@tokyoracer
I just find Ebay's charges a little steep, that's all. They're obviously making an absolutely massive profit on their auction site - can you imagine how many millions of auctions go through Ebay in a week? And the vast majority of those will use paypal as well so it's a double-whammy.
Of course, I'm not saying that Ebay are not allowed to make big profits, they're entitled to that I guess, but there comes a point where you think to yourself... 'okay, they're just being a little bit too greedy now', and that's how I feel about Ebay myself to be honest.
Still, I do continue to use Ebay because as you correctly said it captures a massive audience of buyers and in that sense is the best way to sell your gear. So, the fact that I continue to use them despite the charges means that I can't complain too much, but if someone said to me that they thought Ebay were a little bit too greedy with their charges, I'd have to say that I agree.
The Ebay/Paypal thing borders on a monopoly as well, I think. There are other auction sites out there of course, but none of them can touch Ebay at the moment regardless of how reasonable their charges are or how good their auction site is because Ebay have captured the market. It's a little bit like the situation the Amiga found itself in - we had the much better product and operating system, but Microsoft had the market, so it didn't matter how good the Amiga was.
That's my thoughts on it, anyway.
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