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To: Doren who wrote (7443)	1/11/2006 7:44:35 AM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 7772

Sounds bad, Doren. Is there a forum on the net where eBayers with problems can discuss options amongst themselves? A forum that would place pressure on eBay due to the volume of voices there? If not, perhaps those of you with enough vested interest should set it up.

To: Doren who wrote (7443)	1/11/2006 5:45:21 PM
From: geoffrey Wren	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 7772

Ebay has always had unhappy sellers. But Ebay are where the buyers are. Yahoo never got off the ground against Ebay in their auctions. I tend to see Ebay as overfat, and potentially Google could take them on. Maybe 1/2 year of all free auctions (why not try them then, with a decent reserve), or free buy-it-nows. That would be followed by a promise of lower prices after the 1/2 year. Ebay would lose a lot of value in a few days if that happened. Here's to hoping. But it would be a big gamble. Ebay would have to match the discount. But I think with the extent of seller dissatisfaction that something like this would work. Would be a major expense by Google though.