Is Bruce going to utilize MoPoBid for an upcoming auction????? We'll see...
> Claude
>
> I have the greatest respect for you. But I think I must not have made
> myself clear. I have a "real worry" over getting undeserved negatives in
> retaliation because of the injustice of it, not because getting one (or
> 800) negatives would lower my percentage.
>
> I very much care about "doing the right thing" in my dealings with my
> customers and my consignors and I want to deal with companies that also
> care. eBay has proven to me in a thousand ways that they only care about
> money. They want to be the Wal-Mart of the Internet, the place where you
> go to get great buys on NEW items. They figure companies will give those
> great buys on everything from brand-new TVs to brand-new cars to whatever
> because of the greatly lowered overhead (kind of like a Sam's Club without
> even the showroom) and THEY MAY WELL BE RIGHT! If they can capture even a
> tiny percentage of the "new" item business, they will have a multi-billion
> dollar business.
>
> It is their right to do this if they choose. But they have almost
> completely abandoned collectibles sellers (with their insane elimination of
> categories, etc) and we need to recognize this and move on to new venues
> that do support us.
>
> Whether it is a "movie poster only" site like Movie Poster Bid or Jon
> Warren's new venture, or an "all-collectibles" site that caters to anyone
> who sells vintage items, only time can say. But it WON'T be eBay. The
> moment a venue comes along that I believe can support my business, I will
> jump ship.
>
> Some of you reading this may find that hard to believe. But I have made
> many 180 degree turns in my life, and they worked out. eBay does not care
> about me, so why stick with them?
>
> Bruce
>
> At 09:46 PM 8/10/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >In a message dated 8/10/04 1:36:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> >
> >>.
> >
> >
> >Bruce
> >
> >11 negatives out of 88,615 and now you have a "real worry" that you may
> >get some more negatives. You can get over 800 negatives and still have 99
> >per cent positive.
> >
> >Ebay is fantastic. Without it you would not have sold anywhere near the
> >dollar volume that you do today. Movie Collectors World, shows, live
> >auctions and your mail/telephone auctions could never approach your
> >current total success.
> >
> >I (and everyone else) could never have achieved the fantastic collection
> >in my possession. Ebay has opened the world to my home.
> >
> >Does ebay have flaws? Absolutely. their public relations is terrible,
> >they are autocratic, they cannot be reached, they allow people to be
> >cheated without giving sufficient support and help and we all know the
> >feedback system is flawed.
> >
> >However, the time has come to stop bashing ebay and be thankful it
> >exists. You have to work within the system. You have to be extra careful
> >from whom you buy, etc., etc., etc. I have many ideas of how to improve
> >the system but would be wasting my time writing them because they all cost
> >money. Ebay will not do any of these things because it affects their
> >bottom line. So take it for what it is worth and be thankful ebay is
> >here. I love it. Claude
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