Re:ebay is killing itself (Score 1)

i agree completely! when i started selling on ebay years ago, it was fun and challenging, and an adrenaline rush to be the winner. then, the marketing guys got in the act [quiet... i used to be a marketing guy before i retired[, and ebay started to charge for every feature they offered. while economically, there is sense to that, the seller's feeling [MINE] was that i was being nickel and dimed to death, and i didn't like that. sure, the bottom line looks good, but that reflects some of the original stories and blogs about Whitman's comments to Wall Street, and all the crap about "making the numbers and the forecasts, etc." when any company [like the one i retired from] even SMELLS like it's kow-towing to wall street, it goes into the crapper. make a reasonable profit, charge reasonable prices, and grow by supplying a service people want at a price they're willing to pay. if ebay's sales drop, Meg can blame it on buyers and sellers, but a wiser person will suggest that she turn the telescope around and look internally to ebay and see if some of her minions' "wise ideas" weren't the best after all. where did that policy not get used, to the detriment of the company? where i retired from.... see "ding, dong, the witch is dead" at http://www.plusaf.com/bluntconsulting/gfbcarly.htm plusaf.