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Sure ebay has always charged huge fees for absolutely nothing other than having a recognised domain name. Their software is terrible they've just been around fo

by Kequc 14y ago

Sure ebay has always charged huge fees for absolutely nothing other than having a recognised domain name. Their software is terrible they've just been around forever. They don't actually do anything, their terrible software keeps churning out money for them because they were in the space first. This entity encompasses Paypal too, another very terrible service that simply won't ever go away. Allow my distain for other people to show through. People will continue to use ebay and paypal, as they have been for far far too long regardless of any fee increase. It is the same reason people still use Facebook. Because the synapses in their brain get configured one time, set and forget. Use facebook forever. Use ebay forever, use paypal non stop. Buy EA products. Keep paying your cable tv bills. Oppose change when it is ever actually finally suggested and put fourth by congress. God this world is stupid.

blowski 14y ago
Actually, for some people, spending time looking around for a new service, deciding which service to use, learning to use that new service, configuring it for whatever you need, etc, is a LOT of work. If your whole business is pointing to eBay, or all your friends and photos are currently on Facebook, you've got to tell everyone that you've just changed URL. There's a lot of cost in changing. Sometimes the cost of staying with a service outweighs the cost of changing. You shouldn't assume otherwise. My Nan has never changed her gas or electric provider in the UK ever since energy utilities were privatised 20 years ago. Sure, she's probably wasted thousands of pounds and she knows that, but she's happy. Meanwhile, we've changed provider about 10 times - and I honestly can't say that the savings have brought extra happiness.
acuozzo 14y ago
> People will continue to use ebay and paypal, as they have been for far far too long regardless of any fee increase. Challenge: Find me a Runco LJR-II Laserdisc Player for sale outside of eBay. If you do, then I'll delete my eBay account and learn to live without it.
mehwoot 14y ago
Yeah, or, people use eBay and Facebook because that is what everyone else uses and those sorts of websites are useless unless there are lots of other people using them.
- Kequc 14y ago
  That's exactly what I said idiot.

by Kequc 14y ago

blowski 14y ago

Actually, for some people, spending time looking around for a new service, deciding which service to use, learning to use that new service, configuring it for whatever you need, etc, is a LOT of work. If your whole business is pointing to eBay, or all your friends and photos are currently on Facebook, you've got to tell everyone that you've just changed URL. There's a lot of cost in changing. Sometimes the cost of staying with a service outweighs the cost of changing. You shouldn't assume otherwise. My Nan has never changed her gas or electric provider in the UK ever since energy utilities were privatised 20 years ago. Sure, she's probably wasted thousands of pounds and she knows that, but she's happy. Meanwhile, we've changed provider about 10 times - and I honestly can't say that the savings have brought extra happiness.

acuozzo 14y ago

> People will continue to use ebay and paypal, as they have been for far far too long regardless of any fee increase. Challenge: Find me a Runco LJR-II Laserdisc Player for sale outside of eBay. If you do, then I'll delete my eBay account and learn to live without it.

mehwoot 14y ago

Yeah, or, people use eBay and Facebook because that is what everyone else uses and those sorts of websites are useless unless there are lots of other people using them.

Kequc 14y ago
That's exactly what I said idiot.