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@digital*ghost wrote:

And my point is that a lot of their actions are contradictory - to know why a question like "if eBay wanted to get rid of smaller sellers, why do they give casual sellers 40 free listings a month?" is the million dollar question rather than a real point, you have to look at all of their actions / decisions in context, not just look at a singular action and take it as an indication that because that one action seems to be encouraging, it must mean that the rest of their actions aren't intended to be discouraging. 

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I was replying to a specific comment, which is often made here.. eBay is trying to get rid of the small sellers. Taking away the 40 free listings would go far to achieve that. But they still encourage members to sell things from around their house using the 40 free listings.

The push for free shipping, change of mind returns etc.. I see that as eBay trying to conform to other online sellers terms & conditions (The competition).

I quite like the idea of click and collect. Better than going out of your way to a store and finding they don't have the item you want.