@this*old*attic wrote:
It’s uncomfortable to consider sales are a roller coaster when you rely on the income, admit customer tastes change, or to go back and re-examine one’s business model. But that’s what sellers who survive do.
Blaming EBay is easy, avoids responsibility for oneself, and gives permission to keep doing the same thing instead of changing ( hard work and can be scary).
It is quite true that the 'roller-coaster' effect is not a comforting idea of a viable business plan. Blaming ebay is an easy way to pass the blame, however, it isn't any better to blame everything else under the sun, except ebay. Historically speaking, ebay has been know to cause a 'disturbance in the force', so to speak, with regards to the listing/search of items and the functioning of the site, just to name a couple of things.
Re-evaluating one's business model, on a frequent basis, is advisable - changing it, without a solid reason or credible information to recommend a valid direction isn't, necessarily, advisable. Neither discounting, nor entirely blaming, external causes or ebay 'foibles' is rational - both need be seriously considered.
Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.
The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.
Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.
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