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eBay continues to bear the scars from a cyber attack that led to the leakage of 145 million users data, as the footfall in its third party online tat bazaar came in below management expectations during calendar Q3. President and CEO John Donahoe said the e-commerce platform has a runway to grow, “however, without a doubt, eBay …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Indeed

    "...series of unanticipated setbacks...

    ...He said “slowing traffic” had delayed the “modest recovery” that execs forecasted...

    Yes, I can understand. Enough of us sellers finally said "Stuff off!!" to eHell's constant new limitations, seller-unfriendly rules and absolutely ridiculous fees to walk away in enough numbers to, finally, have a noticeable effect to the self-serving egotistical greedy rat bastards who run the place.

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  2. postalsusie

    Ebay's making money on bad business policies for its selling customers

    Sellers are leaving because of horrible server service the last three years since they started upgrading and completely changing their format & business selling policies.

    They depended on the same service. Servers DROPPED, and listed items sold for pennies. Ebay said " Too bad, so sad." After three years of this, Sellers walked away to the competition. They settled for honorable and consistent service even though they dont get as much traffic.

    This has literally left sellers profit-less, closing shops and with complaints that their profits dropped so fast they lost their homes.

    Sales are still in the gutter unless you are selling from China. Ebay prefers Chinese sellers en-mass ~.

    New policies implemented by ebay & Paypal have made it impossible to do business on Ebay. Paypal now gives unquestioned refunds to customers for up to 180 days AFTER purchase, whether the item is an used antique or a brand new item.

    Over all ebay and paypal still make money by implementing a return policy that they AGAIN make a commission from. Meanwhile their GLOBAL SHIPPING department has recently gone fubar. Sellers & customers alike are filing complaints that packages arrived; empty,open,damaged or not at all.

    BAD business practices and NO LAW on the www.

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