Hmmmm wonder what those ebay execs have been up to?

[whoscloset]

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/insider/trans.asp?Symbol=EBAY


Oh...I see...they have been busy selling off $100 million worth of personal stock over the past 4 months.

But there is no reason to panic folks. LOL

[weedsellit4u]

Thanks Monique -

Reality is a scary thing.

[coxengines]

]:)
Xena

[comics-rock]

wheres recprd to put a positive spin on it???:^O

[comics-rock]

'recped'

[montrealmaps]

Mon Dieu..... now, I am sure that Ebay is dying, and the new rules are the last, desperate try to save the company and make (some) money. ;-(

[montrealmaps]

[numero_1]

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/02/12/ebay-fees.html

[comics-rock]

wow....ebay fees cut again....stocks rise 10 c....all the execs sell off shares....sounds like an FBI investigation is in order!!!!

[futuretech_liquidations]

Most of the stock sellof is by MEG then followed distantly by BILL and the rest of the gang. I can't believe that Rajiv guy got paid over $6M.

What a joke - have you seen the little %$$^&@ in the webcast - all he did was repeat what everyone else said but merely changed the words around to make it sound like he was saying somethine new -- ya ok - sure that's definately worth $6M.

[tea_past_times]

I was looking at Ebay's stock price this morning, before I read this, and seeing where it's been from October to now. My conclusion was Wow, someone's been selling a lot of Ebay shares. I wondered who could have dumped enough stock to cause such a dip in price. Well Meg, now we know!

Thanks WHOSECLOSET, I suspected as much.

[tea_past_times]

I guess from looking at the link Monique posted, we all know how confident Meg Whitman is in the success of Ebay's recent plans for the site. She stepped down and cashed out. Wow!! Too bad we didn't have that inside information that she was privy to. Martha Stewart 2 looks like eh??

[futuretech_liquidations]

Yup - but unlike MARTHA, Meg made a hell of alot more $$$

[katiusciav]

apparantly, hubby said that's very normal for the big fella's to sell off all or most of their shares shortly after stepping down...but its still sort of *sneaky* to me for some reason...

[recped]

Here I am.....ok I'll try to put a positive spin on this (I know that's what you want me to do).

Here are some points to consider.....

1 - Compared to their total holdings they really haven't sold that much

2 - Selling in October when the stock hit it's highest point in 2 years only makes sense

3 - I would guess that most if not all the stock that Meg & Bill own came to them via stock option plans, these plans require the insiders to hold the stock for a predetermined times before selling, when that time comes it's normal to sell (if the current price is reasonable)

4 - compared to the overall volume of trades in eBay stock the insiders represent only a drop in the bucket.

5 - compared to the amount of stock Meg has sold over the years this recent activity is not big and I'm sure she still owns a huge amount of stock.

[comics-rock]

4 - compared to the overall volume of trades in eBay stock the insiders represent only a drop in the bucket.

yeah, but thats it exactly - their insiders they know exactly how to effect stock prices to suit their needs, not ours....this absured price decrease (which actually works as an increase) has been manufactured to increase stocks in a market that is continuously failing!!! and why are they all selling at the same time.......coincidence......ive got to be honest, im surprised this thread is still here!!!!