Despite ebay's initial "Svpply is not going away" claim, this took about a year longer than I expected.
Fancy.com is my alternative of choice.
Svpply to retire on August 31st
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Re: Svpply to retire on August 31st
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meh. That was two years ago. If you expect a small company to persist for longer than that based on a single statement, it's best to just consider yourself outside the target audience for longevity predictions. There just is not that much certainty in the world for small firms.
It's not a prediction, it's a promise. Said for the benefit of the person that said it. That was GP's point.
And they kept the promise for two years. How long can you reasonably hold someone to a statement like that? Products come and go all the time.
Re: Svpply to retire on August 31st
#33http://blog.svpply.com/post/31008753911/ebay-inc-acquires-sv... "One thing we do want to make clear: Svpply is not going away. We’ll continue to bring our users new products each day" Sounds oh so familiar these days...
Meh. That was two years ago. If you expect a small company to persist for longer than that based on a single statement, it's best to just consider yourself outside the target audience for longevity predictions. There just is not that much certainty in the world for small firms.
It was acquired by Ebay, which means it was no longer a small firm.
Not that I'm surprised, however it's further evidence that such statements on acquisition have no credibility whatsoever. They are just to make current customers and employees feel good.
Re: Svpply to retire on August 31st
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not a prediction, it's a promise. Said for the benefit of the person that said it. That was GP's point.
And they kept the promise for two years. How long can you reasonably hold someone to a statement like that? Products come and go all the time.
I expect people to keep their promises for as long as they say. If he meant for the next two years, he should have said so. He could fudge it and say "for the foreseeable future" (that might tip his hand, however).
But I don't buy "but's it's just business" as an excuse for bad behavior, and in truth it bothers me that it's becoming more and more acceptable to not hold people socially accountable for their business behavior.
Re: Svpply to retire on August 31st
#35Extremely saddened. Svpply was one consumer goods portal I continuously felt like I could rely on.
Much of what they post is beyond the price-range of most consumers, but I find Uncrate to be a decent site for that kind of stuff: http://uncrate.com/
Uncrate is curated by a staff, and lacks the grassroots legitimacy that I always saw in Svpply's contributors.