Bob C

eBay: Growth at the Right Bid

Just another analyst sipping from eBay's kool-aid cup.

Look under the hood, and kick the tires before buying this vehicle!

eBay: Out with the New, In with the Old

The original eBay model = Unique items. Hard to find items. Original artist's items. Good used items. Vintage & antique items.

The latest eBay model = Drop shipped items. Made in China, can bought at Wal-Mart items.

The future eBay model = Store return junk, or overstocks, that can be bought for pennies on the dollar, by the pallet loads.

The next model after that?
No eBay!

Amazon, eBay: December Same Store Sales

@Scot Wingo
"All-in over this period, eBay was up over 20% for ChannelAdvisor"

What the heck does this have to do with the price of eggs in China?
Oh that's right, most of the goods on eBay these days are from China, and many are sold from China!

Hope Donahoe finds a pink slip in his stocking, along with the coal!
May the ghosts of sellers past haunt him on Christmas Eve!

eBay: Where It Stands, Where It Should Be Headed

quoted from article:
"The company has a stockpile of cash in excess of $3.2 billion, but close to 90% of that cash is located overseas. Bringing the cash to the U.S. to conduct share repurchases, acquisitions, or a one-time dividend, will lead to huge negative tax consequences."

This cash was earned mostly from hard working, tax paying, honest eBay sellers.

And they park it overseas to avoid taxes?

eBay sellers are now paying listing fees, selling fees, PayPal fees, and also more taxes because of this greedy corporation.

Sellers, and every tax paying citizen in the USA should be outraged!!

How to Fix eBay

coyotebait wrote:
> Excellent article!
>
> The disgruntled negativity is overbearing, overworked and underwhelming,
> and have resulted in a stock price that is extraordinarily low for
> the value of the company and its parts.
>
> Any company that deals with the numbers of people on both sides of
> the buy/sell masses invariably subjects itself to unbridled emotional
> personal rants, masquerading as objective analysis.
>
> The article provides a refreshingly accurate look at fact and analysis.
> Thank you."

coyotebait,

Admit it, you've been hitting the loco weed again!
You praise the facts and analysis of the article, but dis all of us disgruntled eBayers that have been stating views that mirror those of the
writer.
In other words, our personal rants gave a damn good insight into what is wrong with eBay!

Yet I'm still blushing, since you think that we "have resulted in a stock price that is extraordinarily low for the value of the company and its parts"

Let the "noise" resume!!

Some Positives, But Problems Persist at eBay

Everyone wants to analyze eBay to the nth degree.
Instead try this:
Look around your house for unwanted items. Take some pictures, and try listing them on eBay.
When you see the hoops to be jumped through, high fees, lack of item views, faulty seller rating system, no customer support, etc, you will get the Big Picture.

Plus check out the discussion boards to see how p*ssed-off almost every member has become.

So put away your calculators and get your feet wet!

eBay's Earnings a Successful Bid for Market Leadership

"PayPal, classifieds and Skype were the main drivers of Revenue year-over-year to the upside, so the main auction businesses still remain mostly catatonic"

Skype will soon be gone from the mix, so how much longer will eBay be able to hide just how poorly the "auction" site is being managed?

Three Value Stocks That Appear Ridiculously Cheap

Damn Geg, You just posted this very same article under the name:
"Three Stocks with a Margin of Safety" on Monday.
Here is again on Tuesday with a different header!

Is this a daily thing until the stocks rise?
Good luck with that!!

Too bad SA doesn't have an analysis rating system so we wouldn't have to read any more of your biased garbage.

eBay Listens to Customers, Retires Old Search Engine

The blogger states:
"At least eBay’s management is for once admitting that they are listening to users."

OMG! You have got to be kidding!

If eBay would have put a big OPT OUT button for their "new search"
engine, while in "trial" stage, I would be willing to bet the ranch that not one single person would have used the "new search."

I freaked out he first time they forced it on me. Searching the forums I found that there was a tiny 'opt out' button hidden on the bottom of the search page.

Apparently 90% of the users didn't find the button, or even know they had a choice.

Will eBay Spin Off PayPal and Skype?

"We're still in the very early days in e-commerce."

But eBay has been around for about 14 years, and that's old in internet years.

Amazon had their best holiday season ever, and eBay was down 31%.
eBay is trying to turn into Amazon 2.0, and failing miserably.

Had eBay stayed with it's core strength's, it would still be a powerhouse.
But since Donahoe, and his band of MBA masterminds, decided that small mom & pop sellers were just "noise" and started ridding the site of the likes, the tables have now turned.

The "noise" has taken to the streets, signed on at other venues, and posted every chance they get, to let the world know about how eBay has treated the real people responsible for its original success.
Yes, real people, not the likes of Buy.com, etc.

The noise we will now hear is the Spin emitting from it's HQ's.

It ain't the economy stupid, it's eBay's stupid leadership!

eBay: Stock Fully Valued at Current Price

Small sellers built the eBay house.....I mean mansion, and small sellers are tearing it down, board by board. Many are smiling while doing so :)

The alternate sites are growing by leaps and bounds. Bonanzle is one of the top ones.

Hell hath no fury like a scorned former eBay seller!!

2008: The Year eBay Lost Its Mojo

Auctiva's CEO, Jeff Schlicht, interview 12/12/08:

"Q: It's pretty clear that eBay has stumbled badly this past year with all the changes that were implemented and the way they were handled. Now sellers are leaving in droves and sales numbers are sinking. What's your outlook for eBay? Is it long for this world?

—Wondering in Wellington

Schlicht: I think the jury is still out on a lot of the changes. I ask myself if eBay is looking out for its own interests first, or those of its customers. The answer I always seem to come back to is eBay is looking out for No. 1. I have a hard time seeing how a company such as eBay—which owes its success to the sellers that helped build it—can continue to be successful when it doesn't put sellers first. Certainly many things needed fixing, but others are being changed simply for the sake of growing earnings, to the disregard (and detriment) of the overall seller base. I also think eBay management lacks vision and should do a lot better job of sharing the vision that it does have. Most people within eBay are clueless as to the corporate vision and its long term goals. What does eBay want to be, where is it going? Nobody knows and that makes it hard to answer your question. Based on what I've seen, I think things will get worse before they get better."

Pretty well sums it up, and echoes Dinah, and many others comments.
The link is:

www.auctiva.com/edu/en...

Is eBay's Strategy Working?

Allan,
First I want to say: Keep up the great posts!!
You are dead on with your views of eBay, and its problems.

Secondly, let me fill you in on eBay+++ and LA101. They are eBay sockpuppets that come on these blogs to address some unknown agenda.
Another poster, Probuyer, should be along shortly to join their cause.
There is a good chance that they are all the same person.

Mr Wingo is a spin doctor, worried about his future since his interests (job) rests with eBay's success.

A few cheerleaders will not keep silent the vocal majority telling the world about the way eBay is treating it's customers, the sellers!

eBay Is William Smead's Highest Conviction Holding - Here's Why

Well, you can tell quarter reports are nigh, because the eBay "experts" start coming out of the woodwork to prop up this sorry ass stock!

"If all these businesses trade on a stand-alone basis, the stock could be 50% greater than the current price"

And if the dog hadn't stopped to poop, he would have caught the rabbit!

Should eBay Go Retail?

@Leslie78
"What I don't like about ebay is that I don't feel like I can be really honest about sellers' products, because if I trash the quality of the product or the service, then the seller gets to trash me as a buyer."

Not sure where you've been lately, but for some time now sellers can only leave positive feedback for buyers.
As if there are no bad buyers! lol