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Ok, maybe that is a bad tabloid title? Dang,  it is already 2 weeks later and the circus is just rolling along around Mike ain’t it?  I watched the Entertainment news show last night and about 22 of the 30 minutes was ALL about Mike, WTF? Don’t we have other things to talk about by now?

I do, and that is the announcement that eBay LIVE is DEAD. But wait there’s more! (luv ya Billy, RIP) eBay is now going to begin throwing barbeques I guess based on the eBay developer blog picture, LOL.

According to yesterday’s announcement,  eBay announced plans for a series of smaller events "within a day’s drive for as many sellers and buyers as possible." The new program is called eBay: On Location. eBay: On Location will kick off in Orlando in February, and wrap up in San Jose in August with a 15th anniversary celebration.

Reading the announcement I do get the feeling that eBay is sort of going to throw a LARGE local event in San Jose to mark the 15th year of the platform, while still going about the country doing smaller events. The local events will be more affordable and possibly better attended than a single eBay LIVE event would.

Being smaller would possibly allow more input from ALL sized sellers, not just those in Diamond or higher tier PowerSeller status. Plus you will possibly get the ear of eBay representative whom you would only see on the stage at an eBay LIVE type of event.

So what do you guys think? Is this a good move or a bad move for the folks at eBay? I want to hear what you think about it. Please leave a comment.