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Rather than make changes that anger the masses, why can't Ebay cut costs instead?

Here's a start: eliminate outbid notices via email if you are outbid in the last 2 minutes of an auction. That is completely worthless and is bound to save some dough. And do we really need the onslaught of emails saying your listing has started, ended, blah blah blah? Can we not see it on the screen?




Ron
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  • carew4mecarew4me Posts: 3,494 ✭✭✭✭
    Uh..you dont pay for stamps when sending emails

    Loves me some shiny!
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    "Here's a start: eliminate outbid notices via email if you are outbid in the last 2 minutes of an auction. That is completely worthless and is bound to save some dough. And do we really need the onslaught of emails saying your listing has started, ended, blah blah blah? Can we not see it on the screen? "

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    ALL of those emails are designed to generate revenue; and, they do their job.
    They cost nothing to send.

    EBAY is in a pickle. To beat analysts estimates every 90 days, they have to
    generate every extra penny they can. Soon, they will meet substantial
    resistance to the required fee hikes, and the kite will crash. BUT, it gets
    worse. EBAY has historically been able to "guide higher:" this has provided
    PPS support. NOW, future quarters either look bad or they are invisible.
    This puts even more pressure on the need to get more pennies.

    EBAY trades like a growth stock with a PE of 110. It is not really even a
    value-stock. Witch-Meg told us 3-years ago that EBAY was now a "mature
    company" and would need to look for new ways to grow. WELL, there
    is NO way to grow. All they can do is keep gouging their customers until
    the contradictions become clear and the thing crashes to earth.

    You can get rich shorting the pig during the next 48-months.
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • storm, thats a long time to short....

    i got a better way for you, buy uncovered puts.....
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    "storm, thats a long time to short...."

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    PUTs are fine, too.

    BUT, I treat some shorts as part of my CORE position.
    I often keep them in the book for a couple of years.
    (I was short CFC for over a year, PMI for 2-years.)





    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭
    Not a bad idea...I live near eBay and participate in many focus groups and user testing sessions. For each of these they give me $100-150 in some sort of gift certificate, lately AMEX gift checks which are good as cash. Now normally they test one feature and they schedule 7-10 people to test the same thing. I can only imagine what this is costing them.
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