Tag Archives: eBay
Another book lover mourns the pre-Internet days
Here’s a nice little newspaper biography about Wayne Kee, a rabid book collector in the Northwest. He tells a good story about passing up on a chance to buy an1814 edition of the Lewis and Clark journals for around $6,000, something he could sell today for $200,000. But he seems to have mixed feeling about [...]
eBay’s Griff offers shaky defense of feedback changes
After the feedback changes announced this week at eBay, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s an angry, torch-wielding mob beating down the front door of eBay’s headquarters right now. The new feedback policy prevents sellers from giving a bad buyer a neutral or negative feedback. Huh? I’ve had about 5,000 transactions on eBay/Half and I’ve [...]
eBay bans negative feedback for buyers, cuts listing fees
eBay announced some huge changes today, the summary is below. Nobody will have a problem with the reduced listing fees, but a lot of sellers are going to be outraged that they can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers. I don’t see how the seller has any leverage to prevent buyer fraud without the [...]
Speaking of eBay…
I have a few review copies of this new eBay guide for those who are interested. I have 10 copies listed on Amazon Marketplace for 1 cent (OMG — I’ve become a penny seller!). And of course there’s an auction on eBay. I’ll sign your copy too. In return I’d appreciate it if you’d write [...]
Another shoe is ready to drop at eBay
Big changes are afoot at eBay. A new chief executive is on the way in, and Meg Whitman is on the way out. At the top of the agenda: Shifting eBay’s emphasis from auctions to fixed-priced listing, which could make the experience of buying on eBay more like the one customers have come to expect [...]
Google Base service provider throws in the towel
Remember BuyBundle, the service for listing your Amazon and eBay items on Google Base? It looks like they’ve called it quits, and have sent this message out to members (thanks to BeachSideBooks for sharing): Dear BuyBundle Seller, We would like to update you on the status of BuyBundle’s operations. BuyBundle was an attempt to bring [...]
Should Amazon buy eBay? Ho ho ho!!!
Here’s an interesting but hilariously misinformed item on the New York Times’ Bits blog raising the possibility of Amazon buying eBay. The author and the dozens of commenting readers argue that either Amazon should buy eBay’s auction technology or build its own. That’s brilliant, Einstein. Except that Amazon buried its auctions section about seven years [...]
Should sellers be able to leave negative feedback for buyers?
It’s sort of a moot point at Amazon, since hardly any of the buyers know what buyer feedback is. But over at eBay, feedback is a totally different animal. At eBay, feedback is a seller’s entire reputation, and buyers pay attention to their own feedback too. At Amazon, sellers piggyback on Amazon’s reputation somewhat. Half [...]
Bezos: Auctions are too much fun for our customers
I’ve been waiting seven years for this explanation from Amazon chief Jeff Bezos. Why did auctions soar at eBay but flop at Amazon? Pretty simple, Bezos says. Amazon customers just can’t be bothered with auctions: We make it really, really easy to buy things…. If you’re a customer who wants that kind of quick service, [...]
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