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]

[castlemagicmemories]

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@nobody*s_perfect wrote:

I think the answer to the China question is obvious: It's the path to the greatest profits for eBay itself, at least in the short run, which is what managers of publicly-traded companies are expected to do.

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I see so many threads by buyers who are frustrated with buying from there, though.  Granted, not every buyer will show up on the Buying Board, so we don't know just how many of these transactions occur, but these issues show up on the Selling Board as well.  

[castlemagicmemories]

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@arun7500 wrote:

Whatever the questions are, you can rest assured that they have been screened, filtered and watered down to the point that each question will only make him look good, concerned about the future of ebay and caring. Just like their community meetings and outreach programs, nothing but smoke.

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I admire the Blues who don't know what questions will come their way during Weekly Chat.

[the_fancy_fox]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

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.

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Doesn’t matter. He won’t answer anything that could cast a bad light on himself or eBay.

Seen this dog and pony show too many times.

 Personally, I would go with the Chinese fakes and why there is NO enforcement regardless of how many times it’s reported. Look up Milk melon seeds as an example.  That’s been on for years. Can’t a bot catch that? 

[pauyo_43]

I would ask him when eBay is going to put more focus on the technical issues, hire more competant people to manage these fixes so the platform can become relatively stable. Its a huge turn off for sellers and buyers which in turn is terrible for the bottom line.

[castlemagicmemories]

Site functionality is important, IMO.  An Ebay executive acknowledged there are issues, IIRC.

[sharingtheland]

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@arun7500 wrote:

Whatever the questions are, you can rest assured that they have been screened, filtered and watered down to the point that each question will only make him look good, concerned about the future of ebay and caring. Just like their community meetings and outreach programs, nothing but smoke.

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Which is why I haven't looked at the thread and won't watch/read the "answers."  

I'm not being snarky or anti-ebay or whatever; I've just seen the this movie and read this book before.

[mcdougle4248]

I asked a question in the thread.  My question was not something that would be considered crucial and at #18 right now, it will not be answered.  That is OK.

[ripcityresell]

I'd ask "Would you be willing to come run my eBay business for a month and see what all we have to deal with as sellers on your site?"

[castlemagicmemories]

Wow.

[dirk12955]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

Site functionality is important, IMO.  An Ebay executive acknowledged there are issues, IIRC.

Keeping the site at 100% would be very expensive.     IT people that really know what they are doing want

 to get paid for what they are worth.

Keeping the site running "Just good enough"  is much cheaper.     The IT employees recruited from the local trade schools are much less expensive.   

They can only work after school and until bedtime.      But they are doing the best they can.    

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[*madison]

I've never heard of him, so I would ask him who he is.

[juststuffisell]

Unfortunately, if we take view point that it does not impact me, so it's not a major issue then how do you expect to have even minor issues addressed.

The reality is, the chinese and india importers of knock off antique drives down the value of all antique & collectibles. What may hold little collectible interest today, may have a tremendous demand in the future. The production of high quality knock off antique, drives down consumer confidence in those items and thus price. That affect ripples down to even low end merchandise.

Knock offs are one of those things that should never be tolerated no matter what industry because, eventually, they will destroy the industry.

Cheers

[art_primo]

Does Mr. Kupbens run a store on ebay?

Has he ever before? And if so for how long?

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...

I think it would be difficult to really relate to what sellers are experiencing on ebay unless you are a direct participant on the process, not just an occasional buyer for instance.

Thank you.

[abfabvintage]

Hi, he doesn't have a store now. Used to. But he is listed as a seller. Maybe another poster can come along and give you that info on how to access it, I have the info, but don't want to not follow some rule here that would get me in some kind of trouble for posting it. lolol.