Comments on: eBay http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217 Ian Lance Taylor Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on eBay by: Ian Lance Taylor http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14510 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:10:02 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14510 I don't much about auction sites, sorry. I was surprised to see that Yahoo! Auctions has been shut down. When I search for "alternate auction sites" I find various things, but I can't really rate how god they are. Paypal seems better than they used to be, but locking in a payment method certainly seems inappropriate. I don’t much about auction sites, sorry. I was surprised to see that Yahoo! Auctions has been shut down. When I search for “alternate auction sites” I find various things, but I can’t really rate how god they are.

Paypal seems better than they used to be, but locking in a payment method certainly seems inappropriate.

]]> Comment on eBay by: etbe http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14500 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:53:01 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14500 http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23515926-15306,00.html Ebay in Australia is forcing the use of PayPal (which many people refuse to use for good reason). The Australian market is ready for a competing auction site. Do you know of a good one? http://www.allbids.com.au/ http://www.graysonline.com.au/ There are some OK Australia-only auction sites (I've use the dola part of allbids to buy two computers and GraysOnline to buy many computers). Allbids apparently allows individuals to sell stuff (unlike Grays) but I've never tried that. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23515926-15306,00.html

Ebay in Australia is forcing the use of PayPal (which many people refuse to use for good reason). The Australian market is ready for a competing auction site. Do you know of a good one?

http://www.allbids.com.au/
http://www.graysonline.com.au/

There are some OK Australia-only auction sites (I’ve use the dola part of allbids to buy two computers and GraysOnline to buy many computers). Allbids apparently allows individuals to sell stuff (unlike Grays) but I’ve never tried that.

]]> Comment on eBay by: Ian Lance Taylor http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14489 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:07:55 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14489 A business like eBay kind of gets into a bind since at some point it has to move from being a growth company to a mature company. Maybe the desperation to keep growing is what leads to some of these decisions. A business like eBay kind of gets into a bind since at some point it has to move from being a growth company to a mature company. Maybe the desperation to keep growing is what leads to some of these decisions.

]]> Comment on eBay by: ncm http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14479 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:47:36 +0000 http://www.airs.com/blog/archives/217#comment-14479 There's something about Ebay corporate ... culture ... that can't leave good alone. Used to be they broke the website about once a week. My guess is too many managers. If they aren't changing something, they look useless. Since most potential changes in a successful business (as in a successful species) are for the worse, they mostly break things. There’s something about Ebay corporate … culture … that can’t leave good alone. Used to be they broke the website about once a week. My guess is too many managers. If they aren’t changing something, they look useless. Since most potential changes in a successful business (as in a successful species) are for the worse, they mostly break things.

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