The ebaY laughs just keep coming!
I’m not really sure who they’re trying to reach? The general public? Other employees? And why don’t any of them have 4 colored hair?
Recently, in a seller recruitment effort, ebaY wanted it’s sellers to sell out their friends’ personal confidential info for a hefty sum of $10 per referral. How much do you think ebaY gave it’s employees for appearing in the video?
Can’t they just beam some new sellers down from Planet Remulac or somewhere now that Paypal Intergalactic opened up?
Published on Jul 8, 2013
eBay staffers discuss their favorite selling experiences, as well as tips and advice for new sellers. Meet some of our very own staff that sell on eBay – and love it. Start selling today at http://ebay.com./startselling
But the real highlight is when you see… Erez Yereslove who was recently found to have been selling numerous identical 10 cent trinkets with free local pickup, and failed to disclose his status as an ebaY employee in his listings appear. (both conditions afoul of the rules) ebaY needs more sellers and staffers like that, and by golly, I betcha they get some.
I notice the ebaY staffers aren’t mentioning anything about ebaY’s offshore customer service, Paypal money holds, glitches, account freezings, verifications, limitations, linking, etc. Indeed, not a single peep about the complex and hoky User Agreement, (neither ebay’s nor Paypal’s), or any risks, caveats whatsoever.
If selling on ebaY is so great, how many of their staffers would be willing to go 90 days solely on what they made on ebaY alone? How about 1 full year?
Cappnonymous 
July 9, 2013 at 9:19 am
And, another eBay comedy from ecommercebytes …
“Can eBay Succeed in Partnering with Brands and Large Merchants?”
http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2013/7/1373332632.html#comments
“Our ambition is to be the strategic partner of choice for every leading retailer, brand and manufacturer across the world, moving our relationship from the warehouse to the boardroom, and cementing our reputation as a company that is truly redefining commerce.”
Well there it is people, again, in black and white; how many times are you going to have to be told? Personally, I can’t decide whether I should find this statement somewhat frightening or simply “laugh out loud”, but I think I lean towards LOL …
Anyone that gets involved with eBay has either got some connection to Bain & Co or they are so stupid they simply have not done any effective due diligence …
“… eBay is recruiting Strategic Account Managers who will ‘proactively provide direction to the merchant on Search & Listing Optimization, marketing, inventory management, shipping economics, fulfillment strategy, improving the buyer experience, risk management, fraud, Trust & Safety policies, negative account actions, and other strategic and operational needs to ensure eBay store is optimised for sales growth.’”
And I’ve seen an example of eBay’s “Strategic Account Managers” in action with eBay seller eDropOff; not that eBay’s Van Waggoner had any idea of what he was doing other than to try to cover up endemic, ongoing, shill bidding fraud … http://bit.ly/11F2eas
“Warehouse to the boardroom”—LOL; who would let these headless turkeys into their boardroom? Are they not yet satisfied with all the damage they have already caused at eBay? Please, do the comparison of the stock prices between eBay and Amazon since late 2007, when both were ~$40, and see where they both are now—LOL … http://bit.ly/YvxFEg
Ho, Ho, Ho, it really is long past time for you to go …
July 9, 2013 at 10:03 am
LOL, yeh I saw that. The two situations sort of counteract each other, don’t they? On one hand, they do everything they can to chase off, kill off and pi$$ off small sellers and curry favor to the mega no touchy class, and althewhile trying to bring new blood, er no I mean fresh fish in.
Anyone considering selling on ebay, things are not what they make it out to be. I’ll break it down briefly for you. Read the User Agreements both carefully. There is a 100% risk factor for you, regardless of whether you follow every last little trifling, fickle policy, rule and procedure. All that with ZERO recourse when things go wrong.
NO guarantee you ever sell your item(s) and/or get paid. Not to mention all the other bad things like ID theft, return scam risks, constant ridiculous changes, undue stress etc.
July 9, 2013 at 9:25 am
Ironic is it not that after spending the past six years disparaging and alienating so many of its “flea market” merchants—the people who made eBay as great as it used to be—this fool Donahoe has turned full circle and is now desperately trying to attract back individuals to sell their odd items of household junk on eBay. There can be no other reason for such desperate activity than that the situation at eBafia is becoming dire—LOL … http://bit.ly/YvxFEg
July 9, 2013 at 10:20 am
At the end of the day it’s now little more than a flash & glam scheme to convert the spare contents of regular people’s garages and attics to ready cash for WallStreet and the 1%. All the hoity-toity stuff like the Europe thing are sufficient to keep dollar signs in the investor’s eyes, while they prod the drones down the chute to cash extraction and slaughter. Looks like the fleebay pyramid lower strata may be suffering (or soon may be) some erosion or liquefaction.
July 10, 2013 at 11:04 am
If there’s 10 people waiting to replace each and every ebay seller that quits or gets kicked off, they should just herd as many as need be into the new forums then kill them off. They’re just noise.
July 15, 2013 at 8:59 am
Prospective sellers need to see this before they decide to sign up and start selling on ebay. Things are not as they appear.
ebaY – How To Sell – Success Stories http://wp.me/p46z9-Gm