I think Lou the answer is, we are not CORPORATIONS.  We don't have the squillions to line eBay's pockets.  And the eBay CEO's/Shareholders love the sound of the **bleep**, **bleep**, **bleep**.

We mere mortals who have made eBay what it is, are now regarded as scrap, or can I leave the 's' of that last word.

The dumb thing is that eBay CEO's actually believe they can live without us.

When we are all in the skip, they think their ivory towers will get bigger.  

I, for one, don't think so.

(I think the Coles ad -leaving out the words 'the prices are' -  DOWN, DOWN, DOWN is pretty much applicable to eBay.