Scott let me know the other day that eBay’s new policies are going to be totally lame to sellers. NPR also did a short piece on the new policies and how they affect sellers, in particular. Basically, if you’re a seller, and you get a real shitty buyer, the new policies make it even harder for you to leave negative feedback for them. They tried to rationalize it as a way to attract more buyers to eBay. Ironically enough, it’s only the sellers who really know about this new bullshit rule.

I used to buy and sell all kinds of stuff on eBay. A lot of it was crap that I didn’t need and have since forgotten about. But I did it because back then, browsing around on eBay was fun. Why? Because the place was full of people selling all kinds of stuff.

Over the past few years, eBay totally whored out, increased their listing fees, and I noticed that there were less and less individuals’ ‘garage-sale’ auctions, and more and more of that ‘online store’ bullshit.

In essence, eBay drove away the average, everyday seller, and in doing so, lost a LOT of buyers. I still go on the site every now and then, but not nearly as often as I used to, when browsing would lead to all kinds of surprises. Now the place is just full of ‘power sellers’ (a lot of them, stores who have shitty websites that don’t draw enough customers on their own, so they spam eBay with their inventory), and rising fees.

I used to buy all kinds of stuff on eBay. Now I just log on whenever I clear out my closet and need to sell things to make space. And now even that’s going to be more b.s. than it’s worth.

Thanks for nothing eBay, you whores! I hope your stock continues to drop! CRAIGSLIST FTW!!!

GTAIV coming soon. In the meantime, that’s some pretty nuts guerilla marketing going on in Brooklyn. Xbox 360 fanboy and Kotaku have their own writeups about the above image… but I noticed that Kotaku doesn’t give any kind of credit for the image. Hmmm…..At any rate, I’m excited, and so is the girlfriend. She’s already pre-ordered her copy.

I just got through a week-long video training at work. It was a blast, and I had a great time. Training ended at noon on Friday, and I went back to my desk to start(/catch up) on work.

When I go back, one of my coworkers, who’s always wearing slacks, is wearing jeans. Another of my coworkers is wearing jeans and a tank top.

In my head, I’m going “what is this, casual Friday?”

Then I realized that it WAS. See, from the very first week I started, I’ve been on the Thurs/Fri night shift to train with the production crew. Yesterday was the first time I’ve been in the office on Friday in the day. MIND BLOWER!!!!