Silly fools on eBay
Jun 14, 2001 | 11:23 pm
#31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">These are the same people who spend $100's of dollars on Beanie Babies and Dale Earnhardt T-shirts. The "eBay addict" demographic and the "rocket scientist" demographic don't exactly intersect, do they? </font>
Jun 16, 2001 | 11:37 pm
#32
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by BBRebozo:
website maintains an archive of some of the crazy stuff people have auctioned off at eBay. http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/</font>
website maintains an archive of some of the crazy stuff people have auctioned off at eBay. http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/</font>
Jun 17, 2001 | 8:24 am
#33
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These are the same people who spend $100's of dollars on Beanie Babies and Dale Earnhardt T-shirts. The "eBay addict" demographic and the "rocket scientist" demographic don't exactly intersect, do they?
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I know of many "highly educated" people who use eBay everyday. Several of these people own their own businesses, some are high-level management for Fortune 500 companies. I do not think you can or should knock the people who are using eBay to buy or sell their products...in fact, I personally know a couple of rocket scientists who work for NASA here in northeast Ohio and yes...they use eBay to make computer and peripheral purchases...but they do not make "mileage runs" to pad their frequent flyer accounts (their loss).
We live in a diverse world today that is powered by a communication tool that few of us used even five years ago and did not even exist just nine years ago...the World Wide Web. The Web has brought a lot of great things (just look at FlyerTalk). eBay happens to be one of those things. After regularly reading these posts for over a year, I can certainly testify to the fact that a great majority of FlyerTalkers also frequent eBay. I happen to be one of them. I have an advanced college degree and operate a successful consulting company. Like the information I receive from FlyerTalk, eBay saves me tens of thousands of dollars a year on my personal and business purchases. In fact, I even sell products and services once in awhile for my clients on eBay, for their businesses.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with eBay and their business model. It is too bad several thousand "dot com" companies did not have a business model like eBay's...if they did, they would still be in business today. eBay has been profitable practically since day one.
If people who frequent eBay are all considered "silly fools," then I am very proud to be one of them!
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These are the same people who spend $100's of dollars on Beanie Babies and Dale Earnhardt T-shirts. The "eBay addict" demographic and the "rocket scientist" demographic don't exactly intersect, do they?
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I know of many "highly educated" people who use eBay everyday. Several of these people own their own businesses, some are high-level management for Fortune 500 companies. I do not think you can or should knock the people who are using eBay to buy or sell their products...in fact, I personally know a couple of rocket scientists who work for NASA here in northeast Ohio and yes...they use eBay to make computer and peripheral purchases...but they do not make "mileage runs" to pad their frequent flyer accounts (their loss).
We live in a diverse world today that is powered by a communication tool that few of us used even five years ago and did not even exist just nine years ago...the World Wide Web. The Web has brought a lot of great things (just look at FlyerTalk). eBay happens to be one of those things. After regularly reading these posts for over a year, I can certainly testify to the fact that a great majority of FlyerTalkers also frequent eBay. I happen to be one of them. I have an advanced college degree and operate a successful consulting company. Like the information I receive from FlyerTalk, eBay saves me tens of thousands of dollars a year on my personal and business purchases. In fact, I even sell products and services once in awhile for my clients on eBay, for their businesses.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with eBay and their business model. It is too bad several thousand "dot com" companies did not have a business model like eBay's...if they did, they would still be in business today. eBay has been profitable practically since day one.
If people who frequent eBay are all considered "silly fools," then I am very proud to be one of them!
Jun 17, 2001 | 9:22 am
#34
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I think the silly fools on Ebay was in reference to the people who were bidding $30 to $40 for several hundred advatage miles. The miles could be bought by buying a box of eggos for far less and you get to eat the waffles.
I know people who collect very strange things that I would never consider collecting. Some people think I am very strange for collecting miles. To each their own and more power to them.
I know people who collect very strange things that I would never consider collecting. Some people think I am very strange for collecting miles. To each their own and more power to them.