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Thrown out of Ebay Live for wearing Google shirt

31 points by edgeztv 19y ago

auka 19y ago
eBay needs to get their act together. This is not their best marketing move...
pg 19y ago
If this is true it's a bad sign for eBay. Such heavy-handedness is always correlated with major suckage in the product.
- edgeztv 19y ago
  I think I tried to convey that exact sentiment to their VP at one point during that unpleasant encounter. And yes, it's a true story. The Auctomatics can vouch we were there :)
- andreyf 19y ago
  How ironic that it's the VP of Marketing that kicked them out.
migpwr 19y ago
Ebay made the right call, I'd throw them out also if they pulled that nonsense...
- transburgh 19y ago
  What nonsense?
  - sfo 19y ago
    their product
    - transburgh 19y ago
      A product that builds ebay stores is nonsense? We are not that target but it might not be nonsense to those in that arena.
    - edgeztv 19y ago
      I would appreciate some more constructive criticism about our product. Keep in mind it's just entering beta. What about it seems like nonsense to you? Update: "sfo" appears to be a troll - his account was created 10 minutes ago.
      - migpwr 19y ago
        This has nothing to do with the product. They showed up with a plan to stir the pot... if it was for press then it looks like it might be working for them. Nicely done in that respect but don't pretend this was a huge coincidence.
        transburgh 19y ago
        That is the one thing that bothered me a little by the article. It looks like planned linkbait a mile away.
        edgeztv 19y ago
        How else should one try to write a startup's first blog post? You're right in noticing that a major goal of the article was to market our product, but that doesn't mean that any of it was made up. It's a true retelling of the events.
        transburgh 19y ago
        Im not saying you are not truthful with how the story happened. Im just saying with the blowup of Google and Ebay right before this event that wearing a Google shirt, you knew what you were doing.
davidw 19y ago
I think it's pretty smart marketing in some ways. People remember that kind of stuff, and it's getting them a lot of attention. I remember at Linuxcare when the head of marketing (who was actually one of the brightest guys at the company, except for Andrew Tridgell of course) pulled some kind of stunt, of which I dont' remember the details, with the implication that Linuxcare was the place to go for Redhat support. Of course we had to pull it, but it got on all the news sites and got the name out.
dmf 19y ago
I just googled "Google Checkout." It looks interesting. If it wasn't for Gary Briggs, Chief Marketing Officer for eBay North America, I'd still be blissfully ignorant.
Harj 19y ago
If you interested in knowing what happened in a couple of the major panel discussions during the event, you can read our notes here: https://auctomatic.com/user/ebaylive The Q&A with the ebay execs was v interesting

31 points by edgeztv 19y ago

auka 19y ago

eBay needs to get their act together. This is not their best marketing move...

pg 19y ago

If this is true it's a bad sign for eBay. Such heavy-handedness is always correlated with major suckage in the product.

edgeztv 19y ago
I think I tried to convey that exact sentiment to their VP at one point during that unpleasant encounter. And yes, it's a true story. The Auctomatics can vouch we were there :)
andreyf 19y ago
How ironic that it's the VP of Marketing that kicked them out.

migpwr 19y ago

Ebay made the right call, I'd throw them out also if they pulled that nonsense...

transburgh 19y ago
What nonsense?
- sfo 19y ago
  their product
  - transburgh 19y ago
    A product that builds ebay stores is nonsense? We are not that target but it might not be nonsense to those in that arena.
  - edgeztv 19y ago
    I would appreciate some more constructive criticism about our product. Keep in mind it's just entering beta. What about it seems like nonsense to you? Update: "sfo" appears to be a troll - his account was created 10 minutes ago.
    - migpwr 19y ago
      This has nothing to do with the product. They showed up with a plan to stir the pot... if it was for press then it looks like it might be working for them. Nicely done in that respect but don't pretend this was a huge coincidence.
      - transburgh 19y ago
        That is the one thing that bothered me a little by the article. It looks like planned linkbait a mile away.
        edgeztv 19y ago
        How else should one try to write a startup's first blog post? You're right in noticing that a major goal of the article was to market our product, but that doesn't mean that any of it was made up. It's a true retelling of the events.
        transburgh 19y ago
        Im not saying you are not truthful with how the story happened. Im just saying with the blowup of Google and Ebay right before this event that wearing a Google shirt, you knew what you were doing.

davidw 19y ago

I think it's pretty smart marketing in some ways. People remember that kind of stuff, and it's getting them a lot of attention. I remember at Linuxcare when the head of marketing (who was actually one of the brightest guys at the company, except for Andrew Tridgell of course) pulled some kind of stunt, of which I dont' remember the details, with the implication that Linuxcare was the place to go for Redhat support. Of course we had to pull it, but it got on all the news sites and got the name out.

dmf 19y ago

I just googled "Google Checkout." It looks interesting. If it wasn't for Gary Briggs, Chief Marketing Officer for eBay North America, I'd still be blissfully ignorant.

Harj 19y ago

If you interested in knowing what happened in a couple of the major panel discussions during the event, you can read our notes here: https://auctomatic.com/user/ebaylive The Q&A with the ebay execs was v interesting