Philip Cohen's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/160668/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/179448-amazon-ebay-december-same-store-sales?source=feed#comment-821125 821125
The Donahoe-driven lack of bidders is unfortunate for sellers but it is at least an indication that the seller is scrupulous. At the other end of the scale you could check out the completed listings for “beckertime”, an eBay-touted “selling success story”: no shortage of bidders or bids there on this seller’s 99c-start auctions; of course, the majority of the many bidders on these auctions appear with embarrassingly monotonous regularity. Gee, I wonder why that is so? But don’t worry, eBay has promised to protect you from such unscrupulous traders—just don’t hold your breathe while you are waiting.

A most unscrupulous, bordering on criminal, organisation: eBay, that is.]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:42:59 -0500
The Donahoe-driven lack of bidders is unfortunate for sellers but it is at least an indication that the seller is scrupulous. At the other end of the scale you could check out the completed listings for “beckertime”, an eBay-touted “selling success story”: no shortage of bidders or bids there on this seller’s 99c-start auctions; of course, the majority of the many bidders on these auctions appear with embarrassingly monotonous regularity. Gee, I wonder why that is so? But don’t worry, eBay has promised to protect you from such unscrupulous traders—just don’t hold your breathe while you are waiting.

A most unscrupulous, bordering on criminal, organisation: eBay, that is.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179448-amazon-ebay-december-same-store-sales?source=feed#comment-819880 819880
Duplicitous, because everything they do is intentional and (desperately, now) for their benefit alone.

Stupid, because they are not smart enough to recognise that it is their own actions that are killing what was the golden goose.

At a ratio of about 1:1, I suspect.

Did you persevere long enough to have a look at the bidding patterns on the eBay-touted “selling success story”, BeckerTime?

Totally unscrupulous, eBay and BeckerTime, and many other “professional” sellers too …]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:23:03 -0500
Duplicitous, because everything they do is intentional and (desperately, now) for their benefit alone.

Stupid, because they are not smart enough to recognise that it is their own actions that are killing what was the golden goose.

At a ratio of about 1:1, I suspect.

Did you persevere long enough to have a look at the bidding patterns on the eBay-touted “selling success story”, BeckerTime?

Totally unscrupulous, eBay and BeckerTime, and many other “professional” sellers too …]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/179448-amazon-ebay-december-same-store-sales?source=feed#comment-819547 819547
But what about those eBay figures, are they sales or just listings? A look at practically any seller’s completed listings indicates that eBay must now be getting most of its revenue from listing fees rather than FVFs. How long can that situation possibly be maintained?

“Dead Man Walking” certainly sums it up.

Donahoe must surely be feeling like a “made man” of old who has just lost a lot of the Mob’s money and is waiting for the retribution that he knows must surely come in the form of a silenced .22 auto at the back of his head—and the sooner the better.

And another thought: If Meg is able to get herself elected as Governor of California she will have a personal interest in hog-tying the state’s attorney-general with respect to any local investigations into eBay’s range of criminal activities, and then eBay really will be able to get away with murder—while at the same time continuing its slide into the abyss..

‘Noise’ Donahoe steering the good ship ‘eBay’ on down the sewer, biting and scratching and knifing everyone on the way; all that criminal facilitation with respect to the shill bidding fraud that is, since the masking of bidding IDs, even more rampant now on eBay than it ever was (if that is possible). What an frightening proposition for us all to look forward to.

Good luck California—you’ll need it if Meg wins.

Why is ‘Noise’ Donahoe still trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:24:30 -0500
But what about those eBay figures, are they sales or just listings? A look at practically any seller’s completed listings indicates that eBay must now be getting most of its revenue from listing fees rather than FVFs. How long can that situation possibly be maintained?

“Dead Man Walking” certainly sums it up.

Donahoe must surely be feeling like a “made man” of old who has just lost a lot of the Mob’s money and is waiting for the retribution that he knows must surely come in the form of a silenced .22 auto at the back of his head—and the sooner the better.

And another thought: If Meg is able to get herself elected as Governor of California she will have a personal interest in hog-tying the state’s attorney-general with respect to any local investigations into eBay’s range of criminal activities, and then eBay really will be able to get away with murder—while at the same time continuing its slide into the abyss..

‘Noise’ Donahoe steering the good ship ‘eBay’ on down the sewer, biting and scratching and knifing everyone on the way; all that criminal facilitation with respect to the shill bidding fraud that is, since the masking of bidding IDs, even more rampant now on eBay than it ever was (if that is possible). What an frightening proposition for us all to look forward to.

Good luck California—you’ll need it if Meg wins.

Why is ‘Noise’ Donahoe still trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/176957-fun-ebay-math-what-does-1-4-million-cyber-monday-transactions-mean?source=feed#comment-813057 813057 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:19:13 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/176957-fun-ebay-math-what-does-1-4-million-cyber-monday-transactions-mean?source=feed#comment-813051 813051
Don't forget to include is that calculation all the unscrupulous dealings in feedback at $0.01 per "transaction".]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:11:38 -0500
Don't forget to include is that calculation all the unscrupulous dealings in feedback at $0.01 per "transaction".]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/177938-does-ceo-age-affect-stock-performance?source=feed#comment-803589 803589
Why is ‘Noise’ Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:41:16 -0500
Why is ‘Noise’ Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/177504-american-express-buys-into-the-alternative-online-payments-revolution?source=feed#comment-800543 800543
Why then is Donahoe still trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:00:26 -0500
Why then is Donahoe still trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/177257-might-the-consumer-banking-revolution-be-coming?source=feed#comment-798659 798659
No matter how uncoordinated the many banks may appear to be in the US, they seemed to have been able to cooperate on the matter of the credit card system; why not on a card/terminal-less system? When they do wake up and do so, it will be bye bye PayPal ...

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:28:46 -0500
No matter how uncoordinated the many banks may appear to be in the US, they seemed to have been able to cooperate on the matter of the credit card system; why not on a card/terminal-less system? When they do wake up and do so, it will be bye bye PayPal ...

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/177257-might-the-consumer-banking-revolution-be-coming?source=feed#comment-798631 798631
"Noise" Donahoe will even talk about the possibility of disposing of PayPal because he is just smart enough to know that PayPal is as “clunky” as the eBay auction system is, that PayPal is a system more suited to a banking operation and that if “the banks” and their credit card company partners ever get off their butts and introduce a like terminal/card-less payments system to supplement their credit card operations (which the major credit card companies would undoubtedly implement professionally), the banks will dispose of PayPal—outside of the ever-shrinking eBay marketplace—in about five minutes flat.]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:11:31 -0500
"Noise" Donahoe will even talk about the possibility of disposing of PayPal because he is just smart enough to know that PayPal is as “clunky” as the eBay auction system is, that PayPal is a system more suited to a banking operation and that if “the banks” and their credit card company partners ever get off their butts and introduce a like terminal/card-less payments system to supplement their credit card operations (which the major credit card companies would undoubtedly implement professionally), the banks will dispose of PayPal—outside of the ever-shrinking eBay marketplace—in about five minutes flat.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/176782-same-store-sales-for-black-friday-cyber-monday?source=feed#comment-794991 794991
When is the “Ho” going to face reality and do the honorable thing: commit seppuku?

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:08:41 -0500
When is the “Ho” going to face reality and do the honorable thing: commit seppuku?

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/176453-what-cyber-monday-looks-like-for-a-mid-tier-retailer?source=feed#comment-791121 791121 shop.ebay.com.au/i.htm...

But, don’t worry, eBay will put a stop to this unscrupulous activity: certainly? maybe? eventually? never? (tick one box). Probably never, because they really don’t care about such devious activity, that allows the unscrupulous to totally distort the feedback system; nor will eBay do anything to anybody if it might detrimentally affect their revenue, no matter how unscrupulous the activity.

The situation at eBay is obviously getting more and more desperate every day for “Noise” Donahoe and his gaggle of incompetent fellow “turkeys” (God help McAfee). When is this man going to face reality and do the honorable thing: Seppuku.]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:12:28 -0500 shop.ebay.com.au/i.htm...

But, don’t worry, eBay will put a stop to this unscrupulous activity: certainly? maybe? eventually? never? (tick one box). Probably never, because they really don’t care about such devious activity, that allows the unscrupulous to totally distort the feedback system; nor will eBay do anything to anybody if it might detrimentally affect their revenue, no matter how unscrupulous the activity.

The situation at eBay is obviously getting more and more desperate every day for “Noise” Donahoe and his gaggle of incompetent fellow “turkeys” (God help McAfee). When is this man going to face reality and do the honorable thing: Seppuku.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/176453-what-cyber-monday-looks-like-for-a-mid-tier-retailer?source=feed#comment-790810 790810
I appologise for being so cynical; unfortunately, life has taught me to be so, particularly when it comes to commercial PR.]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:52:38 -0500
I appologise for being so cynical; unfortunately, life has taught me to be so, particularly when it comes to commercial PR.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/176453-what-cyber-monday-looks-like-for-a-mid-tier-retailer?source=feed#comment-790254 790254
Scott, If you are going to compound other people's claims, you should at least get them to give you a better picture to back it up. When paper goes through a printer it does not usually come out in such a tidy stack; most of the paper in this stack appears to have barely been taken out of its wrapper and I doubt has seen the inside of a printer yet. ]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:21:23 -0500
Scott, If you are going to compound other people's claims, you should at least get them to give you a better picture to back it up. When paper goes through a printer it does not usually come out in such a tidy stack; most of the paper in this stack appears to have barely been taken out of its wrapper and I doubt has seen the inside of a printer yet. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175928-will-ebay-s-change-in-holiday-promotional-strategy-work?source=feed#comment-787181 787181
Reminds me of the classic statement by William Strunk Jr in “The Elements of Style”:

“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subject only in outline, but that every word tell.”

eBay management clearly has no appreciation of this concept.]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:26:44 -0500
Reminds me of the classic statement by William Strunk Jr in “The Elements of Style”:

“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subject only in outline, but that every word tell.”

eBay management clearly has no appreciation of this concept.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175857-internet-etfs-await-cyber-monday-results?source=feed#comment-784902 784902 EBAY), which has seen a sharp increase in usage of its PayPal service (it reported a 20% uptick in payment volumes on Black Friday) …”

How come no mention of any “upticks” on the eBay Marketplace?

Good onya’ John, you’re doing a great parenting job—someone must think, although I cannot imagine why.

How can this turkey possibly survive yet another Xmas?

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:22:36 -0500 EBAY), which has seen a sharp increase in usage of its PayPal service (it reported a 20% uptick in payment volumes on Black Friday) …”

How come no mention of any “upticks” on the eBay Marketplace?

Good onya’ John, you’re doing a great parenting job—someone must think, although I cannot imagine why.

How can this turkey possibly survive yet another Xmas?

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175629-ebay-maps-out-black-friday-online-transactions?source=feed#comment-783172 783172
Still, the map looks pretty—but it should be more accurately displayed on a "spinning" globe.

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:01:41 -0500
Still, the map looks pretty—but it should be more accurately displayed on a "spinning" globe.

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/175549-web-shoppers-expected-to-rescue-retail?source=feed#comment-780820 780820
Things are getting really desperate at eBay.

And the "eBafia Don" says “Ho, Ho, Ho, and a Merry Xmas” to all you happy and contented eBay sellers and buyers.

The fact is, this noisy “turkey”, if he survives another Xmas, is still going to be looking for his misplaced performance bonuses in the new year—assuming he does not find a small golden parachute in the petty cash tin any time soon (I’ve taken to praying for such an event—and I’m a devout atheist!).

Would anyone like to bet against another December quarter YoY reduction in just about every measure for the eBay marketplace? “Users” will, of course, be up—every unscrupulous professional seller has to periodically renew his 10-20 shill bidding IDs; it’s a shame though that they rarely “buy” anything (thank God for “Buyer did not pay”).

From my limited observations eBay must be just about approaching the stage of getting more revenue from listing fees than from FVFs. What say you to that scenario, “Turkey” Donahoe?

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:50:57 -0500
Things are getting really desperate at eBay.

And the "eBafia Don" says “Ho, Ho, Ho, and a Merry Xmas” to all you happy and contented eBay sellers and buyers.

The fact is, this noisy “turkey”, if he survives another Xmas, is still going to be looking for his misplaced performance bonuses in the new year—assuming he does not find a small golden parachute in the petty cash tin any time soon (I’ve taken to praying for such an event—and I’m a devout atheist!).

Would anyone like to bet against another December quarter YoY reduction in just about every measure for the eBay marketplace? “Users” will, of course, be up—every unscrupulous professional seller has to periodically renew his 10-20 shill bidding IDs; it’s a shame though that they rarely “buy” anything (thank God for “Buyer did not pay”).

From my limited observations eBay must be just about approaching the stage of getting more revenue from listing fees than from FVFs. What say you to that scenario, “Turkey” Donahoe?

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174929-ebay-gets-off-to-a-rough-holiday-shopping-start?source=feed#comment-778201 778201 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:09:02 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/174929-ebay-gets-off-to-a-rough-holiday-shopping-start?source=feed#comment-776464 776464
I’m not a disgruntled seller; I am predominantly a buyer on eBay (not a buyer of eBay); I used to enjoy dabbling on eBay; what I don’t enjoy is eBay’s knowingly aiding and abetting the many unscrupulous, professional, shill-bidding sellers that now infest eBay to try to cheat me.

If both you and “The Lonely Value Investor” aren’t actually on the eBay payroll, then I suggest you try reading one of my before-linked AuctionBytes comments to understand why I am so critical of eBay.

“Lonely Value” we obviously have a totally different concept of what “ongoing success” is in the “for profit” world. Only an habitual dissembler, such as the “eBafia Don”, can turn continuing reductions in staff, revenue and profits into a story of success.

Still, I suppose eBay has to get someone to stick up for them; you appear to be the only two; feeling lonely?

And, what about some more eBay success stories? That last one you touted has gone missing.]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:01:06 -0500
I’m not a disgruntled seller; I am predominantly a buyer on eBay (not a buyer of eBay); I used to enjoy dabbling on eBay; what I don’t enjoy is eBay’s knowingly aiding and abetting the many unscrupulous, professional, shill-bidding sellers that now infest eBay to try to cheat me.

If both you and “The Lonely Value Investor” aren’t actually on the eBay payroll, then I suggest you try reading one of my before-linked AuctionBytes comments to understand why I am so critical of eBay.

“Lonely Value” we obviously have a totally different concept of what “ongoing success” is in the “for profit” world. Only an habitual dissembler, such as the “eBafia Don”, can turn continuing reductions in staff, revenue and profits into a story of success.

Still, I suppose eBay has to get someone to stick up for them; you appear to be the only two; feeling lonely?

And, what about some more eBay success stories? That last one you touted has gone missing.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174929-ebay-gets-off-to-a-rough-holiday-shopping-start?source=feed#comment-776243 776243
You’re an investor? Then, from all your comments on this site, it would appear that you must have all your eggs in the eBay basket. Not a very wise strategy! Still, if you have such confidence in the direction eBay is being taken under “Turkey” Donahoe, you should, as a matter of principle, hold onto that stock—to the very end.

What about some more of those success stories? Come on; we are all waiting ...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:24:15 -0500
You’re an investor? Then, from all your comments on this site, it would appear that you must have all your eggs in the eBay basket. Not a very wise strategy! Still, if you have such confidence in the direction eBay is being taken under “Turkey” Donahoe, you should, as a matter of principle, hold onto that stock—to the very end.

What about some more of those success stories? Come on; we are all waiting ...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174929-ebay-gets-off-to-a-rough-holiday-shopping-start?source=feed#comment-776050 776050
What’s “too funny” about that? Or is it simply what I have to say about your employer that you find (not) “too funny”?

Hey, what about that seller “lindasstuff” that you were touting on behalf of your employer? You know, the one with no current or completed listings (did they catch her shill bidding?). Regardless, when is she going to list some stuff for Xmas?

Come on, give us some more eBay success stories, please do ...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:24:23 -0500
What’s “too funny” about that? Or is it simply what I have to say about your employer that you find (not) “too funny”?

Hey, what about that seller “lindasstuff” that you were touting on behalf of your employer? You know, the one with no current or completed listings (did they catch her shill bidding?). Regardless, when is she going to list some stuff for Xmas?

Come on, give us some more eBay success stories, please do ...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174929-ebay-gets-off-to-a-rough-holiday-shopping-start?source=feed#comment-775646 775646
I hope "lindasstuff" is a little more scrupulous than the last two sellers eBay had touted as success stories:
www.auctionbytes.com/f...

By the way, "lindasstuff" has no current or "completed listings"; she’s leaving her run for Xmas a bit late (or maybe search is still not working?).

Regardless, it’s always good to see that the serial dissemblers from eBay (and their stooges) are, as ever, hard at work.

Why is “Noise” Donahoe still trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:07:56 -0500
I hope "lindasstuff" is a little more scrupulous than the last two sellers eBay had touted as success stories:
www.auctionbytes.com/f...

By the way, "lindasstuff" has no current or "completed listings"; she’s leaving her run for Xmas a bit late (or maybe search is still not working?).

Regardless, it’s always good to see that the serial dissemblers from eBay (and their stooges) are, as ever, hard at work.

Why is “Noise” Donahoe still trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174807-wall-street-breakfast-must-know-news?source=feed#comment-774607 774607
Nice to know that the serial dissemblers at eBay are still hard at work ...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:21:15 -0500
Nice to know that the serial dissemblers at eBay are still hard at work ...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174639-global-outage-at-ebay-seller-confidence-shaken-as-holidays-approach?source=feed#comment-772428 772428 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:21:52 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/174606-ebay-finally-spins-off-skype?source=feed#comment-770640 770640
Clearly, the suggestion is that the December quarter is looming, relatively speaking, as another disaster for eBay and, on that basis, how can this strutting turkey possibly survive yet another Xmas?

Lonely Value, have a closer look at those financial statements and you will see that they are suggesting that the long slow slide into the abyss is continuing: ongoing reductions in staff, revenue and—in particular—profits. Regardless of how much they are making, most companies prefer to grow rather than shrink, particularly when all around them are still growing ...

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:31:54 -0500
Clearly, the suggestion is that the December quarter is looming, relatively speaking, as another disaster for eBay and, on that basis, how can this strutting turkey possibly survive yet another Xmas?

Lonely Value, have a closer look at those financial statements and you will see that they are suggesting that the long slow slide into the abyss is continuing: ongoing reductions in staff, revenue and—in particular—profits. Regardless of how much they are making, most companies prefer to grow rather than shrink, particularly when all around them are still growing ...

Why is “Noise” Donahoe trying to destroy eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174432-ebay-completes-skype-sale-at-2-75-billion-valuation?source=feed#comment-769609 769609
The eBafia Don will talk about the possibility of disposing of PayPal only because he is just smart enough to know that PayPal is as “clunky” as the eBay auction system is, that PayPal is a system more suited to a banking operation and that if “the banks” and their credit card company partners ever get off their butts and introduce a like terminal/card-less payments system (which the major credit card companies would undoubtedly implement professionally), the banks will dispose of PayPal—outside of the ever-shrinking eBay marketplace—in about five minutes flat.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:54 -0500
The eBafia Don will talk about the possibility of disposing of PayPal only because he is just smart enough to know that PayPal is as “clunky” as the eBay auction system is, that PayPal is a system more suited to a banking operation and that if “the banks” and their credit card company partners ever get off their butts and introduce a like terminal/card-less payments system (which the major credit card companies would undoubtedly implement professionally), the banks will dispose of PayPal—outside of the ever-shrinking eBay marketplace—in about five minutes flat.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/172778-amazon-leads-the-pack-in-october-same-store-sales?source=feed#comment-756843 756843
The buckwits in control of eFay may as will be headless turkeys, and one has to keep asking the question, how can the head turkey, “Noise” Donahoe, possibly survive another Xmas.

“Why is the ‘eBafia Don’ destroying eBay?” at:
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:55:21 -0500
The buckwits in control of eFay may as will be headless turkeys, and one has to keep asking the question, how can the head turkey, “Noise” Donahoe, possibly survive another Xmas.

“Why is the ‘eBafia Don’ destroying eBay?” at:
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/172049-skype-s-legal-drama-ends-it-s-time-to-start-innovating?source=feed#comment-751833 751833
Quote: "They have been kicking small sellers off the site for a year now to reduce their workforce."

Actually, I thought it was the exact opposite. They have had to reduce their workforce to lower outgoings (to protect profits) because of the reduction in revenue because "they have been kicking small sellers off the site".

But what good will Skype's independence do for the rapidly-going-down-hill eBay marketplace?]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:05:09 -0500
Quote: "They have been kicking small sellers off the site for a year now to reduce their workforce."

Actually, I thought it was the exact opposite. They have had to reduce their workforce to lower outgoings (to protect profits) because of the reduction in revenue because "they have been kicking small sellers off the site".

But what good will Skype's independence do for the rapidly-going-down-hill eBay marketplace?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/170922-the-ebay-ad-campaign-has-begun-will-it-help?source=feed#comment-748821 748821
Spend a little time looking at the "Completed listings" of some professional sellers and you will most likely see very few islets of green in the great oceans of red. ...

And of those that are selling, they are probably making good use of "buyer did not pay".]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:31 -0500
Spend a little time looking at the "Completed listings" of some professional sellers and you will most likely see very few islets of green in the great oceans of red. ...

And of those that are selling, they are probably making good use of "buyer did not pay".]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/171400-ebay-s-paypal-x-platform-could-drive-an-increase-in-transactions?source=feed#comment-746891 746891
Where is the “eBafia Don” taking eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:44 -0500
Where is the “eBafia Don” taking eBay?
www.auctionbytes.com/f...]]>