Et tu, Brute!

eBay's Skype Fiasco: What Were They Thinking?

Yep. The idea that Meg Whitman might have had her fingers in the governmental pie is pretty frightening.

By the same token, I DO hope this tanks her California gubernatorial aspirations.

eBay Is Finally Stabilizing

"It’s been a while since I’ve written about eBay..."

Maybe because you got tired of the TRUTH egg hitting you in the face and being rightfully pummeled by the livid masses!

Ever tried wiping off dried egg? And in SO MANY layers?

MUCH better to hide out for awhile. Like you did!

Ahead of Earnings, Amazon Is a Popular Short

LMAO! Zappos, right out from under eBay's nose!

Self wiping egg off the ebay face is becoming an art form!

Earnings Preview: eBay

During a particularly BUSY past week, ran into five acquaintances, all of whom used to be active eBay users.

The randomness of this kind of blows me away, because NONE of these people know each other or are connected, and are from vastly differing lifestyles and perspectives.

But they ALL used to use ebay, and buy AND sell there, and don't anymore because of the changes. None were serious sellers, but all had been serious buyers.

NONE of them use eBay anymore. None.

Sentiment Positive Ahead of eBay Earnings

Don't kid yourself. Paypal is the ONLY thing carrying this clunky ship. MANY sellers have moved on to other venues, that often as not ARE offering PP as part of the payment facility, and this contributes to continued PP success. By the same token these same many sellers are working hard to encourage buyers in the use of other paying options.

Once the banks catch on to how this check out cash cow works -- and with the economy in such flux it SHOULDN'T be long now -- this clunker becomes lead dead in the water and WATCH how fast it sinks!

Paypal Looks to Crush Amazon’s Fledgling Payment Service

I do believe that in the near future there will be payment developments that will seriously undercut the Paypal behemoth and it will implode!

Great analogy of Blockbuster and Netflix!

Remember the Titanic? The began slowly and gathered unstoppable momentum! I genuinely believe this to be this to be the direction of Paypal.

Not only will there be business classes on how to destroy a billion dollar business, pointing directly to John Donahoe.

The utter idiocy of a board of directors who sat there and paid him do it!

Why Isn't Paypal More Successful?

Soberup.

Contrary to your testimonial, I DO know up close and personal some who have had serious problems with Paypal. It isn't a little haha joke. It's real. To the point where the cops in a small town were beside themselves because Paypal wouldn't take action against some criminals, who later got away. The other party, the seller, ended up losing several thousand dollars as a result of this inaction.

Do you wonder why cops don't use ebay and paypal? Think about it.

Why Isn't Paypal More Successful?

There is also the probability that potential users actually are reading through the User Agreement and giving it a firm pass. Any venue that basically states that they may do anything they please for any reason they concoct with your funds and information is pretty scary.

Responsible people say "no".

U.K. Court Rules in Favor Of eBay in L’Oreal Fight

Ebay simply does not care one way or the other whether a product is legitimate unless back into a corner. Then, like the animal it is, it comes out baring it's teeth.

Amazon, on the other hand, is the complete opposite and a site that cares whether the merchandise you sell IS legitimate.

Starbucks' 'Feel Good' Image Is Yesterday's Brew

I still think there are a lot of Starbucks fans out there. I am one of them.

The few Dunkin Donuts where I'm from are in less salubrious parts of town and not where I'll go out of my way to get to. As for Walmart, yeah, it's cheap and I do still shop there, but NEVER on weekends and more and more I steer towards Target for a better overall shopping experience. The drawback for me with Target is I don't particularly care for the apparel and never have.

And finally, I am NOT, NO WAY, taking my coffee experience to -- gag choke spew -- McDonald's! With a hundred screaming kids running around the play area. And yes, I raised three on the Mickey D highway! Give me a break!

Three Concerns over eBay's Q1

jay dee, bravo, well stated!

And to think, Meg Whitman wants to be governor of California?!

I don't think so!

StumbleUpon's eBay Spinoff Valuation: $29 Million

To gdog:

Most of which, is off shore. Along with ALL your personal, unprotected information!

eBay's Earnings a Successful Bid for Market Leadership

On Apr 23 01:29 PM eBay +++ wrote:

>. How could you be a
> Seller and not love Paypal unless you are a fraudulent Seller?

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This has to be one of THE MOST asinine statements ever made!

eBay's Earnings a Successful Bid for Market Leadership

Another clueless, disconnected reporter. I guess unless a stock reporter actually monitors daily a specific stock company and follows what is going on there, they just jump in at the deep end and pray they can swim long enough!

But, hey, even Wall Street got it months ago!

John Donahoe and crew have been ruthlessly trying to grind into smithareens the auction business side of ebay. So calling it an auctioneer site, is 1) laughable; and 2) what JD has been saying he wants to be rid from ebay. Until the last, what is it guys, 7 days?

Chris Krasowski, didn't you KNOW this?

eBay Offers Something Amazon Cannot

I am constantly amazed and flabbergasted at continued ignorance of stock reporting regarding the internal disease that is now ebay.

By the same token, why would I want to "go back" -- should ebay return to its roots out of near-fatal desperation -- to a company so despicable?

I MUCH prefer growing other sites! Thank you very much!