Many have left and many have started new clone sites but nothing has gained traction. Yahoo auctions closed down entirely and eBay keeps going. It won’t last but they have the market name thanks to sellers.

eBay should try a small “buyers premium” to level the playing field for sellers and size down thier orgainization to save if their management is so pathetic.

Meg Whitman gets credit as a successful manager because she is a female CEO but behind the scenes eBay is a poor management structure that has free reign to cover costs by punishing sellers Sooner or later the envelope will lock shut but that time is not near. I don’t see anyone bragging about Skype and other eBay adventures that fell face down.

I sell full-time on eBay and for people who list items for $50 or $100 or $200, this will not lower their fees.

And have you ever seen a company that gives no discount to full-time professional users? A grandmother selling one item at her kitchen table pays the same fee as someone who lists hundreds or thousands of items per month. They are greedy beyond belief. And zero customer service. You can call up, but you mostly speak to someone who has worked there 3 months and is an underling and knows far less than you do. If by chance you get someone knowledgeable, they are just sitting in for the day and can’t help you either, although they are usually at least apologetic because they feel helpless against the eBay Machine. And don’t ever try to get a supervisor. Evidently they “don’t exist.” I guess those underlings run the company.

Sure seems like it, from the way things are thoughtlessly and stupidly patched together. You would never know they cared at all about their shareholders either.

Enough said.