I have read the article - an interesting read. I believe that there is a difference in the "the small business sellers" that the article refers to and the "small sellers" that we think it refers to. In the UK, I understand that it is a UK government requirement for ebay sellers who meet certain criteria to list as Ebay "Business Sellers", which I understand is different than we "small sellers" that register on the Aust ebay site. Therefore, I see the article as referring to a different category of seller other than the mum and dad small sellers on ebay here in Australia or those of us who just operate our Ebay store as a personal seller, rather than a business seller. It is my take, that except for those who can offer items in the collectibles categories, that Ebay want to get rid of any sellers they see as "garage sale sellers" in what some are referring to as "Ebay's latest small seller cull using the new Defect and Returns system."