Keynote speech pictures

by Sue Bailey

There were around 6,000 seats in the hall, far short of the 10,000 that eBay claim on their banner. Worse still, less than half of the seats were filled. People were leaving during Lorrie Norrington’s speech.

Click the pics to embiggen.

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Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Saturday, June 21st, 2008 at 1:25 am
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13 Responses to “Keynote speech pictures”

  1. MarkII on June 21st, 2008 1:51 am

    “People were leaving during Lorrie Norrington’s speech.”

    You must be an idiot to listen to her at the first place but having said that no much fantasy is needed to understand why people left.

    It must be like listening to Ronald McDonald. eBay has become like McDonald’s: Selling Crap.

  2. Dan @ vzaar on June 21st, 2008 8:18 am

    Markll,

    I think it’s always worth listening to the people who are significant eBay leaders to see what they have to say. Indeed, I would like to think I try to listen to all comers regardless of status. Prejudice is best avoided.

    But it is interesting that so many people left during the keynote. As these pictures show.

  3. northumbrian on June 21st, 2008 9:43 am

    I am prejudice, racist, xenophobic ,narrow minded, call it what you will
    when my money, my future and my living are affected,
    cant say I am confident, hope these people are better leaders, than speakers

  4. bonni on June 21st, 2008 11:59 am

    “Click the pics to embiggen.”

    I love it when people use the word “embiggen”. It’s a perfectly cromulent word. (We now return you to the serious discussion.) ;)

  5. Patty on June 21st, 2008 12:32 pm

    It wasnt exactly rammed packed last year for the keynote speeches but it wasnt as empty as that either.

  6. Sue Bailey on June 21st, 2008 1:11 pm

    Bonni - I love it when someone gets it ;-)

  7. whirly on June 21st, 2008 2:16 pm

    #6 It’s a girl thing Biddy.

  8. northumbrian on June 21st, 2008 3:59 pm

    too right
    girls are always on about Size

  9. Andy Toogood on June 21st, 2008 5:00 pm

    I read somewhere that JD had his parents in the audience and showed pics of himself as a child after referring to them being there….

    Firstly were they there to swell the numbers?

    And secondly doesn’t anyone at ebay get that they are a business presenting to customers (or family as the case may be)

    Does anyone in that organisation have a clue anymore? Meg Whitman got out at the right time didn’t she?

  10. whirly on June 21st, 2008 5:10 pm

    #9 I no exactly what you mean, it’s like the liberal democrat party have just won the general election and we are seeing the results…. 3 months later,,,everyone is hugging tree’s and riding a push bike…but no bugger is making any money so after 6 months tax goes up 20% and everyone soon realises things were not so bad after all……..bring back Meg!

  11. Disgruntled Ebay Powerseller on June 21st, 2008 5:41 pm

    So glad all those people walked out.
    Wish I was there for the feedback session, I would have stood up with that guy!

  12. Disgruntled Ebay Powerseller on June 26th, 2008 11:37 pm

    We need your comments at the wall street journal

    http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2.....=wsjcrmain

  13. Jason on June 27th, 2008 4:57 am

    E bay clearly does not care about the people who made it so popular they have turned there backs on us making it impossible to make any money selling on that sitr lets say I get a tv wholesale for 450.00 and I try and sell it for 500 dollars after paying paypal and the listing fees on e bay I would make like 15 dollars they would make more money than I would I will never use them again I left and put my store on e bid I contacted my clients and you know what I am actually making as much or more now (SO FAR) my clients didnt seem to mind and they are still with me alot of them said they would boycott e bay permanently too!

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