Buyers cannot take it, as can be seen in the buyer's forums, on that site, and the sales have declined yet again. You never really see the whole truth, ebay has yet to EVER reveal it's actual sales sell-through rates, and it's list of sellers who either leave or sign up. You can never really get ANY actual facts from ebay. They are great at burying their data in the data derived from their other venues that earn them some money, such as paypal.

What they need is a complete federal audit. That won't be too hard once the ebay BETA programming kicks in further on their main interface page, "My Ebay". On that day, you'll see a mass exodus larger than any that have occurred before it.

Soon there will be another site to collect all the ex-ebayers and the auction flea market traders will no longer be considered "noise". By then, ebay will be trying to court those sellers and BUYERS, back, but it will be too late.