Sign Up |  Login

     
 
    My Blog |  Popular Posts |  Top 100 Blogs |  Recent Blogs |  Random Blogs |  Write a Blog |  Manage Categories  
   Recent Blogs
THE FURTHER RISE OF THE EBAY STRIP MALL Explicit Content
Ebay seems determined to carry out it mis-guided business plan of turning it's once popular auction site into a dull, fixed price strip mall, or just anoth er Amazon. New... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-08-21 11:19:09  | Rating:   | Views: 78 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  paypal  strip mall  FVF 
EBAY FINDS IT HARD TO BACK-PEDDLE Explicit Content
But that's what it's had to do recently on a few of it's policies. The first of them being the problem with neutral ratings. Before, they flatly stated tha t, even though... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-08-18 17:18:14  | Rating:   | Views: 90 | Comments: 3 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  feedback  negative  neutral 
EBAY NOT AS INVULNERABLE AS IT THINKS Explicit Content
Complacency has made ebay think that no-one can touch it and that it can do whatever it likes. Not so it seems, Their futile attempt to appe al the decision by... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-07-11 17:41:07  | Rating:   | Views: 84 | Comments: 1 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  ACCC  Paypal  Simon Smith 
A HERO FOR EBAY SELLERS IS BORN...
I forgot to post this YouTube link on my last blog about the PR disaster that was Ebay Live 2008, but this YouTube video gives a good example of what it was like:... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-06-23 08:51:28  | Rating:   | Views: 119 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  Mrebayer  ebay  sellers  protest  ebay live 
EBAY LIVE! CHICAGO 2008 - DIES ON IT'S ARSE! Explicit Content
It was meant to be the key event in the ebay calendar where the success of their recent changes would be measured, but by all accounts, it's been a complet e PR disaster for... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-06-21 15:27:17  | Rating:   | Views: 149 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  ebay live  2008  sellers 
AUSSIES GIVE EBAY-PAYPAL A JUSTIFIED SLAP!
Top marks must go to Aussies this week for it's stand against ebay's insane policies. One in particular is the test move to make paypal the only payment method on ebay in... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-06-14 18:04:40  | Rating:   | Views: 114 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  paypal  monopoly  ACCC 
"THE SHIP ISN'T SINKING - HONEST!" SAYS EBAY Explicit Content
Since the new seller feedback denial was implemented, ebay has been at pains to tell everyone that all is well. It has to, because it's share price is dire ctly connected to... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-06-09 17:30:39  | Rating:   | Views: 135 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  paypal  failing  sellers 
KAMIKAZE EBAY ACCOUNTS
That much feared crunch day has come where sellers can no longer neg unsavoury buyers. Many, including myself, still can't believe that ebay has actually gone through with it,... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-05-15 23:46:30  | Rating:   | Views: 145 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  sellers  buyers  kamikazi 
GUIDE TO BUYING FROM BUSINESS AND PRIVATE SELLERS
As I mentioned in my previous blog, ebay has deliberately opened up a gaping rift amongst it's sellers. In effect creating two seperate factions that didn't need to be there.... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-04-23 14:19:12  | Rating:   | Views: 183 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  business  private  sellers 
EBAY DOESN'T WANT ANY "RIFF-RAFF"
By "riff-raff" I mean the basic home seller selling their second-hand goods online to earn a bit of extra cash for themselves, not the high volume business sellers... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-04-17 17:14:43  | Rating:   | Views: 186 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  John Donahoe  sellers  selling 
AUSTRALIAN EBAY USERS GET STRANGLED Explicit Content
At least that's what they're feeling at the moment with the new rule of "paypal only" on all seller listings. It was obvious that ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-04-10 18:06:18  | Rating:   | Views: 172 | Comments: 7 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay  paypal  Australia  monopoly 
EBAY FINALLY PASSES IT'S ZENITH
Never thought I'd see the day when ebay would shed jobs, but it has recently announced 125 job losses in it's US and European operations. It used the terms... ...Read More
 Posted by: Mrebayer on 2008-03-31 14:40:00  | Rating:   | Views: 158 | Comments: 0 | Tags:  mrebayer  ebay