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Some Positives, But Problems Persist at eBay

Article said: "Are online auctions a mature market?"

Heck, no! In this recession, auctions should be booming as buyers (the ones that are left) need to 'buy down'. Ebay should be doing better than ever, but they are trying to morph into something they're not.

Sellers have left by the thousands, or are just not dancing to ebay's lousy music. Ebay ignores the fact that sellers are buyers too, and if you make the seller MAD, why would he continue to be a buyer?!

FORCING Paypal down both the buyers & sellers throats, and no longer allowing paper payments have removed a huge group of transactions on both ends.

All the 2008 seller policy changes are what is the problem with eBay! And no calculator will compute that.

Some Positives, But Problems Persist at eBay

From a retired trader, an a long-time eBayer, I wouldn't touch their stock with a ten foot pole as long as CEO Donahoe & company continue to drive Sellers away from the site as they have done for the past year.
You can't make a trusted 4-wheeled Chevy into an expensive, high-flying Concorde without losing your bank roll.
Donahoe= dead company walking!

PS
Bob C is right on. Calculators won't show the problems at eBay; only a hands-on user will fully understand the growing malignancy there. The only fix is to cut out the new CEO and all his changes, and go back to what made eBay what it was.