There have been several changes at eBay over the last week that haven't made their users happy. First there was the announcement that they were lowing their listing fees but raising the final value fee, and then there was the announcement that sellers will no longer be able to leave negative feedback.
eBay's feedback system has been around ever since February of 1996 when the founder, Pierre Omidyar sought to implement a way for members to exchange experiences. He explained that some people are honest, but others aren't and the hope was that by sharing experiences, the dishonest would be driven away.
eBay has angered a lot of sellers over the years because they are frequently jacking up the cost of their fees to list the items. They are trying to make amends with all of the sellers by lowering fees across the board, which will become effective on February 20th, 2008. Well, maybe not all the way across the board.
eBay's CEO, Meg Whitman said shortly after she came onboard at eBay that "no CEO should stay more than a decade in the same job because people need new challenges and organizations need fresh perspectives." She joined the company in March of 1998 when there were only 29 employees employed over at eBay.
The new year has just begun and if 2008 is anything like 2007, we should expect a bunch of acquisitions in the tech world. As I heard someone say recently, acquisitions should be considered the lottery for geeks, except the odds of "winning" are much higher than the actual lottery.
I was just doing some searching on eBay.com and noticed that I must have been randomly selected to use a drastically redesigned search page. The new design might be a little bit old, but it's the first time I've tested it.
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes a slew of great deals. I'm sure the thought will cross your mind whether you can pick up any items from the store, and resell on eBay to make a profit. If you do decide to go that route you definitely want to take into consideration all of the fees that both eBay and PayPal will collect when selling something, which is more than you may think.
Today's Weekend Website is a site called Zipidee which is known as "The Digi-Good Marketplace." It joins in to compete among other sites that are similar such as Lulu, e-Junkie, Payloadz, and more.
Skype has just launched a new beta version of their service which includes High Quality Video. That means you can have video calls with friends and family thousands of miles away, but it'll be so clear that it will seem like they are right there with you.
It's been one issue after another with eBay lately. About a week ago, eBay's Trust and Security forums got flooded with several pages of posts containing account information for over 1,200 eBay users. A person named Vladuz took responsibility for that issue, and now the same person has claimed responsibility for the most recent hack.
