tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056474203732155833.post630214159016212340..comments2020-07-13T21:23:18.093-07:00Comments on Red Ink Diary: The Corporate Culture, eBay as Ivory TowerHenriettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980100650453154588noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056474203732155833.post-62220819309318836722008-06-06T19:39:00.000-07:002008-06-06T19:39:00.000-07:00Auntie May sounds like a smart woman. eBay needs ...Auntie May sounds like a smart woman. eBay needs to look at what has happened to some other companies like Cold Stone. <BR/><BR/>Cold Stone had a great concept but upper echelons began esconsing themselves in their ivory towers; treating their franchisees like dirt. It quickly became apparent that CS corporate regarded some franchisees as "good" and others as "bad". Coincidentally, the "good" franchisees owned high volume stores. <BR/><BR/>CS also began a purge and soon found out that their favorites were more than willing to turn on them. eBay will soon discover the same. <BR/><BR/>What a shame that eBay will learn this lesson the hard way. I think they would have found that many of the people they spurned probably would have stood up for them and had in the past. I know I did, however, no more!<BR/><BR/>Anony MouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com