Really..?
They 'fought for us'...?
Did they fight as hard with the Fed as they did with the United States Postal Service the last few times ANOTHER rate hike was looming...?
No.
First they Asked Sellers to 'Join Forces' and PROTEST directly to USPS, as though eBAy were some frail orphan
begging for change on a street corner;
Then, when they saw Thousands of Sellers calling them weak, They STRUCK a DEAL with USPS to get eBAy's own 'Trading Card Postal rate' and allowed the PRIORITY MAIL RATE HIKE to happen, thereby
shutting down a ton of Sellers who were already on the edge of shutting down from the 'economy collapse';
eBay doesn't HAVE to take orders from anyone with the kind of power they wield, all they need to do is flex and the 'Government' will cower. They could tell the Fed tomorrow that the Sales Tax thing is killing small business and individuals who survive through online sales; and the Fed would say, 'OK then stop it';
and eBay would be NATIONAL HEROES overnight; but they obviously arent in it for benevolence purposes, so we can rule that one out.
Collecting Sales Tax was a BAD idea in the first place, now it's gotten to be another comprimised piece of a big pie that we the tax payers enjoy eating less and less of every day. BE it 'LEGAL' or not. Saying 'it is what it is' is taking the easy way out. Saying 'It sucks and it needs to change or stop' is where we see promise, instead of hopeless despair and failure.
Cheers. Good luck Sellers. Keep fighting.
T
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