rarriffle
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posted on October 30, 2002 01:49:55 AM new
Tonight on CBS Pierre, the story is on Pierre and ebay selling....might be interesting to watch.
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gina50
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posted on October 30, 2002 08:01:16 AM new
Thanks for telling us ~ yes it will 
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imabride2b
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posted on October 30, 2002 08:54:19 AM new
What Time?
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kiara
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posted on October 30, 2002 09:05:32 AM new
(CBS) Tonight: Oct. 30, 8 p.m. ET/PT
eBay: What started as one man’s hobby has changed the way all of us do business. And millions of Americans are cashing in. Charlie Rose reports on the eBay phenomenon.
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clarksville
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posted on October 30, 2002 12:45:24 PM new
A letter from eBay's founder:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/new/founder-letter.html
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tooltimes
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posted on October 30, 2002 01:08:12 PM new
http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y02/m10/i30/s01
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quickdraw29
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posted on October 30, 2002 04:21:31 PM new
Ebay didn't start out as a hobby so they'll have to come up with some other cute draw in.
I'd like them to do an undercover report and sneek camera's into ebay's office building and see if anyone actually does work there.
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quickdraw29
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posted on October 30, 2002 04:23:52 PM new
Oh you know what, it's on at the same time as "Candid Camera," the only thing more funny than ebay.
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hagey
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posted on October 30, 2002 05:49:55 PM new
Hey I saw it, it was fine. I'm happy for Ebay it's been a great place for our family to sell and make extra income on the side.
Hope Ebay and our sales continue to grow!
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nightman444
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posted on October 30, 2002 07:28:34 PM new
 EBAY RAH RAH RAH
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kiara
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posted on October 30, 2002 08:59:37 PM new
It was a positive story. Though it made it look like everything was rosy with no problems at all.
Pierre said that only 30 sellers didn't deliver in a million transactions.
They made the feedback system look like all was okay.
The seller that bid on the sports card should have learned how to snipe.
Meg could use a new hairdo.
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yeager
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posted on October 30, 2002 09:19:38 PM new
I agree that Meg could use a new dew! Maybe a visit from the Avon Lady too!
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tooltimes
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posted on October 30, 2002 09:25:14 PM new
Meg has zero sex appeal. Even blonde hair and billions in net worth don't help.
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mcjane
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posted on October 30, 2002 10:17:46 PM new
What got me was the family that bought the three houses next to them because they needed them for storage of their designer duds.
I just don't believe that.
As for only 30 sellers out of a million that do not deliver, I'm not so sure about that either.
I know of a seller that scammed 22 people on a presell, I was one of them. This was back when I first started as a buyer on eBay.
I learned an expensive lesson, a 211.00 lesson. I almost quit eBay, but I'm glad I didn't. I just wish the lesson had been cheaper.
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tooltimes
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posted on October 30, 2002 10:27:16 PM new
The three women were all were made to look like genius business tycoons and the three male mates were made to look like village idiots gleefuly preparing Priority Mail boxes for shipment.
The 150,000 people have quit their jobs to work full-time is a tough one for me to believe too.
If the economy gets much worse we may see those three houses next to each other for sale on ebay.
[ edited by tooltimes on Oct 30, 2002 10:28 PM ]
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kiara
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posted on October 30, 2002 10:34:22 PM new
The three women were all were made to look like genius business tycoons and the three male mates were made to look like village idiots gleefuly preparing Priority Mail boxes for shipment. 
I looked at the auctions of the seller they featured and she only has a couple of bids and I think she is running about 142 auctions. And her past auctions didn't seem to do that well either. So maybe the story was based on when some sellers were doing much better?
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tooltimes
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posted on October 30, 2002 10:38:16 PM new
They said they made $30,000 to $40,000 per month off of their ebay sales. They showed one rack of women's cothing and a bunch of shoes somewhere.
Something is fishy alright.
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fetish128
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posted on October 30, 2002 10:51:37 PM new
WWWWhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiippppp!!!!!!!!!! SSSnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaappppppp!!!!!!!
One word,,,,,,,
Propaganda............
Whhhhhhiiiiiiip It,,,,,,Whip it GOOD!
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pretegra345
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posted on October 30, 2002 11:05:34 PM new
>>I looked at the auctions of the seller they featured and she only has a couple of bids and I think she is running about 142 auctions. And her past auctions didn't seem to do that well either. So maybe the story was based on when some sellers were doing much better? <<
You'd see the same thing if you looked my auctions too, I have one "green" bid right now --- however, I get most of my bids in the hour before the auctions closed -- & via buy it now. So looking at my auctions right now, would be a bad way to judge my sales.
Anyway, until you really dig and add it all up, you can't base how well a seller is doing just by how many bids they have at that moment -- and the last month has been bad for a lot of people.
-M
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pretegra345
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posted on October 30, 2002 11:09:28 PM new
Relax everyone -- I missed the story, but what would really be the point of putting out false propaganda? Unless you have data that proves otherwise, it's pure speculation -- it's nearly impossible for any of us to sit and either sell or buy on eBay and use our experiences as valid evidence to determine how much other sellers whose existence we have no knowledge of are doing.
Feedback system, 30 sellers out of a million who don't deliver, could screw over dozens (if not hundreds of people) each -- just a thought.
As for the rest -- do some of you have nothing better to do then to whine?
Seriously.
-M
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kiara
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posted on October 30, 2002 11:17:08 PM new
Here is a rundown of the show. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/30/60II/main527542.shtml
Since I posted I looked at the feedback of the seller they profiled and most of the items sell for several hundred dollars each so she could make that amount of money in a month.
No whine from me. I did say it was a positive show. But ebay is not exactly the rosy picture they portrayed.
[ edited by kiara on Oct 30, 2002 11:19 PM ]
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fetish128
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posted on October 30, 2002 11:17:27 PM new
You said it perfect. You missed the broadcast. we didn't.
Whhhhhhiiiiiiip It,,,,,,Whip it GOOD!
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mcjane
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posted on October 30, 2002 11:27:03 PM new
Propaganda, I think so too. I wonder how many people will buy that story, sign up & become sellers or should I say, try to. It ain't that easy.
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lovepotions
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posted on October 30, 2002 11:45:29 PM new
Pierre said that only 30 sellers didn't deliver in a million transactions
Big stinky crock o'***
What was never mentioned was one not everyone reported a non shipment of goods. Some people after getting no response would give up, or simply leave a neg and be on their way to better sellers.
Some people only deal with paypal or their credit card issuer and skip Ebay over charge disputes of non shipment. Knowing Ebay wouldn't do anything unless is was really expensive.
Lets not forget if your item was under $25 Ebay will not even let you file a fraud report with them...... Ebay wouldn't waste their time on probably the 1,000's of small items never recieved a day. Nor would most bidders hunt for 30 minutes to find the hidden page to file the report on their $8 widget that they never recieved.
30 in a million.......give me a f***ing break
Straight up lie.
BTW instead of 3 stupid houses in a row why not a wharehouse with offices.... who is this wonder seller family anyways?
http://www.lovepotions.com
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horsey88
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posted on October 31, 2002 05:06:08 AM new
Yes that was a load made up to lure the masses. They are selling a motorcycle every 18 minutes. A search of Ebay Motors,while the show was going on,rendered 337 available for sale in the next 24 hours. One sold every 18 minutes works out 80 sold per day for a 1 in 4 sell through rate. Maybe they are counting Hot Wheels Motorcycles & reserve not mets in their stats.
Has anyone every filled out the "I have quit my job for EBAY form."
They stated the usual 56 million registered users in their program. At their analyst meeting yesterday they stated 24 million active users. (An active user is one who has bid or sold at least once in the last 12 months.) So obviously that would include shill & thrill bidders. (Including the 10 phony users who were created for the sole purpose of leaving feedback for EbayWear to enable them to run dutch auctions. Their explanation...It was their agent who didn't undertsand the feedback system.)
The family that's averaging $40K a month bought 3 what looked to be 500K homes in a row. What's their completion rate & profit margin 100% ?
Anyone have a shovel ???
Who was it that said "The masses are a bunch of easily manipulated asses"
[ edited by horsey88 on Oct 31, 2002 06:54 AM ]
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throughhiker
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posted on October 31, 2002 05:59:17 AM new
horsey88,
Where are you getting the figure of 7 motorcycles for sale? According to my search just now, there are roughly 25 catagorys of bikes with 3,353 up for auction!
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trai
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posted on October 31, 2002 06:58:15 AM new
Meg has zero sex appeal. Even blonde hair and billions in net worth don't help.
LOL, Who cares? For that kind of money a heavy duty paper bag is a great cure!
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alwaysfun
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posted on October 31, 2002 09:03:23 AM new
can you pass along the id of the featured seller gals?? I would love to delve and snoop a bit too! I watched the show but must have blinked when they showed the id of her.
I thought it was better than some shows that make it sound like all sellers are frauds.
I do believe the comment that 150,000 people have quit their jobs to do it. I have, 2 years ago and love it. I have a friend with 4 kids and a husband and that is all they do as well. That comment seems to ring true to me. I can count 5 people in my local town that I know of that do it and we only live in a 250,000 population town.
I thought it was funny that they mentioned the little problem with Meg, Pierre and the stocks. Nice that they threw that jab in!
Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care!
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ihula
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posted on October 31, 2002 10:15:34 AM new
Her ebay ID is ixpensive (read about it in another chat room). I checked it out, but I think they have other ID's also because they don't have a lot of feedback (at least for someone that was featured on TV). They don't seem to have a HUGE sell through rate, but maybe they get a lot of snipers.
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merrie
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posted on October 31, 2002 10:43:05 AM new
Their other IDs are guccigranny, threads4less, QTFashion, beautytake-out and maxxey in addition to ixpensive. I have checked out most of their lists, both current and completed and they only sell about 1 in 25 items. I guess that is enough if you buy right. Doesn't add up quite right for me.
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