What would be the one, most crucial thing you would ask Bob Kupbens?

[castlemagicmemories]

I've been reading the questions for Bob Kupbens thread.  There are a LOT of very good questions there.  Voting will determine which questions Mr. Kupbens will answer.

So this is much more basic.  No offense to the many great questions there, but many are very specific to certain situations. 

If you could only ask ONE question, what would you say is THE most important question that he should be asked?

What is the biggest and most important concern that you face, worry about, or ponder?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@joesoucie22012 wrote:

Would he come to Christmas camp with me?

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Joe, you never know!  

[castlemagicmemories]

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@coniferclothingcompany wrote:

What did Ebay do last summer to the search engine that has caused so many of us to lose sales to the tune of 30% down from last year or more. Will they fix it or is this the new normal?

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I recall something about AI needing time to learn and grow.  I don't know if it referring to that same time period of if it is even the same issue.

I think that is a great question.

[argy_eyes]

@a_c_green

"If I remember right, in his last appearance, he went into long rambling dissertations on the first couple of questions, then had to sprint through the remainder in order to finish on time."

Great point. And your observation holds for virtually any small group meeting with an agenda. The first item gets 50% of the time, regardless of its significance, and so on down the line. It takes someone with administrative skill to run a meeting, and it's surprising how many "managers" can't do it.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@argy_eyes wrote:
@a_c_green

"If I remember right, in his last appearance, he went into long rambling dissertations on the first couple of questions, then had to sprint through the remainder in order to finish on time."

Great point. And your observation holds for virtually any small group meeting with an agenda. The first item gets 50% of the time, regardless of its significance, and so on down the line. It takes someone with administrative skill to run a meeting, and it's surprising how many "managers" can't do it.

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Interesting fact.  I didn't know that, possibly because I was in charge of meetings and yes, we did accomplish the whole agenda with no issues, being cognizant of the time factor.  So that just wasn't my experience.  

[lynnsthriftshop]

I would ask him why Ebay destroyed the greatest company ever and how often does he and the CEO sell on Ebay and not commodities?

[a_c_green]

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@argy_eyes wrote:
@a_c_green

"If I remember right, in his last appearance, he went into long rambling dissertations on the first couple of questions, then had to sprint through the remainder in order to finish on time."

Great point. And your observation holds for virtually any small group meeting with an agenda. The first item gets 50% of the time, regardless of its significance, and so on down the line. It takes someone with administrative skill to run a meeting, and it's surprising how many "managers" can't do it.

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The chance to do better is right here. Now that voting has closed and the top ten questions have been identified, he has two full weeks to prepare a solid answer for every one of them. Hopefully he'll take advantage of the lead time to do that (current holidays notwithstanding ).

[a_c_green]

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@art_primo wrote:

How many top ebay executives operate stores on ebay itself?

What are their current experiences buying and selling on ebay?

In particular as they relate to selling on ebay...

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Some years ago now, that question was asked of another eBay executive at one of the eBay Live events. She said that she'd used eBay just recently to sell off a pair of shoes that she'd worn for a while and didn't like, and that everything was great, the sale went fine, yadda, yadda, yadda.

So, of course, someone located the listing in question, and it turned out that in addition to at least one photo posted sideways, the shoes had been listed as New Without Tags, which seemed to be more than a little fibbing on her part. It was good for a giggle.