But this is stated clearly in their TOS? I'm not saying at all I support what they've done or am I down with it but this is a part of what we agreed to let happen if we decided to stay and sell here after the last major TOS update and actually even before that. They just made it more explicit what they were, can and will do if in the best interest of eBay and it's investors, not sellers or even buyers.
While I see @castlemagicmemories point, I also see where this largely benefits eBay as a brand, not sellers. The analogy of a grocer doesn't really hold because a grocer doesn't have millions of sellers they've rented store space to who need visibility and the ability to run whatever specials they think will work for their current and future customers.
If you have a brick and mortar in a shopping mall or open air court the management of either doesn't tell you when you can run specials and how often. If anything, if a mall tried to do that, the brands would simply close their stores down citing that the mall placed too many restrictions or limitations on them thus not allowing them to serve their customers effectively.
Shop Rite is just Shop Rite, Ralphs is Ralphs, Tire World is Tire World whereas millions of sellers are what makes eBay eBay. Again, not cool but they clearly have this right per their TOS. It's up to us to determine whether this works for or limits our business model and efforts.
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