[kj] Nice KJ Tapes

[The Exorcist]

I find most of the on-line shopping sites a pain in the ass.
Paypal oughta be named painpal.

The only site I can ever say I've TRULY enjoyed shopping at is newegg.com.
Their query box also kicks ass.

At 10:02 PM 12/23/2008, Bette Dillinger wrote:

>"Ebay has one of the worst most counter-intuitive annoying crappy

>small-fonted overly-busy interfaces of any site I've had to use."

>I couldn't agree more.  It is as shockingly 

>messy as metube.  When the fuck are they

>gonna get it together?  They are owned by Google, ffs.  Disgusts me.

>

>

> > Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:52:26 +1300

> > From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Nice KJ Tapes

> >

> > Ebay has one of the worst most counter-intuitive annoying crappy

> > small-fonted overly-busy interfaces of any site I've had to use.

> >

> > Best online trading site I've seen is a NZ one called Trademe. Total

> > market dominator over here, which is how those sites tend to

> > operate...once one has the momentum, it's extremely hard for competitors

> > to get in on the act, except in niche areas.

> >

> > Compared to ebay it encourages a lot more small sellers, they have about

> > twice the listings per capita (or more), but fewer sales per listing. So

> > much more variety and plenty of competition, far fewer massive sellers.

> > The interface is totally superior (which isn't saying much because Ebay is

> > awful)...

> >

> > >

> > > The "big changes" will be narrowing down 

> the sellers even more (by jacking

> > > up the fees substantially) and emphasizing a more "store-like" shopping

> > > experience. Joe and Jane who sold books or teddy bears or whatever are

> > > done. They will be forcibly removed. So it takes the fun out of finding

> > > that little gem at a reasonable price (another thing, most things on ebay

> > > will now be comparable in price to what it costs at a local store) is no

> > > more, and regular peeps won't be selling stuff......just "power sellers"

> > > who can afford the fees. I discovered this by seeing several angry rants

> > > by sellers on the site itself and also some writer stated this was a good

> > > time to buy ebay stock.....and he didn't 

> expect the rabidly angry comments

> > > he got from sellers and buyers alike. Really quite sad. It also begs the

> > > question "What makes ebay special anymore?" If they just wanna be Amazon,

> > > why bother to continue? Are they hoping for a merger? They should be

> > > more focused on the consumer and small seller in this economy, imo.

> > >

> > > Bette> From: partyslammer at socal.rr.com> To: gathering at misera.net> Date:

> > > Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:03:25 -0800> Subject: 

> Re: [kj] Nice KJ Tapes> > "Bette

> > > Dillinger" wrote:> > > > ebay is sinking 

> like the dinosaur it is. Enjoy it

> > > until the big changes > > on January 1st.> > What are the "big changes?">

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