I know I usually direct my vitriol at sites like eBay on this blog but I wanted to address something a little different today. I’m pretty ticked, so watch out.
I know no one will believe me, but I actually started this post before I saw John’s very similar post on his blog. I was going to scrap it lest I be thought a copycat but I think our reasons are pretty different so I decided to go with it anyway.
As anyone who reads [...]
6Oct08
Unsolved eBay Mysteries: What happened to the new online version of eBay Accounting Assistant?
Earlier today, eBay announced that they were going to slash 1,000 jobs (about 10% of their work force) at the same time that they announced several pricey acquisitions including their purchase of credit company Bill Me Later for $945 million. Stockholders reacted by driving the stock price lower than it has been in 6 years [...]
On Friday, I opened a unholy can of worms with this statement:
I’m having a lot of trouble getting upset about the loss of community on eBay. That was always my least favorite part about it.
Shortly after making this statement on Twitter, I was both supported and attacked from both sides.
It is really hard to have [...]