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  kingmanor, 29 Nov 2005 @ 9:10am

  
  

  You think eBay sellers want to answer calls??

  aside from eBay sellers big enough to pay someone to handle their customer service, no lone eBay sellers would want to talk to buyers, or bidders for that matter. How many old ladies will call to ask a stupid question about shipping? And how much time will be wasted answering it instead of firing off a quick email. Google's play is good because users call legitimate businesses that already have a phone and are expecting calls. This just saves users the terribly arduous task of looking at the screen and dialing the number. I'm still scratching my head as to why eBay bought Skype. Its a nice program, but I dont think it will ever mesh with eBay.

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    John, 29 Nov 2005 @ 9:44am

    
    

    Re: You think eBay sellers want to answer calls??

    Did you actually read what tech dirt has said about the eBay skype deal? They agree with you. In another post I see u making fun of tech dirt for not actually reading an article, and here you are doing the same thing. You shouldn't accuse of people of stuff if you can't do teh same

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    Christopher TruLove, 29 Nov 2005 @ 10:38am

    
    

    Re: You think eBay sellers want to answer calls??

    >> no lone eBay sellers would want to talk to buyers<< br>
    There are still lone sellers on EBay?
    I can see why they did it... mostly because they seem to be firmly entrenched in providing a portal for distribution businesses...
    
    The woman selling reconditioned antiques out of her basement, on the otherhand, is mostly forgotten, as one-offs make a lot less coin than 50 odd "buy now" Crapco USB hubs.
    
    Not that I'm bitter or anything. I just miss the old days... you know, when E-Bay was an online auction site.

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      lisa, 29 Nov 2005 @ 11:20am

      
      

      Re: You think eBay sellers want to answer calls??

      I'm a "lone seller" and I'm doing quite well with both auctions and fixed price sales of "Crapco USB hubs" or whatever.
      
      But there is a huge group of sellers who run their listings like its still 1995.
      
      Personally, I love it when I see a seller who won't ship outside the 48 states, won't take PayPal, won't stand behind their merchandise, and has thousands of nasty words about what will happen to you if you don't pay.
      
      It's another sale for me.
      
      My phone number has been in my listings for a long time and I've never gotten a call. (I'm not a total idiot, however. It's an 800 number that rings to my cell phone. I can turn off the phone at night, and I can change the number in a flash if I run into some crazed individual.)

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  Bira Rai, 29 Nov 2005 @ 10:15am

  
  

  telephone numbering system

  Current telephone number system and the PSTN network are not compatible with the internet. Any company who this that creating a solution the involves old (area code) and 7 digit numbers is in for a rude awakening. People should give up there land based numbers and use Skye, yahoo or Microsoft instant messenger.
  
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    Jared Anderson, 29 Nov 2005 @ 10:40am

    
    

    One Click

    This would not work becuase Amazon will probalby sue them claiming Google violated the one click patent.

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      El Chupacabra, 29 Nov 2005 @ 10:50am

      
      

      Re: One Click

      Sprint DSL already uses this method for access to their tech support.

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        Jared Anderson, 29 Nov 2005 @ 11:06am

        
        

        Re: One Click

        *psst I was kidding*

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