Whilst the discussion may have wadered a bit, there has been some interesting things come out of it. The concerns about employment opportunities, particularly for younger people would be denting peoples confidence and their desire to spend money on discretionary items on ebay. Housing prices in the major cities and utilities costs would also be having an impact.
I suspect that certian demographics feel this more than others. When the family budget tightens up, it is often woman who reduce their spending on lifes little luxuries first. It follows that sellers targetting sales towards woman with young or near adult children could see their sales fall before others. Likewise luxury items targetting young people may suffer some effects, although the young tend to spend every cent they have anyway.
My target market is mature aged men who play around in their sheds. This is probably one of the demographics least affected by ecenomic turmoil. These people are often financially secure, own their own homes and businesses and dont have much time for the media gloom and doom. If a middle aged man is restoring an old car or motor cycle, rising youth unemployment or high entry level house prices is not going to stop them.
This could partly explain why some sellers are still achieving consistent sales while others are struggling.
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