Ed said, "Realize that eBay is a business & exists to benefit those who have placed their capital at risk, expecting to receive an appropriate rate of profit, before benefiting sellers, buyers & employees."
Thanks, Ed. Accurate perspective. If eBay exists to benefit those who have placed their capital [and labor] at risk, I am among them. And if eBay and their handlers expect to receive an appropriate rate of profit *before benefiting sellers, buyers and employees,* that's their right. But if that "appropriate rate of profit" cuts too deeply into the livelihoods of those who underwrite that "appropriate rate of profit," then those entities have altered the balance between ownership and labor. They have, in other words, altered the terms of an unstated contract.
Again, fair enough. That's their prerogative. If there was once an unwritten bilateral agreement that would provide viable employment (by any name) to those willing to work for it, that threshold of viability has been unilaterally changed.
Origins have been forgotten: eBay sellers were and are eBay's primary customers.
So, in base terms, the powers-that-be no longer give two hoots about me and my family, nor you and yours (if they ever did). Okay. No love lost. But any loyalty, goodwill and faithfulness on my part has been pretty much depleted over the past nine months. If business is reciprocity, or should be, it's not so much today with eBay.
CONCLUSION: eBay has become unreliable.
Any indication they'll get a clue and come back around? None so far. And if they turned on a dime tomorrow, how long would it take to undo the damage?
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Estella said, "I've been thinking about selling on Facebook Marketplace. Any thoughts?"
Estella, I've heard of Facebook Marketplace, of course; but know nothing about it. (Tomorrow that will change.) How about you? What do you know, or have heard about FM? Anybody making any money there?
