Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pierre Omidyar

People naturally gravitate towards eBay because it's the largest marketplace. We're the original. We've been around the longest and so far, we've been able to hold our own.

O. J. Simpson

I will not sell my kidney on eBay

It gives eBay a new resource to leverage in search marketing efforts.

It is important to recognize that sales on eBay are different from traditional auctions.

It is important to keep in mind that typically eBay's initial next year's guidance is extremely conservative. In fact, over the past 4 years, eBay has outperformed its original next year's revenue and earnings-per-share guidance by 13% and 23%, respectively.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of it's showing up on eBay in some fashion, ... Some of that stuff can get expensive.

I would be really surprised if eBay is ultimately held liable for misrepresented items on its site.

Today, it can be summed up with GM, eBay and metals and mining stocks. It's all related to earnings, and it's a mixed bag.

Maybe what eBay does is so part and parcel that you can't tie it into the traditional world.

Obviously eBay will be one of the people we'll be looking to do that with.

Brett Hull

Anything that's signed by me on EBay is a forgery and not authentic.

We have made extensive efforts to reach out to eBay users,

Nancy Anderson

We've been working cooperatively with eBay. I think the story is that we're trying to target the people who misuse eBay; we're not targeting eBay itself.

I've been lucky enough to be involved in a number of great startups, including eBay and Wikia as an entrepreneur and LinkedIn and Paypal as an investor.

We have a great number of people who play by the rules and demonstrate a high level of respect for their fellow eBay users. But you will find from time to time, people who step outside of the rules.

We generate higher selling prices on eBay because of our experience with merchandising.

The quarterly results showed signs that the eBay platform is aging.

Paul Johnson

We don't have a playbook. I found that if you have playbooks, they end up on eBay and everywhere else.

We think eBay may have revised its processes enough to minimize its liability. However, at minimum, eBay would be liable for the original $25 million.

Kara Swisher

It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.

David Duchovny

I've got huge tubs full of X-Files memorobilia that I can sell on eBay.

I love vintage shopping in flea markets, vintage stores and even Ebay.

There is no longer a perception that eBay has few meaningful competitors.

Chellie Pingree

With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.

Yes, there are opportunities to make money. But there are also opportunities to lose money. If the supply on eBay exceeds the demand, you may find yourself with an Xbox when you didn't want an Xbox.

Pierre Omidyar

The interesting thing was, I started eBay off as a hobby so it was free of charge.

The issue is that eBay has lost some momentum,

Lauren Graham

I just really love my fake sisters, Mandy and Piper. We've had a really wonderful time. We talk about our eBay purchases.

They scan it for $20 or $30 at most and on eBay get $175, $165, something like that.

Marc Jacobs

I wouldn't know how to find eBay on the computer if my life depended on it.

Mary Meeker

A captivating moment was when I realized that people, including myself, were not saying, 'I just bought an item on eBay.' They were saying, 'I just won an item on eBay.' It was the thrill of the hunt. I bought a car on eBay.

Thomas Friedman

Our bailout of Detroit will be remembered as the equivalent of pouring billions of taxpayers' money into the mail-order catalogue business on the eve of the birth of eBay.

Cassandra Clare

What's an eBay?" "A mythical place of great magical power." - Jace Wayland and Clary Fray (City of Bones)