Comments on: John Donahoe Quotes – a Year in Review

By: Vendable » Blog Archive » eBay Monday Morning Recap - Too Quiet

Vendable » Blog Archive » eBay Monday Morning Recap - Too Quiet — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:18:37 +0000

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By: Sunday Papers 14 December 2008 - BuildaSkill.com

Sunday Papers 14 December 2008 - BuildaSkill.com — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:24:15 +0000

[...] still a good one – GenuineSeller has done an early “year in review” post centred on quotes from John Donahoe. One commenter likened it to reading a summary of Bushisms, referring to the outgoing US [...]

By: Kevin_T

Kevin_T — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:31:14 +0000

I missed this when it was current.

A pertinent quote is:
“January 25, 2008 – CCTV.com – eBay will weed out fixed-priced merchandise that’s “not well priced” by providing it “less and less exposure”, Donahoe said.”

How many other business tools are designed to intentionally drive down the prices and profitiablility of their paying customers? I have said elsewhere in the latter half of this year that it appears that Ebay wants to be known as the cheapest online discounter, without actually carrying the merchandise that they discount. This business model is pretty much unsustainable.

Kevin

By: wintonsellers2y

wintonsellers2y — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:07:50 +0000

I’ve got a quote for everyone who cares about honesty and integrity on ebay:

“Ebay Stockholders and Sellers Calling For Immediate Termination of John Donohoe CEO”

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?jdonohoe&1

By: never-fear-the-neg

never-fear-the-neg — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:21:50 +0000

Whine Seller,

Those were my thoughts exactly when I first started reading!

By: The Whine Seller » Blog Archive » Week in Review (October 20th through October 24th)

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:08:35 +0000

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By: Ignatius Reilly

Ignatius Reilly — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:47:15 +0000

Q: Assuming you get to a stage where you have a great search engine, what’s the rational for having insertion fees at all?

A: Donahoe – Insertion fees have created quality at eBay – it motivates sellers to price well and put things on eBay they want to sell. This gives eBay a fresh set of inventory every 7 days and that makes eBay unique.

Q: What are you doing to accelerate eBay?

A: Donahue-We are driving more changes than ever. There are no silver bullets, we’re testing in different geos, when we find things that work, we’ll do more of them and less of the ones that don’t.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/78501-interview-with-ebay-ceo-and-cfo-at-goldman-conference