[Gh0stRider]

BURNABY (NEWS1130) - The local economy is taking a hit, as eBay says it will close its call centre in Burnaby. The company says 700 local jobs will be lost as the online marketplace consolidates its operations.

eBay says it will increase the number of workers at its Salt Lake City call centre--which has more than 900 customer service agents--and at other offices around the globe. eBay says the Burnaby call centre will close at the end of September.

[Harvey Specter]

Wow, i know a few people working there.

[Presto]

ouch.

[murd0c]

heard that on 1130 this afternoon WOW

[Gnomes]

Never knew there was an ebay call center in bby

[InvisibleSoul]

Add another 700 to the long list of the unemployed in the lower mainland...

[BoneThug]

lol that place was probably the easiest job for the money in the lower mainland and still everyone who i knew that worked there complained. i couldnt stand being around all the whiners in that building

[Ch28]

There is quite a few RS'ers that work there :(

[trip]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

fuck you ebay. i get the last laugh now

good memories though. miss the free pop

[El Bastardo]

good memories though. miss the free pop


05/05/2009 - Never Forget

[Death2Theft]

Well ebay is a losing model, dont think it's due just to the economy.

[Harvey Specter]

Yup, eBay is failing big time. They keep hiking their fees, sellers and buyers are moving on and they can't find any new ways to generate revenue.

[ZhangFei]

What's gonna take over? ioffer? lol

[Meowjin]

Yup, eBay is failing big time. They keep hiking their fees, sellers and buyers are moving on and they can't find any new ways to generate revenue.

yeah ebay is horrid. Even by gouging people with shitty exchange rates through paypal.

[trip]

only the vancouver center is closing, they still have other operations. most of it now being outsourced to places like india.

but the company is shit, cant help not to laugh but too bad for all the people who lost their jobs at least u get severence pay.

[Harvey Specter]

What's gonna take over? ioffer? lol

lol @ ioffer, it's flooded with fake shit. Nothing legit on there but there fees are really good and cheap and i like their feedback system. I would sell stuff on there if the site cleaned up all the fake shit and made it more legit.

[Orion]

What's gonna take over? ioffer? lol

people have more options now... ebay was great when it started because there weren't a lot of online shopping options but the whole internet business has shifted

[ZhangFei]

shifted to where?

[Tim Budong]

sad that the call center is losing
sucks for us becuz even if we have to call ebay, we ahve to call longD

[death_blossom]

bah-hahahahahaha.

[Djiban]

sucks for them, i heard the working condition is pretty chill there..

[asian_XL]

it's okay, we have plenty of mcdicks in the lower mainland

[hotjoint]

wow i know alot of people that work there.

[hal0g0dv2]

dam that sucks

[murd0c]

shifted to where?

that ebay doesn't have the market any longer :thumbsup:

[Shun Izaki]

sad that the call center is losing
sucks for us becuz even if we have to call ebay, we ahve to call longD

you don't have to pay LongD w/ 1-800 #'s

Meh, a buncha my co-workers are from eBay, and apparently, their "google-style" outlook on slacking is what made that job so easy. Sad to see it go.

[411ken]

Most ppl that I knew there moved to either Blue Cross or WCB. I guess those 2 are always hiring? lol..

..RIPEBAY

[Noir]

shifted to where?

India