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Posted By: D. Bergin

Here's a fascinating article from the NY Times I haven't seen posted over here which includes an interview with John Donahoe.

http://tinyurl.com/4zs99y


It looks pretty bleak from an auction standpoint. Donahoe seems intent on killing Ebay and becoming Amazon light. He claims the losses on Ebay not changing enough! Auctions are dying and Ebay hasn't kept up with the trends. Idiot still can't see it's Ebay that killed off the auctions and alienated good sellers. Not peoples unwillingness to bid in auctions.

Sellers are just pawns to him to get Ebay to eventually become a retail clearinghouse of sorts.

It's pretty eye-opening. If you rely on auctions on Ebay it may be time to begin exploring other options..................if you haven't already. It really opened my eyes.

Lastly, in case nobody noticed...........Ebay is going to start requiring sellers of DVD's to offer free shipping to customers. It's only a matter of time before they migrate that reasoning to the rest of the site.