Only half our users hate us! - Valleywag Comments

Only half our users hate us!

waynelambright — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:44:45 PDT

@Preston: Right on, CL or bust.

Only half our users hate us!

Alex — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:33:04 PDT

Calcanis, ever think of maybe dumping Mahalo and giving a shot at a Web 2.0 (simple design, clean layout, fees that are far less than Ebay's) marketplace?

Alex

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jeblis — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:00:06 PDT

Yeah I thought this was going to be about the new layout also; the I realized it would be way more than half that hate it.

jeblis

Only half our users hate us!

PurpleStarfish — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:24:32 PDT

If you actually read the article, Whitman is not the one who gloats about the percentages. She talks about the unhappiness with Google checkout (at 14% of users being happy), but the PayPal numbers are just reported by the reporter and not Whitman - and they are actually from a different survey! So she's not really gloating.

At least let's be factual!

PurpleStarfish

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valleychick — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:35:43 PDT

ebay has gone from that cool estate sale in your neighborhood to the walmart of the web. gross.

valleychick

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The Bigger Unit — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:12:07 PDT

Enh, you get dinged by both companies, granted, but still...you usually make more money selling on eBay than you would on Craigslist, which more than make sup for the small fees. An item you get $25 for on eBay, you couldn't really sell on Craigslist for that much. The psychology of a bidding war on eBay usually nets more. That said, something high-dollar like laptop, I'd sell on Craigslist. Too many asshole buyers.

The Bigger Unit

Only half our users hate us!

Preston — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:56:58 PDT

Ebay is old school. You get dinged once with the listing fee and then you get dinged again by the same company by using Paypal. Transactional costs are too high. Throw in shipping and there's no reason to use Ebay. Craigslist or bust.

Preston

Only half our users hate us!

mantari — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:27:34 PDT

I got this article as referred by The Consumerist. I thought you all would be talking about your new Gawker Media layout of your sites. Bleeeech!

But that PayPal story does sound pretty awful. I'm partial to their free virtual credit cards, though.

mantari