I think your comments are less than helpful in an environment where people are hurting financially due to a downturn in their businesses and struggling to pinpoint a solution they can accept and work with. Did the government's budget have anything to do with the downturn in sales - most certainly, did the previous government stuff our economy by overspending - definitely, do we have to go through some pain while the current government fixes the problem? Joe Hockey says we do. Did the Carbon Tax impact sales - if you are a long time seller and have other businesses - yep you bet - sales declined after that implementation.

Did our sales dive after eBay introduced unfair fees on shipping - no doubt about that - did the budget and the eBay fees happen at the same time - YES, does the end of financial year have anything to do with it - probably not as this is traditionally a great sales time for sellers - so that is why we are discussing the reasons for our businesses being on the line and trying to work out by discussion how to cope while supporting each other. So take your cynical comments and p... off!