Jordi Hays
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Do you think he was expecting this to go out on Sunday, Monday, GameStop stock to pop like crazy?
Yeah.
And it's actually down today.
So the tough thing is he took this offer to Paul, chairman of the board.
Yeah.
now Paul has to look at this and be like, okay, is this a real offer?
And I imagine Paul will watch CNBC and that's not going to give anyone a lot of confidence.
The tough thing is like, I'm, I'm wondering, I'm wondering what, uh, Ryan, you know, eBay is an incredible business.
It's been remarkably durable.
They've faced an onslaught of competition for every single category from sneakers to watches to
are to name any cars, right?
Any category, there is like a vertical competitor to eBay.
And yet the business has been remarkably strong.
It's up pretty meaningfully this year, right?
Like management is executing.
And it's unfortunate for Ryan and his bid that the most viral sort of video clip out of all of this is just him failing to answer like,
You know, a pretty straightforward question and not having an opportunity to talk about, okay, why do you, you know, presumably if you're buying this company, you think it can and should be worth a lot more.
What's your plan?
What's your plan for the business?
Why are you better suited to run it than Jamie, who's been in the seat since 2020, worked at eBay from 2001 to 2009.