Well, this is certainly one big part of the puzzle. The other may be that there is just so much "stuff" available everywhere, in such record quantities, and only so many interested and willing buyers (with the money to spend).
My feeling is that eBay has dropped the ball in many areas, with the result that a lot of its potential was taken up by other entities. You've seen my list, I'm sure. The question is whether eBay now has the corporate will and the proper plan to be able to keep the company at the top of the game. EBay, in my opinion, has let a lot of vital time pass while it did nothing about some very serious problems, and has practically gifted major opportunities to competitors as a consequence.
By the way, one thing I detest in modern journalism is the tendency to assume everybody knows what every acronym stands for. A buzz-word or acronym should be defined the first time it appears in a piece. Unless I'm going blind, or missed it after reading three times through, I didn't see "SKU" defined anywhere in this article. I assume the final letter stands for "units", but I'm not so current with Amazon jargon to be certain. Please enlighten me if someone knows.
