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2008: The Year eBay Lost Its Mojo

Adical and the rest of the Ebay Cheerleading clones:

Apparently, your bias is showing, not Dinah's. First of all, Ebay's sell thru rates and listings speak for themselves. Dinah is summarizing things that are correct.

Sadly, Ebay Suits thought Sellers were low class, trash. They underestimated us. You reap what you sow in this world. No one needs a corporate job to see that this was going to be the end result.

Which also reminds me of that moron that insulted Ina on auctionbytes. Turned out his IP address was tracked and he was EXPOSED as an Ebay Exec.

So, we get it, okay? We know who you are because only an idiot with a salary at stake would be rah rahing Ebay as senselessly as you and the other two did.

Have fun when the earnings calls come out in the next 2 quarters. I'll consider hiring you to change the kitty litter here.

PS. Can you hear us now?

eBay's Weakening Bid

Lucky Lenny is probably Jose, an Ebay plant! On auctionbytes, after insulting Ina, the owners logged his IP and discovered an Ebay employee (Jose') Same thing with "Lucky Lenny".

I would not buy ebay stock as it has not hit the bottom. No where near it. When the 4Q results come out it will be a no brainer. You'd have to be insane to buy it until way into 2009 or maybe even never!

eBay's Best Bargain - Itself

Ebaylp, networkeffect: We are hardly parrots, just shocked at the columnist who wants to put our hard earned money into a floundering company with management that looks and acts like they just graduates college. And the suggestion that Amazon lets sellers treat buyers unfairly?..sounds like either Jose or some other ebay plant is at it again.

I sell on both sites and have done so for years. The differences?

Ebay now treats me like a criminal on temporary parole in spite of the fact I am a Powerseller with an excellent rating. Amazon treats me just like everyone else on the site-FAIRLY.

Ebay has ZERO seller support. Got a question? Forget about it. You will either get a canned irrelevant response, or no answer at all. I've used PS seller support which is marginally better. Amazon's Seller Support is actual people located in the USA. I have never left a call feeling dissatisfied.

Ebay/Paypal's handling of claims: Arbitrary and capricious. Even the rules between Paypal and Ebay are inconsistent. Generally if you are a seller? Bend over. Amazon's Alliance / A to z claims? They rake you over the coals, but are fair. And all I ask for is fair. With Amazon they will generally accept delivery confirmation to deny an A to z claim for an item not received. Paypal will NOT.


Overall, Amazon's execs have NEVER said the bonehead insulting drivel Ebay's execs have: Who can forget Ebay Exec Jose getting snagged and spanked on the auctionbytes blog for making nasty personal comments about the bloggers? How about comparing other payment methods to heroin? How about Griff saying Ebay was in imminent danger of not existing in two years (HIS last week words, not mine). Worse, how about dismissing sellers as mere "noise" and calling buyers "the Walmart crowd". It goes on and on. How about showing baby pictures and pictures of your pets at a major keynote address at Ebay Live? Yeah, thats professional. Their lack of communication before hoisting their changes on the site and their arrogant, cavalier treatment has left EVERYONE with a bad taste in their mouth. THATS why people are sick of Ebay. Right now Darth Vader and the Death Star have a better reputation.

So sorry to thwart your insinuations about Amazon. I actually LIKE Ebay, but really, there is NO comparison between the 2 companies no matter how desperately ebay tries to be Amazon. I hope Ebay gets their act together, but they can't do it without their medium to smaller sellers (who probably buy more than they sell). They need to do a better job communicating with sellers, and win us back. If not, you'll be seeing vitriol wherever and whenever Ebay is mentioned. And Bad word of mouth will eventually be a business killer, no matt how big one is.

eBay's Best Bargain - Itself

Is this blogger on crack? For the love of God, ignore this advice. You want proof, WATCH the Youtube video from Ebay Live 2008. There was barely anyone there, and there was NO WAIT in th registration lines. Ebay is a ghost town for a reason: it made so many BAD changes it criminalized selling on its own site! You would have to be out of your mind to invest in this company. We can only hope Jeff Bezos buys it!