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What Will Become of eBay?

@Tippie

When I buy from Amazon, I buy "from amazon" - not the myraid amazon marketplace sellers.... It's not worth it for the small amount you might save on the item (vs buying from amazon itself) to have to deal with an unknown quantity....

What Will Become of eBay?

As a buyer, I'm sticking with amazon -- I tried to buy a few things on ebay for xmas presents. 2 out of 3 turned into disasters -- one was an item for which the sale was "canceled" by ebay because the seller had been suspended -- of course they canceled the sale a week after I paid, and then it took me another 2 weeks to get my money back. I ordered the same items from amazon for about the same price, no problems.

As a seller - ebay is a mess for me -- the only thing that keeps me there is a lack of an clear alternative for auctions in my category.

I dumped my ebay stock at $25 (at a loss) and I'm sure glad I did...

If anything, I'd be short not long right now...

EBay's New Fixed-Price Move: Amazon Envy?

I really like how ebay's examples ALL assume that you relisted the item three times before it sold.... If you assume that it sells on the first go 'round, then the fees are UP substantially - not down.....

PayPal Offers Cash Back to Shift Users From Credit Cards

It's extremely annoying to me as a buyer that I have to go through hoops to use a credit card on paypal .

And on the flip side, it's equally annoying that as a seller, I get charged the same rate regardless of whether the buyer uses a credit card or not...

The idea that they're giving the buyer some of that money is disgusting -- just another way that ebay has changed it's focus away from it's own customers (the sellers) in an attempt to make more money.