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Originally Posted by annaliese
ebay is such a waste lately. there is nothing cutting edge about it anymore. it's become more hassle than it's worth. i think an alternative will be born soon.
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What's old is "new" again - many eBay members due to costs, scams, etc have gone back to buying / selling at flea markets.
Google has an open opportunity at the eBay market, but likely won't go after it ... and for good reason.
As Amazon and Yahoo both found out, running an "auction" site requires a lot advertising effort to build marketshare, and then on top of that doing fraud control and providing customer service ... all of which eats up much of the profit margin, and thus, in the U.S., they don't compete directly against eBay auctions.
Ron