Respectfully, Cory, it doesn't control the system I sell in.
And won't, either.
Kirby McDaniel
www.movieart.net
On Aug 21, 2008, at 8:50 AM, Cory glaberson wrote:
My wife worked in travel for the last 25 years and I have witnessed
how the airlines slowly squeezed the profit out of booking travel.
Ebay's squeeze on us seems very similar.
Like the airlines eBay controls the system we sell in
Like the airlines eBay is forcing us to accept more and more of the
cost of doing business - at first paypal was free. Now we can't
take checks and money order, soon ONLY paypal will be allowed
The slow push for free postage is the same idea. Most of us will
just have to eat the extra costs because ebay "says" that what our
customers want.
Nonsense. THEY want it.
The Airlines said the changes were only to improve customer service
and bring people back to flying. Ebay says the reason for the
changes is to bring back customer that have left eBay.
The Airlines were also pretty strict with travel agencies that
broke or avoided the rules. Slowly they weeded them out of the
systems and then the airline cut deals with the larger agencies
that survived.
Expect something similar from Ebay
The major difference is that ebay does not actually sell anything
in the marketplace they have created.
I would not be surprised, however, if they buy some large
wholesaler and begin selling things themselves.
It seems like EBay is playing from the same playbook used by many
big companies faced with a lot of little competitors.
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deal here.
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
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