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Re: eBay to Fix It’s Crappy Best Match Search? New Acquisition from Microsoft / Bing!!!

AuctionWally — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:59:14 -0000

Your on! Sorry for the horrible sentence mangle in the 2nd paragraph, and now that I think of it, Missouri is the "show me" state, not Mississippi.

It was late when I replied, real late.

Keep of the good work;)

Re: eBay to Fix It’s Crappy Best Match Search? New Acquisition from Microsoft / Bing!!!

John — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:07:28 -0000

My kinda money?!? My kinda money makes alot of noise when you wiggle your pockets. My treat to CC's Pizza, but only at lunch time! LMAO

Re: eBay to Fix It’s Crappy Best Match Search? New Acquisition from Microsoft / Bing!!!

AuctionWally — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:03:29 -0000

Although on the surface,this looks like a great move on eBay's part, I would not get too excited about anything yet.

The flaws with the best match search lie not ONLY with it's inability to draw out the best match, but rather also with it's intention to slant that best match towards that CostcoWalmartget entity they are trying to are to feed.

That this is will be much of a good thing for all eBayers, I WILL BELIEVE when I see, because hell, anything can happen.

But at this point, I'm not so gullible as to believe anymore that eBay's going to throw the little guy anything good.

If that sounds cynical, I guess it is, but at this point I've I'm from Mississippi, I've gotta be shown.

I do agree that they've got someone with a bright young mind on the team. And I'm sure this gentlemen is the best in his field. But a bright mind built the atomic bomb too.

My guess is that they'll try to get this guy to squeeze the last drop of juice out of the eBay search to benefit pet mega sellers.

I'll bet you lunch Mr. Lawson, here and now, that this falls far short of what we all hope the expected outcome to be. It smacks of another gimmick to fill a gap that substance should fill, and that nothing much will come of it for the seller who is listing under $100,000 worth of merch on eBay.

If I am wrong, it's a lunch I am all too happy to buy. Although if I lose, I can't throw in the airplane ticket that it will require for us to enjoy lunch in each other's excellent company.

I'll send a McDonalds certificate or a sandwich in a flat-rate Priority envelope.

With your kind of my money, I'll expect that your private jet to pick me up if I win the bet;)

Love ya Johnny!

Re: eBay to Fix It’s Crappy Best Match Search? New Acquisition from Microsoft / Bing!!!

John — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:40:50 -0000

Gosh you know I SOOO want you to be wrong, but you could be SOOO right :-)

Re: eBay to Fix It’s Crappy Best Match Search? New Acquisition from Microsoft / Bing!!!

Tim — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:13:15 -0000

eBay has the money to hire smart people. eBay doesn't have the corporate intelligence/eco-system to let the smart people they hire do what needs to be done.

Re: eBay to Fix It’s Crappy Best Match Search? New Acquisition from Microsoft / Bing!!!

Lisa@Handbags4Hunger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:31:23 -0000

WOAH! What the HECK is Computational Biology?
Sounds like the dude knows some serious stuff. And he doesn't even look old enough to have a paper route!