Bob C

Cramer's Mad Money - Profits of Doom (6/9/09)

PS:
I joined eBay in 1997, and back then a members id was their email address.
I never had a problem, and didn't pick a "user name" until forced to do so.
A couple of my early feedbacks came from sellers that I furnished info to about their item, to help it sell better.
Any member could leave another member feedback, good or bad, even with no bidding or transaction taking place.

Cramer's Mad Money - Profits of Doom (6/9/09)

Patricia and Philip,
Don't know if this will help settle the issue, but here is a link from Jan. 2007 about SMI's, with a link for FAQ's.

www2.ebay.com/aw/core/...

I really liked the statement:
"I'd like to acknowledge the concerns we've heard from some members who believe these changes may encourage shill bidding (the act of using friends or alias User IDs to bid on a seller's own listing to artificially increase the bidding level.) First, let me make it very clear that shill bidding is not tolerated on eBay."

Cramer's Mad Money - Profits of Doom (6/9/09)

"Many expect a decline in eBay's stock price and cite CEO John Donahoe as the cause of Ebay's problems. Cramer disagrees, and thinks Donahoe inherited a world of problems from predecessor Meg Whitman."

This shows that Cramer does Not do his homework, and is Not to be trusted.
Donahoe has created most of eBay's current problems with fee increases and insane policies.