eBay Loses Key Exec: Marketplace Prez Lorrie Norrington

by: Rick1313

One by one they go.

Little indians all in a row.

If only we could all know.

If next would be Donohoe.

by: Patricia

As I said on Market Watch there will be dancing in the streets tonight.  One down and a handful to go led by the CEO and his stupid "aggravating innovation"!  Sweep them ALL OUT!

by: Jimmy the Greek

The Vegas line has set the following odds on departing eBay execs:

Norrington - 4:5
RBH - 2:3
Griff - 2:1
Donahoe - Even Money

Get your bets in now, folks! You'll make more betting the "Death Pool" than you will on eBay right now!

by: Bubbles

Looks like a lot of unhappy campers under Donohoe. We have to ask ourselves if CEO's are supposedly so good at what they do why do they need to keep moving around? - Because they have reached their level of incompetance where they are.

Donohoe was well known for his disruptive behavior & practices prior to joining Ebay. He has well and truly reached his level of incompetance with Ebay & time for him to move on. For sellers he has been a total disaster.

by: Bubbles

Lots of unhappy campers under Donohoe.

He was well known for his disruptive practices & behavior long before he joined Ebay.

He had obviously reached his level of incompetance in his previous position and he surely has reached it with Ebay.

His disruptive and antagonistic attitude has been a disaster for the majority of small/med sellers.

Move on Donohoe!

by: Hardrock Rules

Don't let the door hit you on the way out !

by: RicRoe

Time for eBay's Board of Directors to wake up from their stupor, step in and make the selection for Ms Norrington's long overdue replacement.

eBay has suffered long enough with Mr Donahoe's selections of executives whom he can bully into implementing changes that have proven to be damaging to the entire eBay marketplace.

Allowing the Bain drain to continue will worsen eBay's position rather than improve it.

Mr Donahoe's turn around plan has succeeded only in turning eBay away from it's successful past without making any improvements. Under Mr Donahoe's leadership, eBay finds itself desperately attempting to WOO buyers while Amazon WOW'S buyers.

Ms Norrington's replacement should be selected based on proven brand rescuing credentials. The last thing eBay needs is another blind subservient underling destined to repeat the same mistakes.

eBay needs to reverse the death spiral it finds itself in as a result of Mr Donahoe's failed leadership, and Ms Norrington's replacement must be a key player who is able to reverse this prolonged trend.

Allowing Mr Donahoe to choose her replacement assures only that there will be a new puppet sitting in San Jose, and the death spiral will continue.

by: Ron

''In a press release, John Donahoe stated, ''Lorrie has led eBay Marketplaces through significant fundamental change as we drive a multiyear turnaround strategy to enhance the shopping experience for buyers and sellers and evolve eBay as a global ecommerce and mobile commerce leader.''

More like a multiyear ''turn down'' strategy.

I doubt that Norrington is leaving for ''family'' reasons.  Even though eBay is announcing earnings results to be at the high end of guidance, I doubt that this is due to core Marketplace performance, which probably is dismal.  Although I doubt her competence, she's being made a scapegoat for the failure of Donahoe's ''multiyear'' turnaround strategy.  That multiyear moniker is being used to buy time for what is really failed strategic planning.

The core Marketplace never needed turning around.  The problem with eBay stock valuation at the time of Donahoe's ascension had to do more with a poorly perceived Skype acquisition, technology sector valuation and macro-economic conditions than anything else.

We ''noise'' remember Donahoe's famous statement that eBay ''had to let go of a successful past''.  A successful past doesn't sound to me like it needs turning around.

by: ole cheap me

Leaving for family reasons. Isn't that the excuse everyone gives when they get canned.

Oh well. Hey Lorie don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

Good riddance.

by: summer in the city

First The No, then The Ho.

by: another side of the coin

This is what the vultures at Bain do. They take a successful, thriving company, take it apart and feed off each piece. With birds of prey everyone is expendable especially to save one's neck. I bet Lorrie didn't see this coming. She is no longer needed.

by: Patricia

I just have to wonder how she feels.  Isn't she the one who said sellers will tow the mark or else they're out?  I love Karma - when it hits, it hits right where it hurts the most!  Bye bye Lorrie - you can always sell used shoes....on Ebay ;-)

by: gonefromebay

Buh-bye, Lorrie.

Who's next?

by: Joey

Haven't been this happy since Bill Cobb left. Be happier still when JD and Griff get canned.

by: Donewithebay

I have five more items to close (not-sell) then NO_MORE_EBAY!
As I post this I have 3 non-paying bidders and 3 "disputes". One problem after another. I tried calling ebay to clean up the latest messes, took an hour & 1/2 to talk to people who say so sorry in broken English...I was disconnected 4 times. Nothing got resolved.
I was recently ripped off by a scammer for 106 dollars. He has claimed 29 non-receipt disputes in the last year. Ebay will not do a thing about it.
And these problems exist because ebay has set up a scammer's dream world.
Here is the capper...I have been on ebay for 12 years, a power seller and successful, making 5000 to 10,000 a month. Since the "turn around" starting 2 years ago my once succesful business has sputtered to a demoralized end.
If I sound bitter I am...How does ruining a good business (times multiple 10's of thousands) and replacing it with more redundant mish-mash than a normal person would ever want to think about improve ebay???

by: Damage Has Been Done

The damage has been done. Even if John Donoreah were gone today, there is nothing that can repair eBay or make it work again. The small sellers will never see the same success that we once had.

We've been shouting ''ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD'' but nobody listened. We've been telling the survivors to MAN THE LIFEBOATS, ABANDON SHIP... and just a few listen. Others stick it out (and suffer) on the SS eBaytanic ans it slowly sinks.

by: ZZTopshlf

Sha na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye!

Can she take disruptive retardation with her?

by: JohnC

Another rat leaving the ship.

by: Rich

Glad she's leaving.  Since she took over Marketplace; Ebay has goten much worse for sellers.  Donahue is shredded to pieces as he should be, but he's only part of the problem.  Norrington has been a disaster as are Dinesh Lahti and many others.  These people have priced out thens of thousands of sellers; including a ton of Top Rated Sellers. And tens of thousands of sellers who were forced to quit by Norrigton and others; were also buyers.  Lorrie Norriington was a complete failure--she's quitting as Ebay stock lingers at $24 while Amazon flys over $150.  

by: summerhere

Exactly.....karma.

Personal reasons? With all the jobs and families she has destroyed with her crap decisions, maybe it finally came back and bit her on her end.

Don't feel sorry for her in the least bit. Don't really care what her personal reasons were or are.