In an announcement today, eBay essentially told its users to take a hike.

eBay is raising fees, in some cases over 6%, because it wants to improve its stock price on Wall Street. at the same time, of course, eBay is raising taxes on thousands of eBay customers. no taxation without representation??? exactly.

eBay to its members: “we’re begging you to NOT sell on eBay. sell somewhere else. Sell on craigslist (free). Sell on Edgeio (free). Sell on Google (not free but has a market-based system).”

while most internet services are lowering their prices, eBay continues to raise its price without adding a lot of additional benefits to its users.

eBay, the CompuServe of 2006, continues to close itself off and tell its users to take a hike. eBay used to be a walled-garden but thriving economy (like Singapore). Today eBay is more like North Korea … insular, erratic, and makes decisions not based on the best interest of its citizens.