Comments on: Above-Standard PSs launch 16th January

By: whirly

whirly — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:50:54 +0000

I use an abacus, could be where I am going wrong.

By: Philip Cohen

Philip Cohen — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:21:55 +0000

Now there is a confident man: doing better than even eBay itself. Not wanting to offend you Whirly, but you wouldn’t be in the employ of eBay would you?

By: board_surfer

board_surfer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:37:14 +0000

You do know that counting the 2 figures after the decimal point is kinda cheating??

By: whirly

whirly — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:17:36 +0000

Absolutely, without any shadow of a doubt.

By: Philip Cohen

Philip Cohen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:18:12 +0000

And you are going to surpass that figure this year?

By: whirly

whirly — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:01:19 +0000

‘I always refer to eBay users as “users”, for to refer to them as “members”, as eBay does, is to imply that the organisation is run for some benefit of those “members”—it is not’

Oh right, so how come I paid myself 6 figures last year via eBay, did the tooth fairy pay me Phillip?

By: Philip Cohen

Philip Cohen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:36:21 +0000

I always refer to eBay users as “users”, for to refer to them as “members”, as eBay does, is to imply that the organisation is run for some benefit of those “members”—it is not: No action taken (or not taken) by eBay management has anything to do with benefiting or protecting eBay users (buyers or sellers); eBay’s every action (or lack thereof) is purposed solely towards benefitting eBay—and by whatever means, no matter how unscrupulous—undoubtedly more to do with the recovery of those “lost” executive performance bonuses than with any direct consideration for stockholders—and if at any time there appears to be some benefit to eBay “users”, that will be purely coincidental.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:35:40 +0000

Heheh. That would be why eBay are calling them “Above Standard Power Sellers”, of course. I’ll make a badge later

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:33:47 +0000

Actually we’ve been calling ourself (and our friends) ASS es for weeks now as the acronmym for ebay’s phrase Above Standard Seller – Should make it easier to make a badge

I’ll take one please!

I don’t price based on getting their discount. I don’t expect to ever get their discount. I just try to provide good customer service and the oneofakind items that lil ol “Johnboy” hates.

He’s gonna have to personally throw me off this boat to get rid of me. I will not give him the satisfaction of leaaving and letting him do whatever he wants with no one complaining. So join me on the “poop” deck of the titanic ship of USS EBay if you will and let’s make a ruckus. (He hates noise you know)
Elizabeth

By: Steve Antony Williams

Steve Antony Williams — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:36:34 +0000

Oh what a surprise, another fee increase.