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To Bite or not to bite the hand that feeds you!

I have been selling on ebay for 11 years. I remember when it started, was hardly known, was in black and white and called AUCTION WEB or AW for short. I have seen sellers get angry with ebay changes, strike, boycott, talk on discussion boards, send emails, blog, etc. Call them Greed-bay, Fee-bay, whatever....and the changes take place anyway...we are never really heard, let alone listened to! I have seen new sites come and go who try to compete with ebay, but never seem to be able to counteract the place where ebay sits or compete on the same level. I have always wished for a site to be developed to give them a run for their money, but for some reason it has never come to pass. I see this as another take it and hold your nose while you swallow because this is very bitter medicine. I agree with many others that the new changes don't benefit the sellers ...but ebay would like to spin it so we all think that the buyers are the most important part of the picture and these changes will help the sellers make more money (think again!). Ebay is something where we all need each other...without the sellers there are no buyers and ebay makes nothing...It is really a symbiotic relationship. This current issue of new policies slaps the sellers in the face. It is appalling. I don't buy the goods that ebay is trying to force down our throats that the new changes will be great for those who make them a lot of $$....and I guess (in the fine print) screw the small sellers who are the ones who made ebay into what it is today...so this is the thanks we get. They are multimillionaires and we will now give them even more to line the pockets of the already rich greedy CEO's and upper crust. Small sellers are totally screwed...and the only way one will survive on ebay now is to sell really cheap, sell a lot and cow down to all the demands of the rip-off buyer. Take it and like it...it ain't gonna change! You will not be heard (as in the past). Learn that you are replaceable...Ebay doesn't really care about the sellers (they come and go) and there will always be someone to take your place....they say sellers are the ones who asked for these changes....yeah right! Go back and look at your polls realistically ebay! Don't give us your spin! Instead, spin on this!!!!!

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