Re: Who is eBay's customer was RE: SMS floppy disk controller

2018-07-09 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Ali via cctalk 
wrote:

> Yeah, well that is the age old argument. As far as I am concerned he who
> ponies up the cash is the customer. The sellers may be "customers" for eBay
> store front ends or advertising but the main business/revenue model is the
> fee on sale of items and that is paid by the buyers when all is said and
> done.
>

You know that, and I know that, but eBay apparently chooses to ignore it.


Re: Who is eBay's customer was RE: SMS floppy disk controller

2018-07-09 Thread Ethan via cctalk
Yeah, well that is the age old argument. As far as I am concerned he who 
ponies up the cash is the customer. The sellers may be "customers" for 
eBay store front ends or advertising but the main business/revenue model 
is the fee on sale of items and that is paid by the buyers when all is 
said and done. One of the reasons eBay will never be as big or 
successful as Amazon is because they keep forgetting this basic fact 
IMHO.


eBay is an auction site behind a fraud management system.

--
: Ethan O'Toole




Who is eBay's customer was RE: SMS floppy disk controller

2018-07-09 Thread Ali via cctalk


> I don't think eBay considers the buyers to be their customers.

Yeah, well that is the age old argument. As far as I am concerned he who ponies 
up the cash is the customer. The sellers may be "customers" for eBay store 
front ends or advertising but the main business/revenue model is the fee on 
sale of items and that is paid by the buyers when all is said and done.

One of the reasons eBay will never be as big or successful as Amazon is because 
they keep forgetting this basic fact IMHO.