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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 353080, member: 1262"]Cincinnati-based 'Everything But the House' laying off 200 employees</p><p><a href="http://www.fox19.com/story/37925208/cincinnati-based-everything-but-the-house-laying-off-200-employees" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fox19.com/story/37925208/cincinnati-based-everything-but-the-house-laying-off-200-employees" rel="nofollow">http://www.fox19.com/story/37925208/cincinnati-based-everything-but-the-house-laying-off-200-employees</a></p><p><br /></p><p>According to some antique dealers I was talking to at an estate auction on Saturday this has been expected for a while. Organizationally EBTH is apparently a dumpster fire and over the past few years it has been getting away from the core reasons why it was successful in the beginning and has been chasing rapid expansion of its markets rather than financial sustainability. According to these dealers they have heard that EBTH is going to slim down to 8 cities, down from the current 19.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I'm not surprised since the quality of their estate sales has been very hit and miss over the past few years and instead of real antiques and accumulations they seem to be selling more newer items that don't look like they belong and were just thrown in to increase sales. An example of this is a sale that had quality antiques and collectables for the first 20 or so items but by the end was lot after lot of apple laptops and other electronics. In their first few years they had many estates from notable people in the community with interesting as found treasures and unique items. It was kind of like eBay's earlier years where it was more organic and less commercialized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 353080, member: 1262"]Cincinnati-based 'Everything But the House' laying off 200 employees [URL]http://www.fox19.com/story/37925208/cincinnati-based-everything-but-the-house-laying-off-200-employees[/URL] According to some antique dealers I was talking to at an estate auction on Saturday this has been expected for a while. Organizationally EBTH is apparently a dumpster fire and over the past few years it has been getting away from the core reasons why it was successful in the beginning and has been chasing rapid expansion of its markets rather than financial sustainability. According to these dealers they have heard that EBTH is going to slim down to 8 cities, down from the current 19. Personally I'm not surprised since the quality of their estate sales has been very hit and miss over the past few years and instead of real antiques and accumulations they seem to be selling more newer items that don't look like they belong and were just thrown in to increase sales. An example of this is a sale that had quality antiques and collectables for the first 20 or so items but by the end was lot after lot of apple laptops and other electronics. In their first few years they had many estates from notable people in the community with interesting as found treasures and unique items. It was kind of like eBay's earlier years where it was more organic and less commercialized. Your Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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