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
Ron
Ron Burgundy
Buying Vintage, all sports.
Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
Buying Vintage, all sports.
Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
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Loves me some shiny!
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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.
i got a better way for you, buy uncovered puts.....
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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.)