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Three Concerns over eBay's Q1

The only cure I see for Ebay is to offer free listings. That way it will attract back some of the rare and unusual items as well as many other goods now lacking. They offer platinum sellers free listings....they now need to do it for everyone. They will still make their money on final values fees as well as pay pal fees. If management does not see this as a viable option, it will be too late. Most sellers will continue to sell elsewhere and experiment with their own web sites.

EBay Appears to Be Refocusing on Core Businesses

Sure it was a waste of time on acquisitions. Thats because they were looking elswhere to expand rather than concentrate on their core business. Speaking of core business, how is that a fortune 500 company has senior managment that believes that buyers are their customers not sellers. With all of the MBA help, you would think that Ebay would realize that its customer are sellers. That mistake will be very costly........now and in the near future.

Shares of eBay Hit Seven Year Low

Top Execs failed to listen to their customer.......sellers... What they did not realize is that most of the sellers are also Ebays biggest buyers. Blindly they forced sellers to look for other venues to do business with. Sorta like telling you customer if the kitchen is too hot then get out. They forced alot of sellers to also start thinking about alternatives: Amazon, Bonazale, Ioffer and many more including building your own off site web site. Not a bad thing. But this kind of strategy should not go unpunished..........lo... at the stock prices now!