[idiotsecant]

They are wildly different businesses. Ebay is not in the business of holding physical goods, they are a marketplace that connects buys, sellers, and shippers and adjudicates fraud, collects funds, handles taxes, etc. They are not a warehouse.

Gatestop is a retail operation that buys and sells goods. It takes on all the liability for fake products, it puts capital on the line to purchase used goods, it is a totally different (and worse) business

[busterarm]

That’s not correct. eBay owns TCGplayer which has large warehouses and does direct shipping & fulfilment sales (tcgdirect).

[andrewljohnson]

eBay already had warehousing ops, I assume larger than tcgplayer’s.

Last year, eBay shut down tcgplayer’s only fulfillment facility in Rochester, NY and switched to using eBay’s facility in Kentucky.

[busterarm]

That wasn't about size, it was a labor play. The NY workers were negotiating for unionization for 500 days because of unfair conditions and low pay.

I would have projected the same outcome though.

Quality of TCGDirect operations, from an enduser perspective, took a nosedive with the move and never recovered.

[andrewljohnson]

I am familiar with all the particulars, check my HN profile ;)

[busterarm]

INDEED! Congrats on your recent successes and I really like your product!

As a seller and as a buyer.