eBay
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- MrT0
eBay is ace, and my new house would be seriously low on furniture without it. So there.
- scarabin0
heh.
we're so desperate for fresh threads we're replying to a post made in january
- jamble0
It means two things.
1. Most things for sale are either junk, scams or second hand but end up costing than you can buy new.
2. Selling stuff, particularly electrical items is nearly impossible due to scammers.
- airey0
an online auction and store.
to obvious?
- scarabin0
it means a pain in the ass unless you do "buy it now"
- SteveJobs0
best place to post this, i figured
http://cgi.ebay.com/Emerson-STAI…
(click to enlarge)
- Nadooy0
rare collectibles/magazines
I got a nice collection of ephemera as well
- scarabin_net0
it means i can get a valentine typewriter
- epete220
Ebay is a giant chineese swap market. The place to buy fake and stolen goods.
- waterhouse0
And their advertising had an intelligent humor that refused to sugarcoat gray market opportunities.
- waterhouse0
A few thoughts:
Auctions are built on the principle that whatever a bidder is willing to reasonably pay is the true market value of the auctioned item. Fairness would accordingly seem a bedrock value of the company.
Also, I once heard that half of all people globally whom have ever logged on to the Internet have been to eBay.com.
- uan0
I like it for 'looking around' whenever I think I want to buy something I cannot afford or something I can't find anywhere else...but I never bought nor sold anything on ebay.
I did 2 or 3 html-pages for them some years ago and I was surprised about the crappy code the used (pages were for their old design)...
...I think the idea / the service and the functionality are great, but the sitedesign is crap. 'designers'@ebay think more in terms of databases and links, not interaction.
so, go on Jaline, redesign their site (let the logo as is, as this is completely another story), but analyse their clutter, simplify it to the max, and layout it on a consistent clean grid. make it faster and more appealing for the user.
- canuck0
Back in the day Yahoo Auction used to be pretty decent. Then ebay kind of killed it.
From what I gather Yahoo Auction is still popular in some asian countries. But has been discontinued in North America.
- Antonelli0
ebay has too many actual retailers (online companies) that use it to try to get rid of their inventory. i don't think it used to be like that before.
- Jaline0
- But does it need one? For their audienceukit
- I think that's an excuse. It should still look clean.Jaline
- I mean, perhaps they don't "need one", since they created this site quickly, I am sure, and everyone still knows it, but a goodJaline
- redesign may improve traffic or help people find things more quickly,Jaline
- PonyBoy0
It reminds me of pop-culture-ish news stories about people trying to sell odd things like their virginity, a wwii battleship or the like...
... it reminds me of everyday folks who hate their jobs and are bored with life who need annoying hobbies / time-killers in their lives before they goto bed.
- canuck0
Ebay used to be good, you used to be able to get a deal on things. Or make an honest profit on an item.
Now every one does a buy it now, or sells the item for a low price then jacks up the item with shipping/handling fees.
Someone needs to remake ebay.
- Jaline0
According to Alexa:
http://www.alexa.com/data/detail…Globally, it is ranked 20th
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top…
- Antonelli0
means nothing to me. i've never used it except to see how much some of my old basketball cards were going for.
- Horp0
I recently discovered it ranked third most visited website in the world, behind Google, in second place, and Yahoo in first.
That took me by surprise, but that's what the stats indicate.
I seriously haven't ever used ebay, but my impression of it... my personal idea of its brand personality is that if it was a person, it would be 'helping the police with their enquiries'.
'Buyer beware' also springs to mind.