Apologies to John Donahue and Ebay-ers

Cetacea

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Feb-23-08 11:25 PM
Original message

Apologies to John Donahue and Ebay-ers

In my anger and frustration about Ebay's upcoming changes I referred to Ebay and the people who opposed the boycott "greedy pigs" and referred to Ebay as a Republican corporation.
I wish to apologize for anyone here who I may have offended and to CEO John Donahue, who is in fact an Obama donor. I do not offer any apologies to Romney supporter and outgoing CEO Meg Witman, who is looking to run for California Governor as a Republican. As she is still the CEO of Ebay, I hold her responsible for the changes that will most likely turn Ebay into an online Walmart.

Refresh | 0 Recommendations

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Vinca

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-26-08 02:26 PM
Response to Original message

1. I boycotted, but haven't heard of any impact. Have you heard anything? nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

ima_sinnic

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Tue Feb-26-08 07:12 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. here's a graph of number of auctions this month

http://www.medved.net/cgi-bin/cal.exe?EIND

The big hump in the middle is when eBay had a 20-cent listing day (or was it even less than 20 cents? I can't remember), then as the auctions ended, the numbers dropped off for a little while. It was very strategic of eBay to announce that sale when they did, though they say it had nothing to do with the boycott.

If you look at "All Data," you can see they've been trending at about 14 million auctions for the last three years. It appears they've reached some kind of threshold and have held steady. I'll be curious to see whether, in the long run, the numbers slowly trend downward.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

Vinca

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Feb-27-08 07:42 AM
Response to Reply #2

3. Thanks. nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sun May 05th 2024, 03:44 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.