The future of ebay and why we're not part of it:
- From: Suffering Seller <SufferingSeller@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:15:24 -0700
From ebay's lips to your ears:
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/29449/eBay-Falls-from-Grace,-comScore-Falls-Prey-to-Google-Threat&comment_start=41;_ylt=AtKULqDSKMD5ZcpiI1E2P3ll7ot4#comments
1. Neutrals will be converted to negatives complete with red icons and
reduced feedback scores. Afterward neutrals will not be offered as a
choice of feedback. 2. The entire process of feedback will be
automated. Buyers and sellers will chose standard feedback from a
list. For sellers this operation will be performed automatically upon
the buyer winning. For buyers there will be an extra free line with
which to add a few comments about the seller without restriction to
content. Replies will not be allowed.
3. The implementation of a stricter rules regarding shipping. From the
boxes, packing, labels and tapes to where you can buy postage. Orders
have been placed for prototypes of "eBay" boxes. UPS and FedEx will be
instructed not to accept "eBay" merchandise if it's not inside "eBay"
boxing. They will know, of course, because when sellers buy the "eBay"
postage from the "eBay" source, a detailed list of contents with item
numbers will be available to the shippers upon scanning a bar code. As
for those who continue to use USPS, another level of quality control
will be implemented - buyers will be asked, upon confirmation of
delivery, if the seller used "eBay" standard shipping items.
Naturally, no verification of the buyer's truthfulness will be
attempted, and continued 'infractions' will result in suspension. eBay
will have other ways to check if a seller is not using the "eBay"
equipment - as they will be required to buy at cost the supplies
immediately after items are listed. (This is such a large scale
operation behind the scenes that I feel comfortable sharing as much of
it as I know.)
4. Sales taxes will be included automatically; shipping cost and sales
taxes will be used to determined FVF. 5. Item descriptions will be
"standardized" with templates which include the posting of a new,
universal return policy. Only yearly subscribers to the retail-outlet
venue can opt out of these universal return policies but even they
cannot alter the template structures being devised. 6. Strikes against
buyers will be eliminated as the whole concept of a buyer and bidding
will be altered. FVF will be calculated when payment is submitted.
7. Time to Close will be eliminated entirely. Best Match will be the
non-alterable default. Best Match is a system that caters to the needs
of shoppers not bidders. 8. Placement within Best Match will be
determined by several factors, the most important of which will be the
extra display features added onto the listing. 9. DSRs can be removed
by retailers and powersellers who pay a certain yearly fee.
10. The end play itself which consists of four phases: a) the main
focus shifts to retail sellers whose fees are on a per listing basis
b) stores will be replaced by a classified section, fees will be based
on yearly subscriptions and FVFs c) occasional auctions will be
conducted for unique items (celebrity auctions, items that have been
featured on the news, etc.) d) total elimination of auctions for
regular sellers.
From the point of view of eBay's agenda to change gears thesealteration make sense. The powers that be want to turn eBay into a
retail venue format. Therefore the "buyer" must be changed - bidding
and commitments to buy are part of the past. In a retail venue, the
item is either in your cart or not and you only commit to buy when you
pay at checkout. The seller is also redefined in the way they will be
required to do business. They will be forced to copy the methods of
retail stores.
The goal is to become Amazon Lite. Unlike Amazon the merchandise will
be stocked by the retailers in their warehouses, eBay will be just an
electronic centralized venue for outlet sale - a "trusted" name with a
wide customer base and popular name recognition. That is the future
and as I write this I know that it cannot be stopped. There are no
investors with enough clout and will to challenge the CEO. Stock
holders will simply walk away. eBay will not sink, however, it will be
exactly in the position its rulers intend it to be at. Sellers, my
advice is simple. You are not wanted. Leave. If you stay, you will be
crushed. Leave. Go away. You cannot win.
I am sorry because for too long I have been a complicit tool behind
the scenes. I was part of those teams and think tanks that spearheaded
many of the "innovations" you know very well and which will be used to
destroy you. I know I will not be believed. I will be mocked and
ridiculed by the tools and even those who are real, actual people will
be hesitant to accept what I have to say. What has been done to this
community, the plots and schemes hatched in meetings and across memos,
is far, far worse to endure within my soul than any treatment I will
receive at the hands of the tools by posting this. You do not know how
much they hate you. It is my conscience that I want to clear going
forward. Again I apologize. There should have been a better way for
the powers that be to effect the change they wanted for eBay - instead
they succumbed to cloak and dagger deception. RIP eBay
.
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