Author

@ValueAddedRS ValueAddedRS

Forensic eBay-marketplace watchdog dismantling management's metrics with deep institutional memory

Produces original, source-cited investigative analysis of eB

trader score
+0.56
hit rate
70%
mean α
+0.25%
signals 14d
55

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 70% hit rate, +0.25% mean alpha, trader score +0.56. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -0.1% since posting (mean over 49 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28EBAY@ValueAddedRS+0.20Speculates eBay's unannounced program may resemble Vinted's verification offering.
2026-08-28EBAY@ValueAddedRS+0.20Reports an eBay Germany hiring post for an electronics-verification operation.
2026-08-27·@ValueAddedRS·Says eBay could solve a presale trap but provides the substantive detail only in a linked post.·
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS-0.65Criticizes eBay presale listings as policy violations and risky for buyers.+3.3%
2026-08-27ETSY@ValueAddedRS-0.40Mocks Etsy as Depop deteriorates, implying a negative view of the acquisition.+0.8%
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS-0.65Mocks eBay leadership's Depop strategy and alleges executive stock selling.+3.3%
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS-0.75Mocks the value of eBay's $1.4B acquisition.+3.3%
2026-08-27GME@ValueAddedRS+0.00Mocks eBay CEO's communications makeover; GME is only associated context.-2.1%
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS-0.35Mocks eBay CEO's communications makeover; GME is only associated context.+3.3%
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS+0.10Expects eBay's prospective verification offering to resemble Vinted's UK service.+3.3%
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS+0.15Discusses evidence that eBay is building a UK electronics-verification service.+3.3%
2026-08-27EBAY@ValueAddedRS+0.30Reports eBay hiring for an electronics-verification operation in London.+3.3%
2026-08-26EBAY@ValueAddedRS+0.00eBay plans to switch some calculated listings to discounted shipping rates on October 1 unless sellers opt out.+1.4%
2026-08-26EBAY@ValueAddedRS-0.45Author mocks eBay's community launch and criticizes removed archives and hidden search filters.+1.4%
2026-08-25EBAY@ValueAddedRS-0.25eBay will ban airbag listings after an NHTSA investigation despite a related legal win.-0.4%

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.