coyotebait

Amazon and eBay Off to a Good Start This Season

Dear dinah,

Re: Amazon's Kindle

From CNBC:

"...Ironically, I've spent so much time talking about the growing rivalry between Amazon and eBay [EBAY 13.37 -0.03 (-0.22%) ] over these last few months and it turns out eBay might be your best — and only — bet when it comes to finding an Amazon Kindle new, and available in time for the holidays. And you'll pay the price: There are Kindles available for anywhere from $580 where the auction is ongoing to the buy-it-now price of $650. There's one listed for $999."

...Is that anything like an auction?

AMZN P/E is 32/1. EBAY P/E is 9.5/1

The reports of the demise of online auction have been grossly exaggerated. It only takes a little imagination to understand the potential of *online auction* in a worldwide recession.

...Think about it.

And just for fun, look up:

ebayinkblog.com/2008/1...

CHOMPS

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On Dec 05 02:45 PM coyotebait wrote:

> Dear dinah,
>
> Re: Amazon's Kindle
>
> From CNBC:
>
> "...Ironically, I've spent so much time talking about the growing
> rivalry between Amazon and eBay [EBAY 13.37 -0.03 (-0.22%) ] over
> these last few months and it turns out eBay might be your best —
> and only — bet when it comes to finding an Amazon Kindle new, and
> available in time for the holidays. And you'll pay the price: There
> are Kindles available for anywhere from $580 where the auction is
> ongoing to the buy-it-now price of $650. There's one listed for $999."
>
>
> ...Is that anything like an auction?
>
> AMZN P/E is 32/1. EBAY P/E is 9.5/1
>
> The reports of the demise of online auction have been grossly exaggerated.
> It only takes a little imagination to understand the potential of
> *online auction* in a worldwide recession.
>
> ...Think about it.
>
> And just for fun, look up:
>
> ebayinkblog.com/2008/1.../
>
>
> CHOMPS
>
> ^__^
>
> ..
>

Amazon and eBay Off to a Good Start This Season

Dear dinah,

Re: Amazon's Kindle

From CNBC:

"...Ironically, I've spent so much time talking about the growing rivalry between Amazon and eBay [EBAY 13.37 -0.03 (-0.22%) ] over these last few months and it turns out eBay might be your best — and only — bet when it comes to finding an Amazon Kindle new, and available in time for the holidays. And you'll pay the price: There are Kindles available for anywhere from $580 where the auction is ongoing to the buy-it-now price of $650. There's one listed for $999."

...Is that anything like an auction?

AMZN P/E is 32/1. EBAY P/E is 9.5/1

The reports of the demise of online auction have been grossly exaggerated. It only takes a little imagination to understand the potential of *online auction* in a worldwide recession.

...Think about it.

And just for fun, look up:

ebayinkblog.com/2008/1.../

CHOMPS

^__^

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On Dec 04 04:36 PM dinah balk wrote:

> coyotebait -
>
> 1) go to medved & look at the sell thru rate - hope you're sitting
> down.
> 2) yahoo finance will show you how far the stock has dropped
> 3) eBay's debt rating was lowered to A- this week
> 4) alexa will show you the traffic drop
> 5) visit ebay discussion boards - this will give you great insight
>
>
> It's unfortunate that eBay still hasn't realized that if they leave
> the site alone, use basic simple keyword searches, it will take care
> of itself & make everyone money.
>
> But then again, if eBay did that, Donahoe's one minute old MBAs,
> his junior techs, psycho babble experts, & marketing "experts"
> that never sold anything on eBay would be out of a job.
>
>

Amazon and eBay Off to a Good Start This Season

Do you ever loan out your crystal ball? Maybe you should work for the CIA.

I'm wondering if you can back any of that up with numbers?






On Dec 04 12:59 AM Et tu, Brute! wrote:

> Dinah,
>
> With all the moolah they are willing to toss away to make traffiic
> and $$$ "look acceptible", hey, the ship will sink faster.
>
> Is this what is known as throwing good money after bad???

Amazon and eBay Off to a Good Start This Season

"...Auctions are down 8%y/y and fixed-price (includes stores) are up a whopping 139% (together they yield the 50% increase). For ChannelAdvisor's customers, fixed-price is rapidly approaching 2X of auctions."

That was then. This is now.

The recession economy suggests that auctions will grow at an increasing if not exponential rate. The auction platform offers strapped individuals a one-of-a-kind opportunity to convert stagnant assets (closets, basements, attics and personal crafts) to cash.

EBAY will see auctions become an increasingly significant factor in its growth ...coming soon to rescue EBAY's flailing attempts to compete with AMZN on fixed priced goods. Recession-proof growth? Perhaps not. Recession-resistant growth? Most certainly.

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