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   Those guys

   

   dorpus, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 4:28am

   
   

   ebay approached me for a job interview once. They wanted me to believe that their stock price would keep going up and up, forever. I asked them why I would want to pay a fee to sell something through ebay, when I could sell them through any number of other sites for free. They had no answer. One of the interviewers was some older Native American guy, and I asked him what he plans to do when ebay gets rid of him because he's too old. He had no answer. Some fat white executive, same story. I don't know why that company ever succeeded.
   

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   Re: Those guys

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 5:10am

   
   

   >I don't know why that company ever succeeded.< br>Perhaps they looked beyond the people who want to sell their lawn mower and not have to pay for the ad.
   

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   Re: Those guys

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 5:22am

   
   

   >> ebay approached me for a job interview once.
   Sure they did....
   
   I asked them why I would want to pay a fee to sell something through ebay, when I could sell them through any number of other sites for free. They had no answer.
   
   #1 Answer: EXPOSURE
   
   I think you are full of it, brother.
   
   I came up with the #1 answer before I was done reading that sentence. I am sure that anyone else can do the same. So you expect us to believe that you stumped them with THAT question?
   
   Go away.....

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   Re: Those guys

   

   z0idberg, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 5:43am

   
   

   "ebay approached me for a job interview once."
   they must have recognised your superior intellect by reading your posts on techdirt and jumped at the chance of hiring you.
   They will rue the day they let you get away dorpus. I'm selling my ebay stock right now!

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   Re: Those guys

   

   dorpus, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 6:13am

   
   

   Exposure? I got flooded with offers when I advertised on the free sites.
   
   They should have been the first to answer my question, but they said that they "hadn't heard of any sites like that". When I mentioned several, they acted puzzled.
   

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   Re: Those guys

   

   Oliver Wendell Jones, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 6:25am

   
   

   God, I would just love to see ebay with Dorpus working there.
   
   People would post an auction trying to sell a lawnmower and minutes later you would see:
   
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   The auction edited by Dorpus:
   
   "But what about all the Japanese suicide clubs who are killing themselves with garden instruments? Perhaps you should sell them, too"

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   Re: Those guys

   

   Skogin, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 6:41am

   
   

   The difference is if you approach those other sites, they have all heard of Ebay.

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   Re: Those guys

   

   Mousky, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 7:38am

   
   

   Two thumbs up. I laughed so hard.

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   Re: Those guys

   

   Mousky, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 7:39am

   
   

   Where are the links to these free sites?

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    Re: Those guys

    

    Simon, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 8:51am

    
    

    I WAS approached once to work as a project manager for Priceline.com for an ill fated auction site based on fixed fees. I DID ask them why someone would want to sell something for $30 when there might be someone willing to pay $40 (and therefore increase the commission for the site). I already had experience on eBay with people fighting for the right to overpay on auction items.
    
    The site fizzled before the beta test was over.
    There is a difference in asking a question based on sound business modeling and being like "dorpus"

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    Ivan SIck, Aug 25th, 2005 @ 8:12pm

    
    

    >"But what about all the Japanese suicide clubs who are killing themselves with garden instruments? Perhaps you should sell them, too" LOL< br>Anyway, if the post office is smart, they will offer the same service to every auction site, and make a contact link easily available (at usps.gov) to all auction sites and hell, all sites period. Nobody could bitch about favoritism, and they increase their market. What is wrong with these people

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    Re: postal ebay training

    

    playwrites, Aug 26th, 2005 @ 9:03am

    
    

    We sell on ebay. We can calc it works. We tested overthere and could not calc it worked. It takes effort to post, for that effort we would like to see some return.
    As for postal training future ebay users..why not? Some will catch fire some will not. All will end up posting on ebay. Not because they are training for ebay but because they can calc it works.

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    Re: postal ebay training

    

    onecrazybroad, Aug 26th, 2005 @ 2:14pm

    
    

    what the heck does "calc" mean? Your comment makes no sense

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    Re: postal ebay training

    

    playwrites, Aug 26th, 2005 @ 3:27pm

    
    

    calc=calculate
    overthere=overstock or other auction sites
    maybe you should read
    http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2005/08/12/ebayness

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    Re: Those guys

    

    g52ultra, Nov 4th, 2005 @ 12:13pm

    
    

    ditto!

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    cheerleading

    

    Gabbi, Apr 3rd, 2006 @ 3:58pm

    
    

    why isn't everyone on the same team

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