Bob C

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!

Is Netflix the Next Apple?

Bryan,
Before you hyped eBay over Amazon, in an Apple vs Netflix article, perhaps you should have visited:

www.comscore.com/press...

Comscore shows that unique visitors to Amazon were up 7% and eBay's were down 4% YOY.

You seem to love buying on eBay, try selling there to get a real feel for the company's future.