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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 8304181, member: 20480&quot;]Really?&nbsp; For a company whose <a href="https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/EBAY/financials/annual/income-statement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/EBAY/financials/annual/income-statement" rel="nofollow">growth in cost of goods sold grew 45% in 2021 and whose pre-tax income shrank 88% in 2021</a>?</p><p><br /></p><p>This company, during a pandemic when it should have thrived while streetside retail floundered, was already consuming its equity hand-over-fist, even before alienating its most profitable sales segment . . . the small-time sellers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The handwriting was on the wall two years ago.&nbsp; They temporarily triaged the mirage of profitability with cost containment, but that has been exhausted by continued deterioration of their market.&nbsp; Now there&#039;s no fat left to consume . . . it&#039;s time to consume the muscle.&nbsp; Soon no host will remain . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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