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True it is that big business is big business. Ebay is not a charity, but they are GREEDY and the fact that their methods of doing business are NOT dragging them into federal court yet is a sad reflection of our society's insatiable greed and willingness to have low expectations. We LET the Enron's or Microsofts of the world exist. Bill Gates very simply is a crook. By monopolizing his software market (illegally squeezing out Netscape, Compaq and any other vendor with a better browser, open source software or other innovative idea) to reflect HIS visions or MICROSOFTsS narrow view of software design (which we ALL know is severely flawed, case in point windows VISTA or MS Outlook etc etc...most of their software doesn't even work correctly...). Or is he?? We allow it. We are just as to blame. The fact that 50% of ebayers AREN'T up in arms over the new rules just shows 1. the ignorance out there 2. the greed 3. the lack of moral fortitude or business ethics in our society today. Many newer or larger ebayers only care about money. Trust me, as a 10 yr honest and loyal ebayer who not only boycotted but will NEVER use the site again out of principle (something many people on this messageboard obviously lack) it saddens me to see this cool website turn into a large corporate monster with a completely different seller base. I have seen this site morf and mark my words. The changes made in Jan will be felt by EVERY seller eventually. Once you newbies get 2-3 months or years into using ebay and start getting a few unfair feedbacks or get your account suspended for something you didn't even do and know what it feels like to be attacked when you did nothing wrong you will change your cocky tune....buh bye