Comments on: Citigroup: eBay Still Has Plenty to Prove

By: philipcohen

philipcohen — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:48:36 +0000

You think that rocket fuel plant explosion in Nevada in 1988 was spectacular? In my crystal ball I can see another eBay train wreck approaching; it’s due to arrive in the evening of 21 July; this one’s going to be horrifically spectacular; but as horrific as it is going to be, you simply won’t be able to look away. Mark your diary so you don’t forget to watch, and have your video camera on the ready (catch the train driver—that’s the one who looks and acts like a lobotomized chimpanzee—waving his arms around in the air)—you may be able to sell the footage to the WSJ. (But, don’t worry, if you do happen to miss this one, there will be a repeat episode on 21 October.)

If nothing else it will be interesting to hear who Donahoe blames this time: undoubtedly it will be the fault of all those unwashed, irritating, ignorant, “noisy”, passengers travelling in third-class—not the fool driving the train, Donahoe himself, of course …

An introduction to “Fun with the eBafia Don” at:
http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=6502877

eBay/PayPal/Donahoe: Dead Men Walking

By: philipcohen

philipcohen — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:58:38 +0000

Citigroup criticising eBay/Donahoe? Don't these analysts realise that Citi does eBay's, and PayPal's banking. Publicly biting the hand that feeds you; now that's totally out of character for an US financial institution; certainly a new one for Citigroup; found some ethics, after all?

By: Christopher Walker

Christopher Walker — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:11:14 +0000

YARPOOL is and has been live for a week or so…Check it out ladies and gents!

By: STOP FREE SHIPPINGON EBAY lower you final value fees

STOP FREE SHIPPINGON EBAY lower you final value fees — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:37:46 +0000

Ebay is failing due to stupid and ill thought out policies that John Donahoe claims is diruptive innovations. This man has chased away thousands upon thousands of sellers, who were also buyers on this site. His final value fee increase has made it possible to sell items elsewhere and cheaper. How can anyone justify this pitiful and sorry management. The page views are way down, sales are way down and this man thinks he is doing a great job. Wrong, we have sales growing elsewhere and other venues are growing taking away ebay’s business. If it was not for paypal profits it would be bye bye ebay and bye bye John Donahoe. His policies have hurt a lot of small businesses, bad search, and bad bad micromanaging. He forced free shipping on the site by promising a higher search ranking, did you really get a higher search ranking?guess what you did not. Your final value fees got higher though because almost all sellers rolled that shipping cost into the price of the item and JD got final value fees on that it reaped millions. If weveryone would go back to chargingshipping right now ebay would fail, that is how much they received in thiose increased final value fees. It would wake up the ultra wealthy, politician wanna be board of ebay who are asleep at the wheel. Your items on ebay are generally buried in the search if you sell a popular item. Diamond power sellers who sell the most, importers who sell low quality cheap products that sell the most get first shot on the search, it does not matter if they are giving the buyer a good experience or not, like JD says. He is stupid and has other motives, he is ridding ebay of small business and going for the big huge retailers who are lining his packets. He took away the ability for sellers to tell others about the bad buyers, he took away the ability to accept check or money orders, but yet his ebay accepts cjeck or money orders from you to pay your ebay fees, he said checks and money orders were risky and caused fraudulent transactions. HMMMMM The real truth is JD cannot recover the money from a money order or check transaction and he would not be able to guarantee that 100% buyer money back policy unless it came out of ebay’s pocket, so he made it you must pay by paypal so he had access to yopur money. The lawsuit that will eventually come out of this will change everything, it may take years but JD will be gone and Paypal will be severely hurt, ebay will fail too many sellers have been bludgeoned by this hitler, organized crime chief. His Geatapo trust and safety will no doubt be jailed for their harqassment of sellers who complain, if you complain too much they will get you, ever wonder what trust and safety is? they JD’s army of attorneys who wuill retaliate againt you if you say anything about ebay and there water brained ceo. STOP FREE SHIPPING ON EBAY AND LOWER THE FEEAS EBAY GETS LIST A FEW ITEMS ELSEWHERE DAIILY AND EVENTUALLY WE WILL WIN PASS THIS ALONG PLEASE.

By: JAT

JAT — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:33:25 +0000

eBay is losing buyers because they are losing the small sellers. I used to be a small seller of some collectible items and was a buyer on eBay. eBay was great 10 years ago when it was strictly an auction site. They ruined it when they added all the power sellers and stores. Now you can’t find the rare items among all the buy-it-now listings.

By: elise

elise — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:32:13 +0000

So what is the great eBay solution? Not bonanzle..
everyone has been griping about the same things for some time now, higher fees, poor customer service…if they could somehow integrate a social aspect into it….
just seems as though they are trying to tack on every type of fee imaginable every step of the way.

By: gary mclelland

gary mclelland — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:21:50 +0000

i there i have been on ebay for 2 years just become a powerseller 12 weeks ago.THIS WEEK AS BEEN THE WORST WEEK I HAVE EVER ADD ON EBAY THEY TOLD ME THIS WEEK I WAS SELLING FAKE GLASESS WHEN ALL MY ITEMS WAS 100% AUTHENTIC MY FEEDBACK AT 99.9% ALL MY BUYERS ARE VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH WHAT I WAS SELLING THE THING WHAT AS UPSET ME IS THAT THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN MY ACCOUNT FOR 7 DAYS CUSTOMER SERVICE DONT TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU E MAIL CUSTOMER SUPPORT THEY BACK TO YOU AND SENT A STANDED E MAIL. I LEFT MY JOB TO BECOME A POWER SELLER AND MAKE MONEY
ALL EBAY AS DONE SHAFT ME GUTTED AND HURT AND SHOCKED AT THE WAY THEY TREAT THE SELLERS.

By: John

John — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:34:08 +0000

This mans idea are just wrong. He has ruined ebay with his micromanaging and lack of common sense. Sellers are fed up, there items are buried in the search listing, they are micromanaged in every way and punished if they object to anything and the fees are outrageous. He has opened the door for buyers who are thieves and fraudsters and nothing at all is done to these buyers when they are reported. He uses honest sellers accounts at Paypal to fund his 100 percent buyer satisfaction on ebay, even when the buyer is wrong and stealing. The seller has no say, he does not own my businesses, I do. The customer service at ebay is just plain awful and at times these customer service people have retaliated against complaining sellers. Mr Donahoe seems to be thinking that he is allowed to punish whomever disagrees with him, ebay is the only place I have problems with buyers and it is because of Mr Donahoe’s policies that allow thieves to exort free merchandise and money. I have an excellent rep on ebay, and it happens to me. Would a newspaper do this to you if you placed an ad there? no they do not. Does anyone do this to you if you place an ad on the internet other than ebay? no they do not. Sales are down and the ONLY reason ebay is afloat is Paypal’s growth in other markets. In the end lawsuits are going to bury ebay. I pick up sales daily from other venues and it is increasing, if I were a shareholder in ebay stock I would demand his resignation. He tricked and forced sellers to offer free shipping with the bait of a better search standing, we are not getting that. He increased final value fees to outrageous levels, his dsr system is flawed so bad that it punishes sellers who are good and honest, his customer service department has gone from really bad to really worse, his own employees are fed up, he has totally ruined any trust between sellers and buyers and is enabling thieves using sellers paypal accounts. He is totally and completely out of touch with reality and what is going on, and the comments he makes about his research tells him to do this is just plain not the truth. He is just awful and really needs to leave. Ebay needs to restore the trust on ebay stay out of honest sellers way, we are not employees of ebay, and I would like respect right now I am disrespected by John Donahoe and that is not right. I am a ebay customer paying fees and I should be treated with respect but I am not. I am working to get away from ebay as a lot of others, hopefully ebay’s board will see the light and return to common sense, not coloring books and crayongs. John Donahoes disruptive innovations are just pipe dreams, we need constructive innovations. Finally ask yourself a question. Why would a board of directors put with this level of nonsense? That really needs to be answered

By: NYM Arts

NYM Arts — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:20:45 +0000

Pardon any spelling mistakes….Cat On Lap :o)

By: NYM Arts

NYM Arts — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:18:29 +0000

I’ve just recieved word from BONANZLE that they are indeed TUNING UP THIER PLATFORM FOR AUCTONS ! ! ! ! !
No start date yet, but I’m ALL READY TO GO.
New Members : 71,548.
Checks and Money Orders WELCOME.
See You There :o)

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:57:00 +0000

@ Mike – whoa! All I said was Bonanzle would benefit from some auctions – you’d best go read my post again. I said nothing is selling on Bonanzle – the buyers are not there – I never said the buyers were on Ebay or that Ebay was easy to use. Ebay is hellious for sellers these days – anything but a pleasure! I rarely use Ebay anymore – I’ll throw an item or two on there once in awhile but I don’t expect them to really sell – traffic is THAT bad on Ebay! I have my own website that’s doing quite well plus other venues such as Etsy and occasionally Overstock. Ebay is in a sorry sorry state. Most sellers are leaving or at least diversifying to other sites and cutting way down on their Ebay listings.

By: NYM Arts

NYM Arts — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:27:56 +0000

Mike,
Listing on BONANZLE is WAY easier than *bay ( I’ve *bayed since ’98, their layout SUCKS in comparison).
Give it a try.
If Simple, Easy and UNcomplicated is Boring, well, you’ve just redefined boring :o)
BONANZLE : 70,392 members now….gaining Over 1000 new members, or more, every 6 days.
Hey, I just Saw the neatest set of 3 Old wood handle metal saws in great condition….BONANZLE Home page.
Check it out, Everything BUT the ordinary.
Hit the Refresh to see different Home Page Presentations.
I’m supporting my Fellow Americans, so should You.
Checks and Money Orders Rule the Day.
See You There !

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:50:27 +0000

I must agree with Patricia in regards to the auction atmosphere. eBay is so popular “not ONLY because all the buyers are there”, but the layout is appealing as well. I have visited most of eBays competition and i can’t see past the layout. To me it all just seems boring. I’m not trying to be rude to these other sites, but from a buyer and sellers perspective i don’t see any reason to ditch ebay because of fees, poor customer service, etc..when i can still FIND anything and also SELL more on ebay?

By: NYM Arts

NYM Arts — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:51:55 +0000

“if you build it, they will come”.
Precisely.
*bay got its start the Very Same Way.
As on *bay, sellers are also buyers.
Buying from other Bonanzlers is Supporting Our Fellow Americans.
Purchase by Purchase, Sale by Sale, we Grow.
Economic Hard Times translate into a Closed Circuit, that is to say, fewer people come into Bonanzle as Just Buyers because of fewer Descretionary Funds available.
I’m ALWAYS posting in my chatroom for people to list what it is I need….Antique Lamp Bases like the ones in my photos.
In doing so, I present an IMMEDIATE opportunity to make a sale.
There are sectors of our Economy doing quite well.
The idea is to tap into it by presenting items that are of Interest to these sectors.
A little research, and one can focus in and make headway.
A good example : I’ve researched who has the most Bonanzle Only feedbacks : it is the folks selling nice little things like scented candles, stylish homemade baby clothing, health care products, etc.
As More People join the Circuit, Various Kinds of Attractive merchandise will evolve.
It All takes time, which we have Plenty of :o)
See You There.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:01:08 +0000

A word about bonanzle. Yes its a fun site but there are no real buyers around. I’ve been there 5 or 6 months now with only 11 sales – I have 65 items up. Most of those 11 sales were other sellers or a buyer who came over from Ebay to see my shop on Bonanzle. Bonanzle would do better to charge a small listing fee – institute some auctions (because that is where the action is at – don’t let Ebay tell you differently) and use those fees for ADVERTISING! Otherwise sellers will become disillusioned and eventually leave. I’ve seen it happen before. Right now its mostly a bunch of sellers sitting around and waiting for buyers. Kind of like “if you build it, they will come”.

By: NYM Arts

NYM Arts — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:27:45 +0000

There’s NO SPAMMING about Bonanzle.
I’m THROWING PEOPLE A LIFE LINE YOU MORON !
Sellers Must Know where to go.
BONANZLE IS IT.
If you Don’t Like it, STEP OFF !