You know, there's an old saying,"... if it aint broke don't fix it."
Then again, Ebay could definitely use some fixing. The problem is,
they're breaking what's
not broke which tells me that the 'fix' is 'in.'
And soon, they'll be more broke than before.
Patrick
On Apr 9, 2008, at 4:53 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
An eBay exec was reported as having said recently
".......by this time next year eBay.com will be unrecognisable in
comparison to today".
I'm sure there is more to come.
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And with PayPal's 'stellar' reputation, I can certainly foresee
many an International class action lawsuit.
These guys are morons. They could simply charge Sellers or Buyers
who request to list or use another form of payment an
added fee to do so in any auction. Seducing people toward Paypal
with their pocketbook is far more sensible. In this way they
could possibly expand their field of buyers and keep these
customers' options available rather than contracting and becoming
more and more user UN-friendly.
It's so utterly transparent that Ebay, as we knew it, already has
one foot in the grave. But don't worry, I'm sure the Chairman of Ebay
will get zillions of dollars as a bonus for implementing boneheaded
business practices.
Amazing, but, in this era, it seems that failing forward is the
hallmark of Corporate heads,
Patrick
On Apr 9, 2008, at 3:40 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote:
Apparently, eBay is about to introduce a new policy and it has
already upset many buyers and sellers on the eBay discussion
boards. The report on ninemsn says...
"Under the changes, direct deposits, money orders and personal
cheques will no longer be listed as a payment option after June 17."
It looks like this is all part of a grand master plan to force
sellers to only accept payment with paypal. This has only been
announced on eBay Australia so far.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=67909
Regards
John
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