Several reasons, in my opinion, in no particular order -
1. Ebay is changing, or has changed or moving into the next phase of their master business plan (yes, thats actually a thing), and factors that take into consideration smaller sellers are either, farrr down their lists of priorities, or no longer existant. Note: they are well in their rights to change / focus their business plan as they please, and of course they would, all businesses worth their salt do.
2. People refuse, or dont know how, to change their business plan (or didnt have one to begin with) in line with the changes around them. They also lack innovation. Any business who does not have a business plan nor the flexibilty to change will die. Change is, and has always been, a major factor in the retail game.
3. Payday / Panda updates on Google / Google penalties to Ebay rankings on their search engine. Any seller who doesnt know about this needs to read up on the business they have invested in (which is what all sellers have done by selling here). See their NASDAQ reports - I believe all sellers who rely on Ebay for income should be all over them and other related stock reports as soon as they hit the market. They significantly help to judge the market (i.e. your income).
4. Throttling / blackouts / invisible seller limits. Since Throttling (not the others) has been admitted to, we can now assume the others exist too, to some extent (and we know it through experience anyway). Since we know that, we can assume it is in place as a method of obtaining goals within the Ebay business plan. When we choose to sell here, who are choosing to use a business that has a particular business plan, the thorrtling etc included. Now go back and read point 1. again, then point 2.
5. Changing consumer habits. Thats online and off. We know that online habits are changing considerably... theres research all over the place, the online retail community is worried, its in the news etc. (if sellers dont know that they really need to start reading a little more). See point 2.
I might **bleep** about the throttling etc, but thats only because its something that cant be judged or measured. Its difficullt (not impossible) to change a business plan to work to something you are kept in the dark about, and dont know how it works (and it seems to be possiubly illegal, and probably quite unethical).
But the bottom line is, things like postage and fees, things like changing consumer habits - these are a given. They are an out in the open, "stable" (although they periodically change), continuous thing. If someone cant work their business to counteract these things, there is something seriously wrong, and perhaps they should consider whether or not they are in the right business for them.
When someone blames other sellers, fees, buyers... everything but themselves for their failures... well... would you hire them?
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