Et tu, Brute!

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    • Thu Nov 20th 17:03 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      eBay's Weakening Bid



      And the truth shall set you free!
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    • Thu Nov 13th 18:54 PM | Rating: +4 -1
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      eBay Betting on Coupons for Holiday Boost


      If ebay is "allocating the bulk of their holiday budget" to coupons they are acknowledging they are in serious financial waters indeed.
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    • Thu Nov 13th 18:26 PM | Rating: +2 -1
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      Should We Really Bail Out the Big Three Automakers with $73.20 Per Hour Labor?
      To The_Value_Investor:

      "The BIG 3 sealed their own fate when they were given subsidies in the 70's and instead of innovating created the SUV."

      Yes yes yes! I come from that time as a teen and young adult. Remember it well. The "Big Three" would not even consider building economy cars. Just plain refused. We were in a genuine fuel crises then. Any remember. Even and odd days had to tank up if your license plate was even or odd? The Big Three opened a Pandora's Box they could -- with good reason -- never close! The Imports -- mainly Japanese -- brought to the country their excellently engineered economy automobiles and the Big Three have NEVER recovered.

      "Buy American"? only? Not this gal's dad. A World War II veteran who saw active duty in the South Pacific Theater, who fought at Okinawa, Iwo Jima, the Phillipines, among elsewhere, was one of the first to snap up those great cars.
      Without ever waging an inner loyalty battle.
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    • Thu Nov 13th 18:16 PM | Rating: 0 -2
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      Should We Really Bail Out the Big Three Automakers with $73.20 Per Hour Labor?
      To Chrysler Engineer,

      If you want to make this political, the let's point the finger the right direction. "Way back when" Pres Clinton started after the lending institutes to relax their approval requirements! I easily recall that. Anybody of age as an adult in the U.S. of A. remembers that!!!

      This housing and auto and financial collapse has NOTHING to do with the "war". It was not "CAUSED" by the war. It IS, however, rotten timing.

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    • Thu Nov 13th 15:25 PM | Rating: +3 -4
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage


      Attention all posters:

      Do not forget to check your thumbs up, thumbs down boxes as you post or check back. Please stay abreast of this new feature as it will make a statement in and of itself.

      I also suspect there are those that will find ways to attempt tipping this scale.

      So, no slackers! :~) Thanks!
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    • Thu Nov 13th 15:17 PM | Rating: +2 -2
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      Top 10 Online Retailers, Shopping Categories


      This report is already suspect. By "unique audience" could mean ANYTHING and with no specific revelations as to where the "unique audience" is garnered, plus the brevity and no actual weight to the generalization of specifics renders the report rather empty.
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    • Wed Nov 12th 23:51 PM | Rating: +4 -4
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage
      ebay's stock was plummeting like a brick loooooooooooong before the market crash. Try months! LOL LOL LOL. We all knew the cheer leaders would be using this to hide behind. J.D. made himself a laughing stock by "mentioning" this in his last Q3 phone in. That was also predicted.

      So predictable, so predictable.
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    • Tue Nov 11th 16:13 PM | Rating: +2 -3
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage


      Wall Street Closing at 3:54 p.m.

      ebay stock rings out at $12.935 per share!

      Yikes!!! Year's low to date!!!
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    • Tue Nov 11th 13:39 PM | Rating: +2 -3
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage
      Indeed I do remember, Dinah!

      Golly gee, if the stock hits Five Bucks maybe the thousands upon thousands of disgruntled ebay sellers should toddle out Buy It Now! LOL!

      It might be only a drop in the ebay bucket, but you get a large enough group rocking the boat the same way and if the Board doesn't listen up finally, the boat might capsize.

      Just a thought. But all you out there, take it seriously! Do!!!

      I wonder if "non ebay" using Paypal users have probs with their debit cards? I just might find a reason to go out and give mine -- that has a balance from other sites -- a try! Hmmm?
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    • Tue Nov 11th 12:46 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      HomeAway's Giant Round Makes eBay Look Smart
      I have to chuckle, Michael. This is no dig at you.

      It's awfully hard these days to make ebay look "smart"!
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    • Tue Nov 11th 12:44 PM | Rating: +1 -2
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage



      Keep up the good work, Dinah! The more harsh the smearing comments you get from the cheer leaders means you're on target!!!

      ebay stock, "ebay time" (couldn't resist), is at a low of 13.19. And as I refreshed, right before my eyes, it went to 13.18.

      When Wall Street closes today, where oh where will ebay stock be?
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    • Tue Nov 11th 11:30 AM | Rating: +2 -2
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage
      Sorry, probuyer.

      Me and my circle of close family and friends, about 40 folks, have ALL of us, every last one, left ebay permanently. Everybody has had ebay garbage -- ebay garbage being garbage generated exclusively by ebay. -- dealt to them. And that's the small circle.

      Believe it or not, responsible people just won't bother with a venue of ANY type that is riddle with corruption from site headquarters, daily policy changes, and broken programs.

      Nice try. Very transparent in origin.

      And the vile practices of a company as corrupt as ebay need to be exposed. And reported, reported, reported.

      Seeking Alpha is not the only site doing so. Not by a LONG shot! There are MANY other sites and blogs reporting daily on the dysfunction and deplorable practices of ebay.

      And you know this. It's called "trolling".
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    • Mon Nov 10th 17:59 PM | Rating: +2 -1
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage
      ebay+++

      Probably shouldn't comment to that which you are in ignorance of.

      I am a Pro Merchant. I pay a monthly fee plus commissions on sales. That's -- sales. Amazon collects the doe re mi and that's a BIG headache I don't even deal with.

      Another thing. No problems with site traffic there, either. My sales are fine. Stability and rationality coupled with steady financial gain compared to incompetence and no sales... what comparison???

      Sorry, pal. The only traffic down is on ebay.
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    • Mon Nov 10th 15:06 PM | Rating: +1 0
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage


      A thought: If the stock drops to 5 bucks a share, perhaps we should all gallop over and buy buy buy with the money we are making on the other venues we are all helping to build!

      You don't suppose perchance Donahum is deliberately driving ebay stock down? To repurchase? For a song?

      The cheerleaders all say ebay has still a healthy spreadsheet...
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    • Mon Nov 10th 12:10 PM | Rating: +3 0
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      Paypal Holds Sellers' Funds Hostage
      It is a little odd, and input from others would be interesting, but on other sites using paypal have there been these abuses with funds ongoing? You know, "glitches", e-chedk problems, etc, or is it -- mostly -- reserved for ebay useres.

      I might add, there is off-ebay-site problems with Paypal use that is non-ebay related. And those are very bad and some have been newsworthy.

      But the paypal-ebay umbilical cord seems very toxic.
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