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eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

eBay's first obligation is to their stockholders! People and or companies that bought their stock! Ebay is using stockholder monies and not paying anything back! They bicker with their sellers back and forth while their stock holders sit on the side-lines! Obama said it best yesterday. Get back to basics! Honor your stockholders! they invested into your company...without them you would have nothing. No company period! Start paying a dividend to your stockholders! eBay has cash stashed overseas! Time to clean up American companies and their crooked ways! John Donahoe needs to apologize to his stockholders who have lost their asses with his company in the last five years, and then stick a blade through his gut in a Japanese honorable fashion like our congress suggested AIG's big wheels do. He has brought disgrace to his stockholders and eBay. Go John!

eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

Follow up!
A bad CEO can make bad decisions for his company as wittnessed by AIG, Bank America, etc. AIG CEO is being drilled on capitol hill right now although the previous CEO made all the bad decisions that caused the companies demise. He testified that they were all being threatened by hanging with a piano wire. Congress suggested they take the Japanese route! Apologize to your stockholders, and then stick a knife through your gut! Donahoe is one of those CEO's who is not capable to run ebay effectively! I suggest he take the Japanese route, suggested by congress! A companies abligation is to their shareholders! And he has failed miserably!

eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

Wrong! Donahoe stated that skype was not for sale! They are keeping it as a stand alone company.


On Mar 18 09:03 PM The Mad Hedge Fund Trader wrote:

> I like the story. Rumors are flying that Ebay (seekingalpha.com/symbo...)
> is looking to dump Skype, which it vastly overpaid for at $2.6 billion
> three years ago. The online marketplace has been unable to profitably
> integrate the Internet telephone provider into its core business.
> Potential buyers are thought to be Google (seekingalpha.com/symbo...),
> AT&T (seekingalpha.com/symbol/t), and Verizon (seekingalpha.com/symbo...).
> Be prepared for a big write down at EBAY.

eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

Ten years ago eBay auctions had very little competition. They were King of auctions! This is 2009 and things look quite different today. Amazon.com who is ( retail) and Overstock.com (overstock) are already deeply entrenched on the internet with millions of followers. Now here comes eBay in 2009 with a bright new idea and states that they are no longer an auction site per-say, and that they are not a retail site period, but they are in fact an overstock site of new and used goods! Meaning ( junk) Companies that now sell on eBay will buy pallets full of Junk that didn't sell in stores in the first place and sell that junk to eBay customers? Lol. Excuse me for laughing, but I think those tactics have all been tried before. Most buyers of truckloads of overstock merchandise go bankrupt! eBay is run by a ship of fools! Stockholders need to fire Donahoe and the whole rotten bunch before they bankrupt eBay stockholders and eBay! PS...I just bought some Mascara on eBay! It was so dried out it must be 10 years old! Wasted my money! No doubt it was sold by one of eBay's overstock-liquidation companies selling on eBay! lol. I should send it to Donahoe, lol. Let his wife use it, lol.

What Are Analysts Saying About eBay's Analyst Day?

Ebay needs to change their name and define what in the hell they really stand for these days! eBay is now going into the liquidation business. They are plugging Skype and Paypal as their real money makers! eBay themselves don't even know what in the hell they are doing besides buying up a bunch of companies that have nothing to do with Auctions. eBay has ruined eBay. Their stock should be worth $100.00 a share instead of $10.00 bucks and sinking. Amazon is king because they have a positive direction. eBay does not! eBay now states that they do not sell retail. We are not a retailer they stated! We sell liquidated items cheap! Lol. That crap should make them lots of money down the road! Clothes that are 20 years old, out of style, being liquidated for the 15th time, yeah right! Stupid fools!

eBay to Hold Analyst/Investor Day: Ten Questions to Ask Them

As a totally frustrated and disgusted shareholder of eBay I truly hope that at this meeting on March 11 eBay will have seen their error ways. Competing with Amazon is futile. Amazon is the clear winner in retail business online. eBay cannot hope to compete in retail with a name like "eBay Auctions! eBay sellers were Ma and Pa operators that could not sell in high volume on Amazon and therefore sold on ebay. Millions and millions of these small sellers sit by the wayside! Amazon stock is $65.00 respectfully, versus eBay stock of $10.00 that is currently sinking fast. If I were Donahoe I would read the writing on the wall!

Shares of eBay Hit Seven Year Low

Ebay needs to tend to their stock holders first! They need to start paying a dividend to keep their stock holders on board. Not doing so will crash eBay regardless of seller and or buyer policies and disputes! When stock holders are fed up and finally dump ebay, it's all over. Donahoe in my opinion is a total DUNCE! He is taking down a great company and needs to be put in JAIL for stupidity!

Suggestions for eBay 2.0

Great Article! However, eBay has not listened to anyone within the past 5 years, nor will they listen to anyone now. eBay stock holders like me are forced to watch this stock tank into oblivion and there is nothing we can do. There can only be one winner! And clearly the winner is Amazon! eBay blew it! eBay Auction is no more! eBay will be lucky if their stock is worth $5.00 by years end!

What Will Become of eBay?

I just want to say that Amazon and their sellers are not as reliable as people believe them to be! Certainly not more so than eBay.
Amazon and eBay do not own any merchandise. They are venue sellers! Amazon will warehouse seller merchandise for a fee. However, Less and less Amazon sellers are sending their merchandise to their warehouses. They are following in the steps of eBay sellers.
I ordered two Areogrow units on December 12 ---December 20 they sent me one unit, yet billed me for both. I called Amazon. A woman in India resdponded! I could not understand one word she said other than; call Seller...Call Seller...Amazon can do nothing...you must call seller!
I have tried to call the seller... I have emailed the seller...no answer.
I will now call my credit card company and get the other $124.00 charge removed.
All eBay haters please stop hailing Amazon as a better place to buy! Amazon has the same sellers as eBay. Amazon has the same problems eBay has....Sellers are jumping ship! They are not making any money.

Amazon Shares Could Appreciate by 20%

One person wrote Amazon does everything possible for customer convenience....Lol...N... there's a big Laugh!
I placed two orders with Amazon on December 5th for Christmas....One was for Wisconsin Summer Sausage, and the other order was for 2 Aero grow units....Update December 19.....Only one Aero grow unit was sent and only one Summer Sausage was sent. Amazon is losing their Sellers! They do not have the merchandise advertised! I tried contacting Amazon...no luck....They said contact the seller....no reply from Seller...Augh! And they call this a good company? I will never order anything from there again! Amazon will not survive! Do not order anything from Amazon....It will not be delivered!

Opportunity to Make a Profit on eBay

eBay needs to put their money where their mouth is! Pay stockholders a dividend! A dividend to stock holders for waiting to see where this company is headed! Better to pay a dividend and watch the stock go up. Going the other way will be a big price to pay. Why buy back stock at $13.00 that soon will be worthless and in the single digits? Is that not losing money? How much money has eBay already lost on stock buy backs? Paying a dividend makes more sense to me. Mutual funds love stocks that pay a dividend! Enough said!

eBay's Donahoe Has Crow for Thanksgiving

I for one am happy that eBay is actively buying back their stock to keep it from sinking to single digits. However, as a shareholder I would rather they reward me with a decent dividend while I wait for the stock to go up.

I too agree with most on the board that Donahoe has to go! eBay under his leadership has taken a wrong turn. eBay stock has tumbled to a new low. eBay stock without paying a dividend to shareholders may never recover! It might even go lower.

Was eBay's BillMeLater Acquisition A Huge Blunder?

Credit card companies only have themselves to blame for their demise!
On the other hand I would never pay a bank 19 percent for anything! I would rather do without!
Bill Me Later is for people buying on the come so to speak. Buying on next months pay-check. Very risky. Default will likely exceed 50 percent. eBay is not the smartest kid on the block as we all know,lol. I think an idiot runs that company. However, if 50 percent do pay a 19 percent fee, that fee might help cover some of the 50 percent who will not pay.
Time will tell. America is changing. Principles no longer apply. It's grab what you can and run!

Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage

My Question is this...
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

Amazon.com is just as bad! I used to shop there because of free shipping offered for purchases over $25.00.
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!