Comments on: Why I’m Hoping eBay’s Kijiji Will “Bring It” To Craigslist

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:21:42 +0000

You don’t like craigslist be of the “Hippie Ethos?” It is the Hippie Ethos that made them the biggest kid on the block.

It is beyond me how you imagine a giant like Ebay will handle the situation any better. If Kijiji can crush craiglist, I doubt it will be free and it certainly won’t be as clean and friendly as craigslist.

By: DayJobNuker

DayJobNuker — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:14:59 +0000

Many of Craigslists policies are unreasonable but Ebay is not any better. I can’t count the number of times I have been utterly pissed off at Ebay or Paypal.

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By: Tal Rachleff

Tal Rachleff — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:46:55 +0000

I predict, based on nothing but intuition, that CL will no longer be the 800 lb gorilla (izzat the right figure of speech?) in three years. Not because of eBay, but because more and more people are going to find the things they used to find on CL elsewhere — whether that is facebook or some other SNS (even eBay has a 2.0 quality to it now). Most people would rather join a community of people they can ‘get to know’ and sell/buy/ask/answer/engage with/to/from them, and craigslist doesn’t really seem to offer that opportunity. Also, I’ve always been surprised that CL doesn’t offer basic features that would greatly enhance its effectiveness. For instance, when you’re looking for a room or an apt, there could be fields for basic things like dimensions, windows, closets, etc. Once I looked for rooms in NYC and ended up looking at a lot of tiny airless rooms that probably were closets! If dimensions had been posted, I wouldn’t have wasted my time.

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:12:55 +0000

Scott,

I have no doubt that even in person, Craig believes what he says.

The question is if he remains true to his beliefs if they are challenged in a real way. Its easy to be all communist / anarchist / non-capitalist while you’re sitting at the top of the heap.

And that’s the reason why I’m hoping eBay brings it. Sure, there are loads of reasons why Kijiji will fail / “not make a dent in him”. But I think if anyone could, it’ll be eBay.

By: Scott Rafer

Scott Rafer — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:37:56 +0000

If you guys get to SF, spend a few minutes with Craig over coffee. You’ll find that he does mean what he says and losing market share would not affect his behavior. Regardless of that, he’s sufficiently communistic (really Anarchistic in the very old sense) that eBay won’t be willing to lose enough money for long enough to even make a dent in him.

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:19:43 +0000

rslux,

Agreed.

But its gotten people to talk about it, hasn’t it? :)

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:19:00 +0000

franky,

Time will tell as to whether eBay can make a real go of it. But they’ll need to get their crap together if they do. Which I hope they do. ;)