posted on January 16, 2001 08:43:45 AM new
why so many of you are so fixated with the falling Yahoooooooo auction numbers? This drop was predicted by those who understand how the on line auction business works, including a few people on Wall St. who have been referenced here.
It's not really news folks
It would be worth talking about, IMHO, if Yahoooooo were to admit that the numbers are dropping faster than they told their shareholders they would. At least then, we could say "told you so".
Has Yahooooo address this at all?
I cannot think of any reason for posting these numbers other than trying to incite a revolution. And, of course, having the numbers posted here so we can all ohhh and awww and say "thanks for the numbers" will not have any effect on Yahooooo at all.
posted on January 16, 2001 09:24:05 AM new
RB, this interest in falling listings is roughly in the same vain as two friends in neighboring towns having a phone conversation...
"How much snow you got there?"
"Got 8" now, but its still comming down"
"8" huh? well we have about 10, and its turning to rain"
These falling listings are like falling snow, everyone talks about it, but no one (but Yahoo) can do anything about it...
posted on January 16, 2001 11:34:21 AM new
"This drop was predicted by those who understand how the on-line auction business works" - Which pretty much leaves out the Yahoo people...
posted on January 16, 2001 03:52:58 PM new
The thing is, RB, that some of us ENJOY his posts and tallies! Relevant or not, we're interested, just like people are interested in the weather.
posted on January 16, 2001 04:14:24 PM new
The drop was predicted but not at THIS rate. The sportscards listing have dropped from a high of 520,000+ lisings to 397,000 listings in 5 days. I predicted that Yahoo would retain approximately 10% of their listings when all the free relists expired. Now I have to revise that to 3% to 5% (at best), which means I lose respect from my peers and I'm subject to ridicule because my 10% prediction was so wildly optimistic.
