If you got punished for anything you said on the message boards, that would stink, in my opinion.

The message boards and the sales site are 2 different things, or should be.

The only thing that should affect your selling is if you failed to deliver to your customers & you were red flagged for that.

But... having said all that.... I have always believed ebay would monitor the boards in some way. There are moderators, we all know that.

They are pretty lenient in a lot of ways. I have seen posts about Quick Sales and swap meet but they haven't locked or deleted those posts.

I would be mighty surprised if no one at ebay monitored any reactions on the boards, ever. I am sure someone may.

I would think they probably get some feedback from those who man the ebay help lines too.

But having the top brass at ebay take any notice is quite another thing.

Their main indicator will probably be the graphs showing expenses and profits. As long as profits go up, they will think they are doing the right things.