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Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage
How low will Donahoe let this stock sink before he does something? Talk is cheap actions speak comes to mind. Is he that ignorant that he can't see that his new policies are not working? What will it take? A few more lousy quarters? eBay down to $5.00 a share?
A good CEO will listen to his bread and butter sellers! When they are gone they are gone! Goodbye eBay!
eBay was $41.00 dollars last year, this year eBay is $13.00 dollars. In 12 months we have sunk down to nothing! Donahoe blames it on everything except his dumb lame new policies!
I am a stock holder and as a stockholder watching my money go down the drain I feel like Donahoe is not right for this job! I say kick his butt out and quick!
Sellers and buyers want their old eBay back! We need a new CEO who will give them what they want before eBay becomes History!
eBay Buyer Incentives Are Not a Good Bargain
Now when you check out a sign will flash...WAIT! If you purchase $$$$$ more dollars you can qualify for free shipping!
You can buy merchandise for a total well over $300.00 worth and still not qualify for free shipping! Seems that quite a few sellers are no longer offering FREE shipping with their products on Amazon!
EBay is a better deal! We have become a nation of selling each other the same products! Lol. You can buy PINZON sheets on Amazon...eBay...Overst... 100 more places, lol.
eBay had unique items that none of the other sites have! One of a kind! Only 10 made!
Dear Mr. Donahoe! Bring back the OLD eBay for Christmas! And please, please, pay us poor investors a small dividend!
We all need to stop buying cheap stuff made in China! We need to make it here in the USA. Now more than ever!
eBay Q3: What it Means for Sellers
Fire Donahoe!
Fire Donahoe !
Fire Donahoe!
Ps. Start paying shareholders a dividend!
Change feedback-unfair!
Bring back all small sellers!
eBay was unique! eBay was the biggest Auction/ Fleamarket/ Garage sale in the world!
Bring back old eBay for Christmas!
eBay in the Basement - But Not for Long
Donahoe in theory still believes that eBay is on the right track! LOl. eBay at $15 bucks and he believes he is on the right track? Lol.
"It will take some time, Donahoe says! EBay has been sinking like a rock for the past 5 years and he says it will take some time? Is he for real? This is the 21st century! People don't need time to make up their minds! They have already made up their minds! eBay is OUT! eBay is OUT! eBay is OUT!
Three things will cure eBay!
Bring back auctions only! Bring back all the little sellers! ( They will not steal your buyers) Happy sellers and buyers is what made up eBay. Get rid of one way feedback.
Pay a dividend to investors! Happy investors promote eBay!
Fire Donahoe! Fire Meg from the board. They started the decline of eBay!
Bring back the old eBay for Christmas!
Watch the stock go up!
eBay Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
eBay keeps their money OFF-SHORE? Away from their investors? Does anyone hear ENRON? Did anyone know that eBay keeps their 3 Billion dollar war chest off-Shore? Is that legal? So they do not have to pay taxes here in the USA? They hoard their money OFF-SHORE? Do shareholders know this?
What eBay is in fact saying is that they will never pay dividends to shareholders because they will never bring shareholders monies to the USA. Shareholder profits are kept OFF-SHORE? ebay will forever keep buying back shares while in the meantime their stockholders can go screw themselves. lol. Wow!
eBay's Bill Me Later a Bad Idea
Bill Me Later at first glance sounds good and will probably be good for eBay in the long run.
Example...I want to buy something right now but don't get paid until Friday, or end of the month.
Great! Seller gets paid through BIN....buyer gets billed within 30 days. That is called leverage! I think for some people this will be great...providing of course they have good credit and bank accounts!
Many people are on fixed incomes...Social security checks come once a month! This service will be great for people that wish to pay later. Order now, pay later has been around for years! Magazines do it all the time!
On the other hand....Bill Me Later could be eBay's worst nighmare in a few years due to non paying deadbeats!
Live Search Cashback and eBay Bucks: Review of Services
eBay: Triple Whammy Weighs on Stock Price
However, all that said, I would still like for eBay to succeed! Who knows what will happen with this stock in two to three years?
If enough people complain maybe eBay will once again be a great place to buy and sell.
In the meantime, may a million fleas infest the armpits of Donahoe, all eBay board members, and Meg Whitman who jumped from her burning ship with Billions of dollars.
eBay: Triple Whammy Weighs on Stock Price
As a stock holder of eBay I would truly like to see this company succeed! However, every time I read something negative about this company my stomach starts to turn!
One minute eBay is doing fine and gets upgraded by some crafty analyst and the next minute eBay gets downgraded.
eBay needs to think seriously about their shareholders and do the right thing! The last three years have been dismal for eBay. Stock price down 41%. I don't know what Donahoe is doing but he sure as hell is not helping eBay or it's stock price.
Any idiot company CEO can piss away shareholders monies! It does not take a bright person to squander shareholders monies and drive a company into the ground!
ebay dropping down to $19.00 per share is unthinkable!
Donahoe needs to unload Skype! Pay his shareholders dividends, and redo all of eBay!
He needs to get his head out of his you know what! Shareholders don't want to hear a bunch of BS... they want to see profits!
eBay Caps Shipping Rates: What Is the CEO Thinking?
I ordered a 3 CD Deluxe Astrology set for a friend of mine on eBay for 8.95 plus 4.95 shipping. Total cost to me was $14.90 with Buy-Now!
When the box arrived it only had one CD inside. I contacted the seller several times and received no response! Finally I asked Pay-Pal for a refund and filed a dispute! The seller never responded to the dispute! Pay-Pal has now informed me that I may receive some of my money back...but I have to send the box back first! They want proof of me shipping this product back to a seller who does not even bother to respond! Shipping will cost me around $3.20 with insurance and proof. Cost to me would now be around$18.10.
To make matters even worse, a wholesale company I sometimes buy from sent me their specials for sale!
My 3 CD Deluxe Astrology box was available for 99 cents! lol
If I give this dead beat seller a negative he will just give me a negative in retaliation! He is a big seller...70, 896 sales....I am a buyer, lol....and I will get a negative!
Ebay needs to hang it up. Their goose is cooked! I will never buy from eBay again.
How Much of eBay's Sales are Fixed Price?
With eBay's new feature of 35 cents for a 30 day listing the seller will get a much better deal because with BIN the buyer has to pay on the spot!
However, feedback system with eBay is still a big problem! A buyer can leave a negative for any seller regardless of good service and or product!
For three years now I have been watching my stock with eBay sink into oblivion. I have lost 36% of my money invested with eBay and I truly wonder if this company ever thinks of their shareholders? Why do they not pay a dividend? Nobody trusts a company that is headed no where! Sellers and buyers alike!
eBay needs to fix themselves and quick!
eBay: The Next 4 Months
I agree with you on selling skype! Use that money to buy back ebay shares and start paying investors a hefty dividend! Time has come to think about your investors eBay! Three years and 36% loss is not good!
Get rid of new feedback system! It serves no real purpose. You will only lose more good sellers. Sellers are your bread and butter! Buyers are not loyal to any one store or site! They go where they get the best deals! Hang on to your sellers eBay! Amazon does! Sellers are what makes Amazon a great site! Sellers bring buyers!
A non paying - non responding -bidder can actually leave a seller a negative on eBay! What was eBay thinking?
I thought feedback was to rate a product and seller after the buyer received their merchandise?
As it stands now if an eBay seller files under non payer on eBay to get his money back. The so called bidder, buyer who by the way, did not pay or buy anything, will leave seller a negative feedback! He retaliates for getting an unpaid item strike!
The only way you can avoid a negative is to not file for an unpaid item refund! Ebay then keeps your money and you don't get a negative!
Maybe eBay set it up that way on purpose, they know buyers used to hold sellers hostage because of retalitory feedback! eBay now holds their sellers hostage by doing the same thing! File to get your money back and get a negative! Don't file ( and thank you) and you won't get a negative....so please keep listing...we value you as a seller! lol.
In the end eBay will lose all their good sellers, and non-paying deat beat bidders will shop elsewhere! End of story! Good bye eBay!
The Fannie / Freddie Insider Selling Sign: EBay
eBay Introduces New Listing Type
This latest move by eBay I feel is positive and they just might pull it off!
There will be millions of new sellers attracted and old sellers coming back!
People will pay 35 cents to list their item/ or multi/ same items/ for 35 cents for a 30 day duration. That means a 30 day exposure for 35 cents on eBay and the internet!
A traditional auction charges nothing up front. When item sells they receive a 20 percent commission or seller fee plus a 5 percent auction premium. Total paid out is 25 percent for each item sold.
With new eBay fees my friend can list 10 identical Duvet covers for 35 cents. A 3.5 cent listing fee for 30 days of exposure! When sold she will pay about 8 percent in commission on each item sold.
Compared to a regular auction eBay is now a steal!
I can see it now! Millions of Liquidators with same items / listing like crazy! Imagine listing 100 or 1000 Teddy bears for just 35 cents! Getting a 30 day exposure on eBay and the internet! And paying just 8 percent commission. What a deal!
Makes me wish I had a million Teddy bears to sell.lol.
Makes me wish I had a million shares of eBay right now!
Has eBay Reached the Limit of the Network Effect?
eBay seems to be going in all directions while at the same time is going no-where!
At it's present rate eBay will self destruct in a few years.
EBay stock is a real dog anymore!
It should be around $50.00-$60.00 dollars or more.
Amazon is clearly the best company! eBay never ever was!
Hype is apparently what drove eBay stock in those early years!
eBay needs to fix itself and quick!
Get that stock up and going!
As a shareholder I am totally disgusted with this company and the way it is being run!
My hard earned money is at stake here....not eBay's money...It's not their money!
The money belongs to shareholders like me! It is our money they are pissing down the drain....My dreams of a profit have long gone....My retirement nest egg is being pissed away by eBay egg heads!
Way to go eBay!
Go ahead! Piss away all of your shareholders money! Other companies have done it, why not you!