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And their customer service contact form now has nothing relevant to the questions.

Whatever ebay does impacts sellers. besides, they're moving towards a type of PPC / adwords/ comparison shopping model it seems anyways. Soon they wont need all those bodies. They'll just focus solely on relationship management
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And their customer service contact form now has nothing relevant to the questions.

Whatever ebay does impacts sellers. besides, they're moving towards a type of PPC / adwords/ comparison shopping model it seems anyways. Soon they wont need all those bodies. They'll just focus solely on relationship management
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I agree wholeheartedly with Jack Ma's views towards eBay and what they should of tackled. Ebay looks at itself as the worlds largest marketplace, they compare themselves against a company like Walmart or their size as far as a country.

The perception of their self-importance is a bit hard to take seriously. Doing business with Asia is hugely different as to how you do it stateside. I would have hoped, with the Japan failure, that eBay would of brought in key executives who could execute this strategy in China.

The impersonal relationship eBay has with it's members is what will hurt them in the end. The inability to get a response just goes to show where their priorities are. It's as though they already have their hands deep in the pockets of Americans that they can abandon them & use that secret sauce to somehow conquer Asia. That once you create the dependency, you are a success. I hope that eBay realizes, that you do not conquer China. You give them the platform & you offer products & services that allow for individuals to choose, not dictate.

I don't believe ebay will see this, to get past their megalomania. All Jack Ma has to do is open up shop in the US and Ebay will implode. Only paypal will survive. Consumers are individuals and the majority of merchants are small businesses, mom & pops. They'll relate to Jack Ma and his frankness, than Meg Whitman and her marketing speeches. While ebay is already eyeing Korea, they would do better remembering their social responsibility to the Americans they've ostricized. Ebay made China their number 1 priority and in the process they abandoned their core consumer base. Ebay better deliver on China, their leadership credibility is at stake.]]> Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:05:58 -0400
I agree wholeheartedly with Jack Ma's views towards eBay and what they should of tackled. Ebay looks at itself as the worlds largest marketplace, they compare themselves against a company like Walmart or their size as far as a country.

The perception of their self-importance is a bit hard to take seriously. Doing business with Asia is hugely different as to how you do it stateside. I would have hoped, with the Japan failure, that eBay would of brought in key executives who could execute this strategy in China.

The impersonal relationship eBay has with it's members is what will hurt them in the end. The inability to get a response just goes to show where their priorities are. It's as though they already have their hands deep in the pockets of Americans that they can abandon them & use that secret sauce to somehow conquer Asia. That once you create the dependency, you are a success. I hope that eBay realizes, that you do not conquer China. You give them the platform & you offer products & services that allow for individuals to choose, not dictate.

I don't believe ebay will see this, to get past their megalomania. All Jack Ma has to do is open up shop in the US and Ebay will implode. Only paypal will survive. Consumers are individuals and the majority of merchants are small businesses, mom & pops. They'll relate to Jack Ma and his frankness, than Meg Whitman and her marketing speeches. While ebay is already eyeing Korea, they would do better remembering their social responsibility to the Americans they've ostricized. Ebay made China their number 1 priority and in the process they abandoned their core consumer base. Ebay better deliver on China, their leadership credibility is at stake.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/18737-ebay-s-results-in-its-own-words?source=feed#comment-70852 70852 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:05:27 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/18735-ebay-q3-2006-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed#comment-70850 70850
Maybe if ebay starts to communicate site wide changes more effectively, then Ebayers would not be so upset with what they are doing with the search. There have been 2 major search changes that happened this past quarter and another one was anounced as an enhancement. It's getting pretty difficult to troubleshoot what is causing all these glitches ebay writes off as just nothing to worry about. Ebay would do far better with their execution by communicating with the community. Instead of spinning the numbers by giving some of the other countries special promotion incentives to list. The site was full of poorly priced identical products. That directly came from the every other week promos that India was given. Like the list 2000 items and the rest are free gallery. How many cheap bracelets do you think flooded the jewelry and collectibles category this quarter?

Sellers are not going to continue to lose their shirts in auction. Why would they continue that? They'll save the good stuff for elsewhere and list junk instead. Ask any ebayer what their #1 concern is. It's fraud and shill bidding only happens on the core. What does ebay do? They do nothing. A company that profits from fraud, will not do anything to upset the cash cow]]> Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:58:18 -0400
Maybe if ebay starts to communicate site wide changes more effectively, then Ebayers would not be so upset with what they are doing with the search. There have been 2 major search changes that happened this past quarter and another one was anounced as an enhancement. It's getting pretty difficult to troubleshoot what is causing all these glitches ebay writes off as just nothing to worry about. Ebay would do far better with their execution by communicating with the community. Instead of spinning the numbers by giving some of the other countries special promotion incentives to list. The site was full of poorly priced identical products. That directly came from the every other week promos that India was given. Like the list 2000 items and the rest are free gallery. How many cheap bracelets do you think flooded the jewelry and collectibles category this quarter?

Sellers are not going to continue to lose their shirts in auction. Why would they continue that? They'll save the good stuff for elsewhere and list junk instead. Ask any ebayer what their #1 concern is. It's fraud and shill bidding only happens on the core. What does ebay do? They do nothing. A company that profits from fraud, will not do anything to upset the cash cow]]>