh, that's what they call it? Privacy? ...
I call it getting rid of so many customers, that no one is interested in even shopping there any more. The corporate board of directors must be trying very hard to take this company apart and sell it to their own customer-seller, "Buy.com" as it looks, "Buy" has it's own seller's program that looks identical to ebay's. My thoughts are this: Ebay will be selling it's core to Buy.com, they are simply streamlining the site to better fit "Buy's" online presence.

There is no way ebay can ever survive the direction it is going forward in, NOW.It is headed for a very big crash after the holiday season. We old 10 yr sellers have been around watching this company a lot longer than you investors and financial gurus. You can listen to all the chat going on in the discussion boards under the"Soap-box" board, ebay news, current events, and Info. Although the majority of the posts are article-related, the posters are long time members watching the site collapse under Mr Donahoe's direction.

Just recently, many of the boards have had their comments and posts removed, with temporary suspensions, because they are aware that stockholders ave been directed to this thread, and many others like it.In fact, this particular thread was buried in the "soapbox" discussin board after being in the seller central board for almost a year.
Ebay is trying to stifle the truth, but it's out there!

eBay's Disruptive Innovations Come Full Circle

Auction Wally spotted another auction site that looks quite nice! Take a look!
www.examiner.com/x-312...~y2008m12d23-Do-eBay-a...

eBay's Disruptive Innovations Come Full Circle

well well, ebay has now sent o.c.d.collectibles to sit with the duck and user on the sidelines. Looks like the gulag is still alive and kicking on SC! There's nothing like a little comment suppression to get your day going!

What Will Become of eBay?

I think you might want to read this article.
You know, ebay and amazon are not the same kind of company. They should not even be compared to each other. That would be like comparing apples to oranges. The financial analysts who continue to do that are making an error. Ebay was an online AUCTIONEER. Amazon never was. Ebay sold used goods via individual sellers. Amazon did not, other than books with bar codes.
Don't confuse the two companies,or you will lose your shirts investing in either one of them.
Ebay's only chance of survival is to RETURN to being auctioneers,and to have a real auctioneer running the company the way it should be run. Like an auction company. That's how it got to be ebay! "Got it???" Hope SO!

read up..www.examiner.com/x-312...~y2008m12d23-Do-eBay-a...