Re: e-Bay lobbying

On Sep 4, 1:39 pm, "John Mazor" <maz...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, here's something that is keeping e-Bay awake at night.  They
just sent me the following.  For those few of you not on their list:

eBay Community to Washington:
Don't Pass Big Retail Industry's Anti-eBay Bill

As a savvy online shopper, you know the Internet is the best place to
find great products at great prices. And hard-working eBay sellers
provide the best selection and values on the Internet.

So who wouldn't love finding a great deal on eBay? The answer: big
retail stores. They don't like the competition. And now retailers are
trying to undermine the ability of small business competitors to use
the Internet and eBay to offer great values to savvy buyers like you.

The retail industry is spending millions of dollars on lobbyists and
PR professionals to push politicians for new laws that unfairly accuse
competitively-priced products online of being "stolen" goods. No
Internet company is more committed to fighting online fraud and crime
than eBay. But this debate is not about crime...it's about
competition.

Here's what industry thought leaders are saying about the
retailer-backed legislation:

"These bills would impose extraordinary and discriminatory
restrictions on Internet marketplaces that help millions of people to
legitimately buy and sell products every day - at big
discounts...proponents say they're about loss prevention, but they're
really about competition prevention..."

Read the full post from Steve DelBianco, President of Net Choice
Coalition

Please follow this link to take part in eBay's Main Street grassroots
campaign. In fewer than five minutes, you can send a pre-drafted
letter to your elected officials. Let's remind Congress that big
retailers may have high-priced lawyers and lobbyists, but real people
like us rely on the values available online.

Thank you for making your voice heard.

Sincerely,

eBay Government Relations

It's Kind of funny they would send something like that out, as some
talk on the net has been that E-bay wants to move towards a more
Amazon.com model of sales. A Link follows below to some talk about the
amazon model.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9740&tag=nl.e540
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