https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/How-far-behind-Amazon-eBay-is/m-p/5716438#M223289 <P>On my own personal survey of one I'd say amazon is miles behind ebay.&nbsp; I went there, once, years ago to try and find a book.&nbsp; I didn't like the way I was pushed at every turn to open an account and have never returned.&nbsp; I browsed on ebay for quite a while before I found something I wanted to buy and only then opened an account and have returned thousands of times since.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>On the other hand I was watching some quiz show on day-time TV recently with my mother.&nbsp; One question was to name "The ten most visited websites".&nbsp; Although the show might have been repeated for years and the list out of date, it showed amazon in 4th place and ebay in 7th.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So I would suppose the answer to your question would depend mostly on who is doing the comparison<img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.ebay.co.uk/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I read your link when it appeared on another thread.&nbsp; All I can say is that I was surprised that amazon had such influence that by itself it could make or break a business.</P> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:22:06 GMT theelench 2017-12-11T09:22:06Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/How-far-behind-Amazon-eBay-is/m-p/5710277#M223104 <A href="https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/technology/cheap-consumer-devices-amazon.html?referer=" target="_blank">https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/technology/cheap-consumer-devices-amazon.html?referer=</A> Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:40:55 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/How-far-behind-Amazon-eBay-is/m-p/5710277#M223104 robinet_uk 2017-12-07T10:40:55Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/How-far-behind-Amazon-eBay-is/m-p/5716438#M223289 <P>On my own personal survey of one I'd say amazon is miles behind ebay.&nbsp; I went there, once, years ago to try and find a book.&nbsp; I didn't like the way I was pushed at every turn to open an account and have never returned.&nbsp; I browsed on ebay for quite a while before I found something I wanted to buy and only then opened an account and have returned thousands of times since.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>On the other hand I was watching some quiz show on day-time TV recently with my mother.&nbsp; One question was to name "The ten most visited websites".&nbsp; Although the show might have been repeated for years and the list out of date, it showed amazon in 4th place and ebay in 7th.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So I would suppose the answer to your question would depend mostly on who is doing the comparison<img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.ebay.co.uk/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I read your link when it appeared on another thread.&nbsp; All I can say is that I was surprised that amazon had such influence that by itself it could make or break a business.</P> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:22:06 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/The-Round-Table/How-far-behind-Amazon-eBay-is/m-p/5716438#M223289 theelench 2017-12-11T09:22:06Z