Comments on: Is eBay really listening to both the data and the emotion? http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/is-ebay-really-listening-to-both-the-data-and-the-emotion/ The BrewsNews information blog about online sales, eBay, Amazon, Bonanzle and oh so much more! Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:40:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JJH http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/is-ebay-really-listening-to-both-the-data-and-the-emotion/#comment-124 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:01:36 +0000 http://thebrewsnews.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-124 “they say they are listening to our emotion, all the while nodding their heads up and down as if they are hearing us but because we are speaking a different language they do not really have a clue what we are saying or what we mean.”

More like bobble-head dolls. They just move their heads up and down, side to side, with any vibration. Totally random movements. All while maintaining the stupid painted on smile.

Perhaps that’s more like it.

I happen to think the past 10 years of selling have been GREAT. It’s this year that has SUCKED the most of any year I’ve been selling. I’ve been at it since 1997. I’ve been a Powerseller in the past, and really it was great. It’s been fun up until January 29th of this year.

Now, in retrospect, my sales up until today are still what I consider good. My fees really SUCK and I can really see the increase each month – and it hurts.

eBay is OVERPRICED for what they deliver. But, they are a public company , they are driven by Wall Street investors who expect a ROI. All the competing sites are privately owned, so they aren’t under the same pressure to “deliver the goods” (cash) so to speak.

eBay is between a rock and a hard place. The rock is the sellers, and the hard place is Wall Street. It’s their own fault.

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