Shao Yibo's situation in the first brand-new board of directors is so embarrassing that it is not enough for outsiders to tell. Anyway, on November 20, eBay released an announcement on website updates, including the cancellation of buyer credit restrictions, and the 4 functions arranged by Shao Yibo.
It will be canceled on the 23rd, or marginal, or improved. Between the lines, insiders can tell——
eBay has intervened in eBay's operations and management.
Lu Fei was very surprised when he received the news from Tao Yao. Although he expected that Meg would quickly and violently interfere with eBay due to her arrogant and authoritarian character, he did not expect it to come so quickly. He did not even get the 30 million US dollars to Shao Yibo.
The "arms" of the knife clashed with him for a while.
"The news of her fall has spread from us to the United States, and eBay's stock price fell by 3 percent that day."
Xu Lei distributed the information collected by MIH to him and Liu Yidong, "The acquisition of eBay is only a temporary stabilization. Wall Street analysts are generally not optimistic about this investment. For the sake of eBay's stock price and her CEO position, we should not take action."
Gotta take action.”
Liu Edong raised his eyebrows: "In other words, eBay's improved performance will directly affect eBay?"
"It can be said that now that they have made a move, how can we defeat it?"
Xu Lei was both excited and worried. After all, unlike previous opponents like Zhuo Zhuo and 8848, this time it was Yibei, fighting against foreigners!
"It's not easy to break a move. The stinky chess basket makes a bad move. It's smelly and rotten."
Lu Fei carefully reviewed the six adjusted functions, and his eyes immediately focused on "Cancel registered items to restrict buyers" and couldn't move away.
"Is there any problem? There is nothing wrong with attracting more buyers and earning more income." Xu Lei stepped forward.
"The gain outweighs the loss. What if vicious bidding occurs?"
A smirk appeared on Lu Fei's lips, and he couldn't help but think of the 87 million gold Blue-Eyed White Dragon in the judicial auction. Are all the people participating in the auction rushing to take the Blue-Eyed White Dragon?
of course not!
A small part of the appeal is to pick up the slack, most of it is to join in the fun and show off. If you want to win attention, you only need to bid an incredibly high price to become the king in the center of the stage. Anyway, the next person will increase the price to take over, which is equivalent to a free prostitution.
Get attention and satisfy your vanity.
Even if no one takes over, it doesn’t matter. If you break the contract, you won’t have to pay!
"If it is a judicial seizure, of course you will be held legally responsible."
The legal director was invited by Xu Lei for consultation. He said seriously: "But if it is an auction house or an online auction, if you are unwilling to pay for the goods after the auction, it is an ordinary breach of contract and does not constitute a crime, because auctions generally only
It can be regarded as a general civil economic act..."
"So Shao Yibo sets up high-level and high-credit users so that they can participate in the bidding of high-value items that have been tested by the market."
Lu Fei smiled slightly, "If the threshold for auctions is relaxed, although it may attract buyers, it will drive away more sellers. Sellers are the foundation of the e-commerce platform and the platform's pocketbook."
Xu Lei couldn't help but sigh: "Shao Yibo is a smart man. Since he can think of it, he has given up now. The pressure exerted by Meg is not small."
Lu Fei raised his lips, "What caused the Long March? People who have drunk foreign ink look down on great people, not to mention Meg and the others are foreigners and the heads of eBay."
Liu Edong guessed his intentions and asked tentatively: "Mr. Lu, do we want to take the initiative to attack?"
Lu Fei admitted frankly and did not hide anything: "The best defense is offense. If there is such a big loophole, we must remind them. Who can be as smart as us and help eBay check for leaks and fill them up?"
Xu Lei raised his eyebrows, you are so thoughtful, you are just like a panda ordering takeout and the bamboo shoots are at home.
"People must be reliable, don't participate too much, and don't do anything too outrageous. One shot and one account. When the time comes, the media must follow up and report in a timely manner."
Lu Fei handed the matter over to Liu Gaodong. In ancient times, Zhang Liao could break through 100,000 yuan with 800 yuan, and now Gaodong could break through 10 billion yuan with 20 yuan. Then he told Xu Lei:
"Lao Xu, we can also hold an auction that lasts for three days. You will take the lead and be responsible. In addition to the 27 franchised brands, including high-value digital products, the budget will be around 1.5 million to 2 million."
Liu Edong and Xu Lei looked at each other, scheming and scheming together, enough to give Shao Yibo and eBay a drink!
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On November 23, eBay sellers cursed and objected strongly for three days, but eBay ignored them all and continued to cancel buyer restrictions and other functions as planned.
"Didi didi~"
Yang Bin logged into Feigou.com and eBay as usual. He had accounts on both platforms and made money on both sides. By just doing this, he could earn a stable salary of three to four thousand yuan a month, which is higher than the salary of a white-collar worker.
At this time, several QQ groups of eBay sellers he was a member of had full chat interfaces. Either they were raving about eBay, or they were quitting the group and switching to online shopping.
"Why can't you get along with money?"
Yang Bin muttered to himself, skillfully operating the eBay backend and putting the client CD of "Legend of Blood" on the shelves.
This month, Shanda launched a charging model and launched this batch of CDs, which cost 23 yuan and came with a 60-hour point card.
The number of legendary point cards nowadays is small and they are not circulated in major Internet cafes. Many people cannot buy point cards and can only buy CDs to recharge, so that they are sold out of stock.
He set the starting price at 27 yuan, because the listing fee for each item on eBay is 4 yuan, and a 2% transaction fee will be charged after the transaction is completed, so he adjusted the price to "not less than 1 yuan" each time.
After confirming that it was correct, the "Legend" CD quickly appeared on the homepage of the website, and a group of people immediately signed up to participate. The number of people increased sharply, with 2,366 people, more than three times more than before.
"Isn't it great? The more people there are, the higher the auction price will be."
On the screen, prices are rising steadily.
"35...37...43..."
"59...120...187..."
Yang Bin clenched his hands and watched the auction price getting higher and higher. It was so high that it was expected to be only seventy or eighty. Now it has exceeded 4 digits and went straight to 5 digits. His heart was beating wildly.
"31246."
"32000."
"33000..."
As the amount of money increases, the participating buyers are led astray by a few suspected troublemakers. The entire group gradually gets lost and goes crazy in the fanatical atmosphere!
The CD with an initial price of 27 yuan was auctioned for 210,000 yuan. Not only did the restrictions on buyers be cancelled, but also the auction time limit was cancelled. That is, if the bid continues, the auction will continue.
Yang Bin swallowed his saliva, and when he saw more than 200,000, his whole brain was shut down.
In the end, the price stayed at "233333" and stopped moving.
"Damn it, I'm getting rich, I'm getting rich!"
Yang Bin was stunned for a while, then started laughing wildly, jumped up from his seat, and danced like crazy.
After laughing for a few minutes and calming down, I realized something was wrong. Will the buyer pay this money?
Hurry back to the computer and urge the buyer to pay.
However, ten minutes passed and the buyer still refused to pay.
Because eBay, unlike Feigou, allows Wangwang chat using Feigou, the only way buyers and sellers can communicate is through "reminder for payment."
I quickly ran to the QQ group and asked my friends for help. I never expected that I was not the first. There were many victims. Messages such as curses, doubts, anger, etc. quickly flooded the screen.
"Fuck, my money, my damn money!"
Yang Bin resisted the urge to smash the keyboard and called customer service angrily. Not only was his 230,000 yuan missing, he was also angry about his login fee.
Buyers don’t have to pay, but sellers still pay. They can apply for a refund of the login fee, but it will take half a month. That means it will take half a month before the product can be put on the shelves again.
A voice came from the phone, "Sorry, the number you dialed is currently on a call. Please call again later..."
"grass!"
He paced back and forth, pretending to be defeated, and put other goods on the shelves. Every time, he encountered false bids and vicious bidding, and his mood fell to the bottom.
"I will never use your rubbish website again, cnm."
Another loyal seller on eBay was successfully persuaded to quit. There are countless sellers like him, and a large number of sellers have lost their jobs, all to Feishou.
"Block all these accounts quickly!"
Shao Yibo couldn't help but roar in the office.
"We are already cracking down hard and are also refunding login fees."
Tan Haiying was overwhelmed, "But the most important thing now is how to appease the sellers of the website. They plan to 'go on strike' and get back the restrictions on buyers."
"How can decisions be changed overnight? That's not a joke!"
Shao Yibo expected that there would be vicious bidding, but he could not imagine that it would be so unscrupulous. It was intended to destroy eBay's credibility foundation.
Someone must be behind this!
In the evening, when eBay was struggling to cope with the vicious bidding, websites such as New Wolf, NetArt, Yahoo, and China.com, except for Sohu as an ally, were flying with reports and public opinion.
"Ebay's new policy was still implemented on the 23rd. The most direct consequence of this decision was that it led to a large loss of users - its rival Feigou.com quickly released data, claiming that the number of users visiting Feigou.com that day had already reached 6 p.m.
It has exceeded 400,000 people, and it is obvious that a lot of eBay users defected to it..."
"Ebay should know that users are the biggest resource of C2C websites. Without users, profits will be impossible."
Shao Yibo had never seen such a turbulent attitude that flooded eBay in his life. He was so angry and panicked that he slapped his palm on the table.
At exactly this time, the e-commerce channel that NetArt cooperated with Feigou put on a series of inexplicable Feigou advertisements.
“It’s a feeling you will never experience if you make money from taking photos!”
