11-29-2017 12:59 PM
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4128202-fooled-ebays-low-pe
eBay will face significant challenges in growing eBay Marketplace earnings long-term because its current business practices are unsustainable.
Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) has been flat since 2014.
eBay has been unable to improve its take rate Y/Y even after numerous final value fee hikes on merchants.
Fee hikes on merchants and cuts to the customer rewards program could cause a downward spiral in GMV worsening their current situation.
There is still another $2.57 billion in cash authorized for stock buybacks. At eBay's current price, another 71.8 million shares can be repurchased.
11-29-2017 01:06 PM
11-29-2017 02:21 PM
That's scary. I don't want another fee hike because ebay isn't making their stockholders happy. 😞
11-29-2017 02:44 PM
The fees absolutely took my breath away, compared to what I remember them being.
Also, can't help but wonder if this isn't why they're pushing volume sales, not value sales, i.e. forcing Best Offer to appear on people's listings?
11-29-2017 02:56 PM
They've been p'ing off both buyers and sellers for nearly 10 years now. This is what Disruptive Innovation got them. Fourth quarter numbers should be interesting.
11-29-2017 03:04 PM
11-29-2017 03:29 PM
What's that noise? It sounds like "bawk bawk bawk", and it's coming this way.