Former Ebay Seller

eBay: Q3 Looks Good but Q4 Guidance Disappoints

If one were to look at ebay's numbers more closely they would see how inaccurate they are.
They would run end of quarter "sales" to boost their numbers and then would credit back part of the listing fees the next quarter. This was just one of their tools to boost their numbers.
Who knows what they are doing internally. Didn't I see another article stating their numbers were not GAAP? GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
This should sent up red flags to anyone looking at ebay's figures.