i agree completely! when i started selling on ebay years ago, it was fun and challenging, and an adrenaline rush to be the winner.
then, the marketing guys got in the act [quiet... i used to be a marketing guy before i retired[, and ebay started to charge for every feature they offered.
while economically, there is sense to that, the seller's feeling [MINE] was that i was being nickel and dimed to death, and i didn't like that. sure, the bottom line looks good, but that reflects some of the original stories and blogs about Whitman's comments to Wall Street, and all the crap about "making the numbers and the forecasts, etc."
when any company [like the one i retired from] even SMELLS like it's kow-towing to wall street, it goes into the crapper.
make a reasonable profit, charge reasonable prices, and grow by supplying a service people want at a price they're willing to pay.
if ebay's sales drop, Meg can blame it on buyers and sellers, but a wiser person will suggest that she turn the telescope around and look internally to ebay and see if some of her minions' "wise ideas" weren't the best after all.
where did that policy not get used, to the detriment of the company? where i retired from....
see "ding, dong, the witch is dead" at http://www.plusaf.com/bluntconsulting/gfbcarly.htm
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yeah, right. ABS is NOT waiting for the brake disk to cool. it's waiting for the wheel to regain static friction with the ground.
the maximum braking effect is JUST BEFORE the tire begins to slide. [physics 101]. unfortunately, unlike a human being who might be able to, via experience, keep those tires JUST at the edge of skid, and thus minimize stopping distance, the ABS has to do the best it can, which is to release the brake pressure when it senses that one or more wheels are spinning slower than the others [which indicates that that tire is skidding.]
and if you slam on your non-ABS brakes and lock all four wheels, i will personally guarantee that your stopping distance on ANY surface other than velcro or glue will be longer than if you let the ABS do its thing.
and car size is pretty irrelevant. if you lock the wheels on a 1100-pound race car, it won't stop faster than if it had ABS. likewise your super-sized Caddy SUV.
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i agree completely! when i started selling on ebay years ago, it was fun and challenging, and an adrenaline rush to be the winner. then, the marketing guys got in the act [quiet... i used to be a marketing guy before i retired[, and ebay started to charge for every feature they offered. while economically, there is sense to that, the seller's feeling [MINE] was that i was being nickel and dimed to death, and i didn't like that. sure, the bottom line looks good, but that reflects some of the original stories and blogs about Whitman's comments to Wall Street, and all the crap about "making the numbers and the forecasts, etc." when any company [like the one i retired from] even SMELLS like it's kow-towing to wall street, it goes into the crapper. make a reasonable profit, charge reasonable prices, and grow by supplying a service people want at a price they're willing to pay. if ebay's sales drop, Meg can blame it on buyers and sellers, but a wiser person will suggest that she turn the telescope around and look internally to ebay and see if some of her minions' "wise ideas" weren't the best after all. where did that policy not get used, to the detriment of the company? where i retired from.... see "ding, dong, the witch is dead" at http://www.plusaf.com/bluntconsulting/gfbcarly.htm
plusaf.
yeah, right. ABS is NOT waiting for the brake disk to cool. it's waiting for the wheel to regain static friction with the ground. the maximum braking effect is JUST BEFORE the tire begins to slide. [physics 101]. unfortunately, unlike a human being who might be able to, via experience, keep those tires JUST at the edge of skid, and thus minimize stopping distance, the ABS has to do the best it can, which is to release the brake pressure when it senses that one or more wheels are spinning slower than the others [which indicates that that tire is skidding.] and if you slam on your non-ABS brakes and lock all four wheels, i will personally guarantee that your stopping distance on ANY surface other than velcro or glue will be longer than if you let the ABS do its thing. and car size is pretty irrelevant. if you lock the wheels on a 1100-pound race car, it won't stop faster than if it had ABS. likewise your super-sized Caddy SUV.