| Ebay has been long established leader in the online | | | | flotsam and jetsam, the lost and neglected belongings |
| auctions market. It has become a verb 'to ebay | | | | that had been inhabiting peoples garages, attics and |
| something'. The brand recognition for ebay is | | | | sheds. |
| extremely highly but its position at the top of the pile | | | | It was like the world's best boot sale or the biggest |
| in online auctions is slowly being eroded. | | | | charity shop in the world. Even better than the great |
| From a personal point of view I now find ebay more | | | | Charity Shop I once stumbled across in the Mission |
| like an online market rather than a charity shop or | | | | Rock area of San Francisco. Now it tends to be |
| boot sale. Ebay used to be a great place to browse | | | | dominated by power sellers and online shops who list |
| for bargains, for rare records, Star Wars figures, | | | | 1,000 of duplicate items drown the real bargains' in a |
| crockery, old coins, newspapers and a million other | | | | sea of cheap products from the Far East. |
| esoteric things. The site was filled with all manner of | | | | |