Big-ticket: 高價的,昂貴的 [ 2005-06-27 09:12 ]
全球最大的網絡拍賣公司eBay遭遇信任危機,eBay平臺的經銷商們對eBay的不滿情緒與日俱增,越來越多的人開始寄望于Overstock.com和亞馬遜等同類網站,希望eBay平臺的替代品早日出現。外電報道如下:With
roughly 150 million registered users, eBay Inc. ranks among the world's
most powerful companies, online or otherwise. It had more than 1.4 billion
items listed last year. For every $100 spent online worldwide, $14 was
spent on eBay. But some say eBay's blockbuster growth has engendered
arrogance.
Entrepreneurs grumble that executives pander to
big-ticket electronics vendors and industrial manufacturers - not the
teddy bear enthusiasts and numismatists who were faithful a decade ago,
when eBay was founded and enjoyed a kitschy obscurity. They complain about
shoddy customer service, including site crashes and anti-fraud software
that too often mistakes a legitimate business for a
huckster.
Big-ticket表示“高價的,昂貴的”,例如:big-ticket items such as cars
and stereos(如汽車和立體音響的高價物品);a big-ticket government
program(代價高昂的政府計劃)。
據悉,今年1月eBay提高了交易平臺的服務費用,進一步壓低了經銷商的利潤。從某種意義上講,這正是經銷商同eBay矛盾的最主要根源。此外,經銷商紛紛抱怨eBay的客戶服務水平不斷下滑,網站系統崩潰事件多次發生,同時反欺騙軟件經常會將合法交易認定為欺詐事件。
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