Comments on: Meg Whitman’s Exit Interview

By: How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay

How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:55:24 +0000

[...] the time John Donahoe took the helm of eBay in Q1 2008, he opted to “aggressively change our product, our customer approach and our [...]

By: How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay | Viningmedia Nieuws

How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay | Viningmedia Nieuws — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:41:41 +0000

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By: TumbleTech » How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay

TumbleTech » How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:20:32 +0000

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By: Trade Jim News » How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay

Trade Jim News » How Facebook, MySpace and YouTube Killed eBay — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:04:35 +0000

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By: Bitten

Bitten — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:30:52 +0000

2 funny… ROFL…

Now Meg is planning to put herself in the position To RUN California–>INTO THE GROUND..TOO
What next– World Domination ? ROFL

By: Bitten

Bitten — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:21:32 +0000

in regards to my previous post
“I’m not sure which of the two is further off the mark…”

I was referring to M. Whitman & J. Donahoe

By: Bitten

Bitten — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:08:53 +0000

I’m not sure which of the two is further off the mark… BUT Ebay is losing it’s buyers!
This buyer has no time to fiddle around with the complicated -manipulated search on ebay.

My love for unusual collectibles and treasures is gone from ebay. Ebay is overwhelmed with the same old “MADE IN CHINA” garbage that can be bought anywhere .

JUST SAY NO TO EBAY.
Good Riddens .. Goodbye Ebay…
ditto to Paypal too!

By: bestmark

bestmark — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:07:28 +0000

I’ve made several purchases from ebay, using paypal and other means of payment, and know many people who sell items constantly. Some of ebay’s policies do need to be revamped, maybe given a total makeover in some cases, but overall, it’s still the largest and most populated auction site/community on the web. As with all businesses, there is room for growth and ammendments, as changing times warrant. Hopefully, Ebay will continue to grow with the changes needed, not delay them and jeopardize their/its future in web commerce.

By: Will Meg Whitman Be The Next Governor Of California? | El Gallito Blog

Will Meg Whitman Be The Next Governor Of California? | El Gallito Blog — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:03 +0000

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By: Desperate Wealth » Blog Archive » Will Meg Whitman Be The Next Governor Of California?

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:03:12 +0000

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By: Will Meg Whitman Be The Next Governor Of California?

Will Meg Whitman Be The Next Governor Of California? — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:31:57 +0000

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By: Israel Venture Capital 2.0

Israel Venture Capital 2.0 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:24:55 +0000

Thoughts regarding Meg Whitman…

Last week, Meg Whitman announced her departure from eBay. eBay is one of the 3 great winners of Web 1.0, together with Amazon.com and Yahoo. Although she was not the original eBay President (Jeff Skoll was), she has lead the…

By: Mick Russom

Mick Russom — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:51:46 +0000

Meg, you piece of CRAP. Thanks for making an illegally operated quasi bank fraudulent piece of crap , PayPal, and for making eBay, the center of fraud, broken product and total lack of consumer protection, yes, thank you for making these piece of crap organizations ubiquitous and thanks for fomenting their criminal behavior the world over.

Meg, you are lower than garbage, you have lived the high life off of stolen goods, stolen money, frozen accounts, fraud and junk product being sold.

By: Hitchhiker's Guide to 650

Hitchhiker's Guide to 650 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:58:10 +0000

Meg is Stepping Down…

Meg is leaving eBay and handing it off to John Donahoe. It’s big enough news to bring me back to my keyboard to riff some more.
I cant believe the negative press Meg has gotten in the last few month. In the “what have you done for me …

By: fatmatrix.com

fatmatrix.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:11:35 +0000

Thank God, she has run eBay into the ground the past few years. Amazon even beat eBay during the 2007 holiday season for the 1st time ever.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:42:16 +0000

After announcing her retirement, C.E.O. of eBay Meg Whitman hinted that she might sell her world-famous gums on the Internet-based auction site before departing. “I’ve received a lot of requests, both inside and outside of the company, ” smiled Ms. Whitman. “We’ll see.”

By: ValleyGirl

ValleyGirl — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:07:32 +0000

I’ve heard from ex-eBay employees Meg has political aspirations — Meg 2012???!!! At least she’ll be adept at taking arrows from the uninformed populace out there, which had to be the toughest aspect of her decade at eBay.

By: naysayer

naysayer — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:46:17 +0000

Did Facebook just find it’s new CEO?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:03:23 +0000

They have a massive trust issue and are very unhelpful with complaints

It will likely become a division of one of the major media companies

yupnup.com

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:19:27 +0000

Just spotted a funny factual error on the topic on BizJournals.com, in an arcticle referenced from Yahoo Finance page: “Yahoo — which on Wednesday announced the upcoming retirement of longtime CEO Meg Whitman and elevation of John Donahoe — said recently it plans to restructure and eliminate some of its areas of business.”

By: Macaroni Mike

Macaroni Mike — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:05:12 +0000

Well, for nearly all the years she’s been at the helm (she joined right around the IPO), eBay has been a public co. — totally different game both pre-options backdating scandal and since.

NOT some freckeld fresh-faced kid a la Facecook. Now THAT deserves a huge round of applause peepal, Japan or not. Omidyar & Co. had great vision but not the execution smarts to grab a charging bull by its balls, er.. horns.

By: Garth

Garth — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:56:40 +0000

“I am not one for regrets” = “I’d rather not say”

By: SW

SW — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:55:17 +0000

Great interview. I’m disappointed (but not necessarily surprised) no mention of StubHub came up.

By: Dog

Dog — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:43:33 +0000

also…didn’t she pay like 500 mill for half.com..that could be a bigger bust than the skype on a relative basis..

as far as paypal..everyone and their mother knew ebay was going to buy paypal.. owned paypal stock at the time cuz it was sooo friggin obvious, and thats prob why they only paid like a 10% premium for it.

-shootz

By: Debbie Davies

Debbie Davies — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:38:12 +0000

Ex-journalist, now sprinkler of fairy dust for Meg Whitman?