I do not know if this will apply over all the categories on eBay, but I have been conducting my own little survey on the category that I have sold in for over 23 years and that is Coins. Firstly I no longer list a lot of items, mainly because my collection is getting smaller by the day, and not on here by the way. I have noticed this however. In the coin category, up till 3 months ago the number of listings, British only, was significantly over 650, 000, now it around 545.000. Auctions were always around 80, 000, now not much over 50,000. Auction items are selling for a lot less than they were 6 months ago, which is great for buyers, when the buyers are viewing. Views are significantly down and infrequent compared to 6 months to a year ago. Since to ludicrous ''Buyer Protection Fee'' was introduced, and do eBay think that we are all stupid! This is a blatant selling fee, it has just transferred to the buyer and it has made selling an item significantly more difficult, unless of course you are prepared to 'Give' your valuable collection away. I am not by the way, as there are other avenues to pursue. The price that a buyer views, after eBay has added its selling fee, produces a price that is ridiculous. Odd amounts like £24.76 and £12.81. How amateurish and pathetic does that look to any buyer, and it creates a price that buyers will pass by more often than not. eBay you have done some pretty stupid and useless changes in the past, and I have seen them all, but his one is by far is top of the stupid tree. Whoever came up with this must of been on something pretty strong that day, because it addled their brain and created a death knoll to your platform. A great shame because it was a brilliant concept once!
