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Quote:Ebay execs are at it again, raising the price of stores but a huge chunk of pocket change. One must wonder why they wish to commit corporate suicide on a steady basis, increasing pricing to the point that now both the small-time seller and the big business sellers can no longer justify listing on eBay. With eBay’s Paypal still deemed a customer service nightmare and fierce competition from Asia’s Tao Bao marketplace, people are beginning to consider that the home team will not make it out of this recent scrapping...

So what is a dependent eBay seller to do?

If you plan on making money, you need to analyze your current and future situation, suggests most eBay seller communities who are currently considering boycotts and mass exodus plans. Are you concerned about eBay’s lack of loyalty to its sellers and buyers? Do the math. Many who are bowing to the eBay staff are actually losing money and would be better suited without auctioning at all or getting a part-time job in a video store. Large sellers and small sellers alike are leaving, and not in the way eBay would like. EBay wants the masses to start posting auctions in the standard format, a structure that has undergone outrageous price increases as well...

Quote:Ebay execs are at it again, raising the price of stores but a huge chunk of pocket change. One must wonder why they wish to commit corporate suicide on a steady basis, increasing pricing to the point that now both the small-time seller and the big business sellers can no longer justify listing on eBay.