It's obvious why eBay can't be challenged. They have all the bidders. What sane seller would offer an item on some no-name service that that has only a few hundred bidders at best, compared to many millions on eBay? I can see no way that eBay can be replaced, whether that's good or bad for us.
Your comparisons to Ford, etc., don't apply at all in this case. They're selling products, not auctioning stuff. Jim On Sep 13, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Kuglarb at wmconnect.com wrote: > I just don't understand for the life of me why no one has been able to > challenge ebay by establishing a new on line auction. Every > successful business in > the world has been challenged. Examples are: > > Ford > Coca Cola > General Electric > K-Mart > > The list goes on and on. It truly amazes me that ebay is still the > one and > only on line auction that just continues to monopolize on line > auction world. > For this reason, they are big enough to continue to go up on rates, > tell YOU > the SELLER how you will get paid, and YOU the BUYER how you will pay. > > Most businesses in our country that continue to forget the patrons > that made > them who they are in the first place at some point in time begin to > lose > steam. I am still waiting for the time that a new company comes up > and over takes > ebay. > > As a 12+ year member of the ebay community as a seller and buyer (100% > feedback), I have decided to boycott the auction company. I am > doing my part to > stop supporting a company that tells me how I will do business. I > feel that if > enough people do this, ebay will get the message. > > It's one thing to cry and 'belly ache' about how you are treated in > the > business world, but another thing to say, "I am not only going to > complain, but I > AM GOING TO STOP SUPPORTING THE BUSINESS." > > When we all do that, the business will get the message. > > It's like our local gas stations here in town. When they saw an > opportunity > to put the screws on us by selling us gas that they bought last week > at a > $1.00 more a gallon (from $3.57 Friday to $4.57 today Saturday) due > to the > hurricane threat, I made the decision to stay home all weekend. It > appears that many > of my community neighbors have also done the same as word is these > stations > have done very little business. > > Instead of running on gas this weekend, I am running on the energy > of my 100+ > year old Victor springs and enjoying every minute. Billy Murray and > Ada > Jones have never sounded better, and to think...the entertainment > and energy to > produce it is free!! > > It's all about the mighty dollar my friends! You take care and keep > the > speed limit at 78...rpms that is! > > And yes, thank you Billy and Ada for continuing to entertain us, and > for > putting smiles on our faces! > > Brantley > South Carolina > > </HTML> > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
