posted on March 31, 2008 09:52:52 PM new
USA Today Money Section has article regarding ebay and Donahoe. He officially takes the helm on 4/1. Interesting read -
posted on March 31, 2008 10:26:25 PM new
A "slightly" slanted article! Donahue "personable" - I've yet to see it!
The comments are interesting - one of the largest postcard dealers ("stefano" - ebay "SCVIEW" indicated he will be gone at the end of the summer (to DEL CAMPE).
posted on April 1, 2008 02:00:54 AM new
Interesting read but opens more questions than it answers. One of them is, if eBay is striving for a fixed-value format, why the 99 cent promo?
posted on April 1, 2008 05:00:50 AM new
YIKES! You mean he is just NOW the CEO? He did all that stuff before he was even official. (yeah, I knew that but can't help shaking in my shoes for what may come next).
posted on April 1, 2008 06:08:55 AM newOn March 20, eBay said it is cutting 125 jobs in North America and Europe, less than 1% of its 15,500-person workforce.
The real question here is, what to 15,000 people do at ebay? Maybe they should get rid of 14,000 of those people and give us a break on our fees. It's not like they actually have customer service anyway.
posted on April 1, 2008 06:17:00 AM new
From the article: PayPal's runaway success — it racked up $1.9 billion in 2007 revenue, up 40% from 2006 — has compensated for any erosion in eBay's core business, Evans says.
Which is why they will probably never allow Google Check-out. Another way to control us. Question is: Why do they need to control us to the point we search for alternatives?
indicated he will be gone at the end of the summer (to DEL CAMPE).
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