As of 2002 Ebay became the parent owner of Paypal! Just like the BoA wanting to charge $5 a month to use your own BofA checking balance on which BofA already makes money on, this fee I feel is destined to be examined and argued in the courts to be illiegal if not just predatory. What to do in the meantime, do what I just did....told Ebay that after 10+ years of selling and buying with a 100% positive for sales service and customer confidence, I will NOT sell one more item on Ebay while this double-dipping, cruel and greedy fee is proven to be illegal and/or suspended by themselves or the Postal Inspector (Feds). Apparantly, Ebay is chock full of marketing pimps disguised as marketing experts. Right. Until any change, they are making big $$$ on this double dipping fee. Ebay corporate board should begin to look at THEIR feedback by their customers (that is we the sellers). Typical American business management shortsightedness. Make all the money you can NOW, and worry about the affect it has on your best customers LATER. I have a feeling the longer this goes on, the fewer customers they will retain. Oh, I do believe that the US Federal Postal Inspector's office is already fuming at this and if THEY want to keep the USPS solvent, which it isn't, action will be taken. In the end, we (may) forgive, but we will never forget. Ebay...bad timing, bad marketing, bad idea.
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