Marty

eBay Is a Losing Bid - Barron's

Incredible potential, incredibly being wasted in my opinion. Great people working at ebay, lots of good idea burried , its customers ignored. Not sure what will turn this around but I wouldnt count them out, they need to get back to the roots of how they grew, from excitement, word of mouth and making Ebay a great place everyone wants to be.

Another huge issue is that with seller contentment way down, other factors like the worst economy since the Depression have Ebay taking the heat for all problems even though generated by less consumer spending in a bad economy.

While people do unload junk when the economy slows down there seems to be fewer reasons to unload it on ebay. Few if any bids, constantly changing direction etc. The fastest growing areas of the market (local trading and buy online pick up in person/store) were persued by Ebay as "Ebay Local" announced, then burried while Craigslist grew at 90% over the last few years.

The potential is here, I am not really sure what the problem is. You need people that understand why Ebay worked to replace the consultant types, or at least take them somewhere and hit em in the head with some water balloons! LOL

Marty