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From: Sean Linkenback
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
Hi Bob,
I have one question about your hunt for these posters.
You spend four paragraphs talking about how
As always, I'll try and give a (somewhat) dissenting opinion...
eBay didn't just die when they stopped caring about the small auctions and
started courting wholesalers instead... That was only part of it, and the fact
that it just so happened to coincide with the following made it seem like
Hey, Bob --
If you must dissent, dissent.
But please do not try to dissent. That is tedious!
K.
On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:15 AM, Robert D. Brooks wrote:
As always, I'll try and give a (somewhat) dissenting opinion...
eBay didn't just die when they stopped caring about the small
auctions and
Very convincing, Bob. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Zeev
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From: Robert D. Brooks
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
As always
This ties in closely with something I have found the past five years or so.
Before that time, I would get a call every month (or more often) from
someone who found a bunch of lobby cards or posters. Sometimes it was from a
former theater owner, sometimes in walls or floors, sometimes in the
think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
As always, I'll try and give a (somewhat) dissenting opinion...
eBay didn't just die when they stopped caring about the small auctions and
started courting wholesalers instead... That was only part of it, and the
fact that it just so happened
I think almost all of us can agree that eBay has clearly jumped the
shark*. But exactly *WHEN* do you think this happened? When did eBay make
the move that changed it from a company with a bright future, and started it
on its current downhill path? Of course, there is no one right answer, but
I
in 2002-03 when they went all out with their TV
blitz advertising for the holiday season
at that time, the term ebay was being
introduced as an internet lexicon because of the
phenomenon of it's huge growth.
But just like the dot-com bust, what the
marketing later had trouble with was not
Whenever they lost the balance between greed or desire for profit and
practices which actually served their customers' needs.
Lately it appears they're in desperation mode, trying to justify
their dopey changes by further falling down the proverbial slippery
slope with 'new and improved'
on eBay http://stores.ebay.com/Kymars-Stuff
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From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu]on Behalf Of Bruce
Hershenson
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:54 AM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
I
I'm with Colin.
all some of you ever do is bitch and moan about ebay..or feel the need
to bash it.. I've complained in the past too..but some of you do it
incessantly.
move on already.
luv ya rich, bruce, channing.but sheesh!!! stop the whining.
that
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From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu] On Behalf Of CK
MacLeod
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:26 PM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: Re: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped
the shark?
Count me out. I've had problems with eBay over the years, sometimes big
] On Behalf Of David
Lieberman
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:43 PM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: Re: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped
the shark?
I'm with Colin.
all some of you ever do is bitch and moan about ebay..or feel the
need to bash
is history. FRANC
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From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce
Hershenson
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:54 PM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
I think almost all
who's whining.. I'm just answering Bruce's question
stop whining about people whining
At 11:43 AM 1/14/2009, David Lieberman wrote:
I'm with Colin.
all some of you ever do is bitch and moan about ebay..or feel
the need to bash it.. I've complained in the past too..but
some
I fully agree. Why don't you all stop complaining about a venue that
increased our hobby tremendously. It is still my number one place to find
posters
I want.
Ebay became a public company and during the growth years, the greed went to
their heads, no different from anyone else. that is
Easy oneOct 14, 2002
When they purchased paypal.
From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce
Hershenson
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:54 PM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: [MOPO] When do YOU think
] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
I'm with Colin.
all some of you ever do is bitch and moan about ebay..or feel the need
to bash it.. I've complained in the past too..but some of you do it
incessantly.
move on already.
luv ya rich, bruce
Wait, you guys convinced me, Ebay's THE BEST! I won't ever say
anything bad about the E(mperor)bay because of all the good things
Ebay has done for me. Give me a break and REREAD THE QUESTION.
Look, Ebay does many things well but Bruce's point is not a bad one.
There is risk of
Possibly when they added Buy-It-Now...
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Subject: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped
the shark?
I think almost all of us can agree that eBay has clearly jumped
the shark*. But exactly WHEN do you think this happened? When did
eBay make the move that changed it from a company with a bright
future, and started
When they let Bruce Hershenson leave to start his own web site. All down
hill from there. The move was letting him move.
CJL
In a message dated 1/14/2009 1:56:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
brucehershen...@gmail.com writes:
I think almost all of us can agree that eBay has clearly
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*From:* MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu]*on Behalf Of *Bruce
Hershenson
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:54 AM
*To:* mop...@sol03.american.edu
*Subject:* [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
I think almost all
While I appreciate the compliment, that was a sign of the aftermath of the
shark jumping, not the shark jump itself. I think the purchase of Skype was
a worthwhile moment, as was the adding of Store-in-Search, which was a
huge success that eBay then ended when they saw it would greatly cut listing
Hello, Claude,
I submit this. You don't understand our feelings because you are a
buyer and not a seller. There is a fundamental inequity between
the way that ebay treats its buyers and sellers. It's not about their
profits, it's not about their greed. It wasn't broke and they fixed it
still kind of glad you met them? No? Oh
yeah?
Never mind.
Andrea
Begin forwarded message:
From: eccen...@mac.com
Date: January 14, 2009 3:50:42 PM EST
To: ckmac...@ckmac.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay
jumped the shark?
It was from buying The Siege
: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] When do YOU think was the moment when eBay jumped the
shark?
While I appreciate the compliment, that was a sign of the aftermath of the
shark jumping, not the shark jump itself. I think the purchase of Skype was a
worthwhile moment
Kirby
that is true except for one thing. This hobby had around 4-5000 collectors
before ebay. I judge this by the subscribers to MCW at the time. Before
Bruce left ebay he had over 2 feedbacks and ebay only allowed one per
buyer
to count. They changed this later but that means
Claude,
I have no quarrel with any of that. But I stand by my statement.
They take us sellers for granted. I understand why sellers are
frustrated with them.
K.
On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:51 PM, twoni...@aol.com wrote:
Kirby
that is true except for one thing. This hobby had around
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