Comments on: What has eBay UK ever done for us? http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/27/what-has-ebaycouk-ever-done-for-us/ Digital consultant, eBay expert, writer & blogger. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: whirly http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/27/what-has-ebaycouk-ever-done-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-40708 whirly Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:52:18 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=703#comment-40708 @sue Tamebay Surely you wouldn't have expected anything else would you? The personal insults on staff were a bit much I agree but someone somewhere in eBay makes these site changing decisions. Someone is accountable, the VAT issue springs to mind as a prime example of bad management, the announcement was nothing short of idiotic and someone signed that off and approved it. Even the most hardened eBay flag wavers are struggling to say anything positive these days. @sue Tamebay

Surely you wouldn’t have expected anything else would you?

The personal insults on staff were a bit much I agree but someone somewhere in eBay makes these site changing decisions. Someone is accountable, the VAT issue springs to mind as a prime example of bad management, the announcement was nothing short of idiotic and someone signed that off and approved it.

Even the most hardened eBay flag wavers are struggling to say anything positive these days.

]]> By: Sue @ TameBay http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/27/what-has-ebaycouk-ever-done-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-40694 Sue @ TameBay Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:38:05 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=703#comment-40694 There are moments when you think "why do I bother blogging", and reading the comments on that TameBay piece was certainly one of them. <i>If you think it’s hard pleading your edge case to someone in Britain, imagine if the company was centralised in California. </i> I have a client in CA at the moment, and just the time difference means it takes twice as long to get anything done as it does with someone in Europe. It's really a very important point. There are moments when you think “why do I bother blogging”, and reading the comments on that TameBay piece was certainly one of them.

If you think it’s hard pleading your edge case to someone in Britain, imagine if the company was centralised in California.
I have a client in CA at the moment, and just the time difference means it takes twice as long to get anything done as it does with someone in Europe. It’s really a very important point.

]]> By: Henrietta http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/27/what-has-ebaycouk-ever-done-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-40690 Henrietta Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:30:32 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=703#comment-40690 The comments were crass, no excuses, just ugly. The comments were crass, no excuses, just ugly.

]]> By: board_surfer http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/27/what-has-ebaycouk-ever-done-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-40687 board_surfer Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:30:22 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=703#comment-40687 The problem is as you say communication, while there is no doubt things are done to benefit sellers, ebay manage to make it look like they are done in spite of the sellers. Perhaps I should have put more emphisis on the word "seemed". The problem is as you say communication, while there is no doubt things are done to benefit sellers, ebay manage to make it look like they are done in spite of the sellers.

Perhaps I should have put more emphisis on the word “seemed”.

]]> By: Sunday Papers 28 December 2008 - BuildaSkill.com http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/2008/12/27/what-has-ebaycouk-ever-done-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-40676 Sunday Papers 28 December 2008 - BuildaSkill.com Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:21:17 +0000 http://www.wilsondan.co.uk/?p=703#comment-40676 [...] Wilson has steamed to the defence of the now mostly defunct eBay UK team following the “European Streamlining” (a.k.a. layoffs and redundancies).  Dan’s [...] [...] Wilson has steamed to the defence of the now mostly defunct eBay UK team following the “European Streamlining” (a.k.a. layoffs and redundancies).  Dan’s [...]

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