The LAW of Inverse Square and eBay Seller Attraction vs Amazon or Others

Written by John Comments
Last Updated February 6, 2009

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Lets start with the easy stuff… In physics, an inverse-square law is any physical law stating that some physical quantity or strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source of that physical quantity.

micheal Phelps hits a marijuana pipe OK, did you get all that? Well I am NOT trying to confuse you or to fundamentally get you back into physics and universal laws. BUT what I do want to illustrate is that the properties of physics and universal law apply to ALL things.

What I mean is that LAWS are not a respecter of person. I do not care who you are, you can be the KING of the universe, but the LAW of GRAVITY will not be bent for anyone. It is a law and it is applied to ALL in its scope.

Gravity is the attraction of two objects with mass and that law goes like this…

The gravitation attraction force between two point masses is directly proportional to the their mass and inversely proportional to the square of their separation distance.

That sets the basis of what is sure to be my most CONFUSING yet MATHMATICAL videos EVER related to eBay, by ANYONE EVER IN BLOGGING HISTORY!!! I am pretty certain of that…Now pass the bong, Michael Phelps LMAO.

o.c.d.collectibles

Ebay has been operating in a vaccuum. Real life is not like that. They need the help of specialists "outside" of their business, for an accurate appraisal. They would have to pay through the nose for that. I don't think they enjoy spending on useful things.

Gail

Nice explanation, John!

When you add the unquantifiable elements of human emotion, anger, disappointment, disillusionment, the distance increases exponentially and immeasurably.

While it's true business should not be run by emotions, I daresay eBay has lost many small sellers due in part to the intangible elements of emotion.

Lisa

That was excellent! John, I wish Ebay would get their heads out of...the sky, but I don't see it happening. And if they choose not to, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Maybe Amazon would be better for the bigger sellers and maybe Bonanzle for the smaller ones, who knows. Just like your video was about the laws of gravity, their are many more universal laws, such as what you project, you get right back, or treat others the way you would like to be treated.

Too bad they don't teach those basic principles in grad school. Because those are the ones that really count.

CJTCI

The three things that kill a business are,
greed, bad customer support and loss of respect by the users...

It seems ebay has almost accomplished all three in the past year. If they continue on the present course, its only a matter of a few years and they will be history...

colderice

I hope so too, and I hope the "tone" of the video comes across properly. No one likes to leave home, but if the parents kick you out the basement, you got to be outtie, LOL

Enngga

You are right that is exactly what has already happened.
Will Ebay be able to turn it around. Thats anybody guess at this point. But I do believe they are working on it !