Power Sellers Unite

elgato · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 17240 Location: Texas

I’ve written quite frequently about eBay’s Daily Deals of late, and haven’t been too impressed with their choice of Christmas Gift ideas. This weekend is the last few days in which you could order Christmas presents online so it seemed to me like the ideal opportunity for eBay to have some really great present ideas along with next day shipping to ensure they’re delivered in time for the special day.

So what do we get from eBay for last minute Christmas presents? Saturday is some folding shoes or Wrangler jeans and Sunday’s offerings were a jacket and a winter coat!

What’s gone wrong with eBay’s Daily Deals? Where are the unique gift ideas and the must have Christmas gifts? Why is almost every deal of late and especially in the run up to Christmas just run of the mill high street products? It’s all clothing with a few flat screen TVs, a couple of laptops, and last week a desktop tower computer.

eBay’s Daily Deals are not inspirational, they’re not aspirational and quite frankly they’re boring.

http://tamebay.com/2011/12/ebays-most-boring-christmas-deals-ever.html

luckyalive · Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Posts: 590

Its because eBay thinks the people that buy stuff are morons like the sellers they've mistreated for the last several years. This happens at all large corporations whereas the mangement developes a "godlike" complex due to the amount of money they make and their ability to manipulate those under them. Just add the power of life and death to the bag and eBay's management is just another 3rd world dictator.

I buy almost nothing from eBay. I only buy things that I can't find elsewhere such as a couple computer parts. I'd never buy an actual computer - it buy this from a major online dealer not connected with eBay - I get so much better deals when you don't have the eBay overhead or interferance. LOL, buy clothing off eBay such as wrangler jeans - they are like $10.00 at Walmart and at least the sale employees local people. I check Amazon and Google shopping before I check eBay because, as a seller on eBay, I know how eBay has treated us.