How Will eBay Layoffs Impact Online Sellers?

by: toolguy

@iheartjacksparrow

It costs $81,000 a year to house someone in prison in California

Since I have NO record and have NEVER been in trouble with the law I highly doubt I would spend any time in jail.

PS: I figure what it's a wash because everything I ever bought I paid sales taxes on, I never used my resale permit to escape paying sales taxes on my huge purchases. (I paid them way more then I would've collected from my few California sales)

In fact the state of California probably owes me money!

Don't worry sparrow, I have this handled. . . . .

by: ebayout

The joy of contract workers is the absence of the need to pay Sam 7.5% FICA tax on their salaries.

by: pace306

Ina asked 'How Will eBay Layoffs Impact Online Sellers?'

I ask "How Will McDonalds Laying off 2 dishwashers impact customers?

Same answer for both questions - "it doesnt matter, theres ZERO impact".

1) eBay has 14000 employees - laying off 200-300 is a rounding error.
2) eBay does nothing with those employees anyway - so whats the difference?
3) the bar tending/waitressing help over at Walkers can pitch in if need be
4) Some one could wake Uncle Griff from his slumber aka his super duper heavy duty attempts at "seller protection" and ask him to help out abit
5) Will it slow down eBays attempts at stealing other California Cities taxes? if it will then THATS a crises and MAYBE it will impact someone - but not sellers
6) eBay still wont show up to ASD, NY Now, Surtex, National Stationary Show or the Toy Fair
7) Sellers will STILL get forced into Managed Payments

(quoting the Beatles) ..... "And in the end ..." SOS for most sellers, nothing changes, the people running the show still know nothing about ecommerce, sales are still slow and theres been no new innovation on the platform since 2002 or so ...

by: toolguy

@pace306

You hate the diner (eBay) where you eat yet you keep coming back daily to feed yourself.

If you hate the food so much why do you keep eating there?

by: iheartjacksparrow

@toolguy - Keep on rationalizing how you're safe from any consequences. One count of tax evasion means five years in prison. And, according to you, you've been in business on eBay since 1998. So that's over ten years worth of not collecting sales tax. You do know the story of Al Capone, right?

by: pace306

Tool

sometimes you have no choice

you know as well as I that Amazon isnt always a good fit (to sell) certain items - so I dont understand your reply.

You can eat at that diner, hate the fish but like the steak ... does that not make sense to you ?

by: toolguy

@iheartjacksparrow

You're comparing me to Al Capone? ~ ROTFLMAO

Put the Geritol down, you've had enough!

by: toastedmutt

Most users won't notice anything different.  Glitches will continue to plague the site, sellers will continue to scream, buyers will continue to stomp off after repeated failed attempts to pay for purchases.

by: iheartjacksparrow

@toolguy - Sorry, but I've never heard of Geritol. May I assume that's some sort of controlled substance? I only ingest OTC allergy medicine.  

by: Jeff12671

Not a big surprise really. Anyone paying attention to their last few earnings reports
Ebay is increasing struggling to stay relevant and the brand has suffered. On the last earnings report U.S. Sales were actually down (even with more registered sellers). It's just reached a maturity level as a business model where returns are increaingly diminishing and future growth will be very incremental. The continued rollout of sales taxes applied to online sales isn't helping them either.

by: CanBrit

Well, I can't explain it, but since I started ending my 50 of my BIN's 7 days before they'd roll over, (all my items get rotated over 4 weeks), my sales have increased from the period of October 25th to January 24th by 55%. That is pure money in the bank.

There's your proof Jordan Sweetnam.  GTC is an utter business killer. What a joke! Go back to Walmart.