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   I'm a small seller/ adverage buyer.   Frankly the feedback is a far greater issue to me then the fees. The fees mean I will sell more at yard sales, thats ok, I can deal with that. The feedback however means its harder to spot a bad buyer, and thats likely to cost me far more then fees.

      The quality of most sellers on eBay in general is good, but there are some real flakes playing the game. The fake memory scams with the mp3 players and memory chips(http://www.mympxplayer.com) or as is auctions selling items as untested that are known not to work while touting most work perfectly.  Listings padding the shipping fee asurbly.  Sellers you cant get to respond to you with gun pointed at their head, and buyers that as just as bad. Scams, hacked accounts (both buyer and seller), outright lies, badly formed ads, buyers that don't read, the list is long. There are entire web sites dealing with unhappy eBay  buyers,  and I'm sure lots of stores opened by sellers tired of eBays games. 

     As a buyer theres nothing like seeing inflated shipping to get me to move on past your ad. I mean shipping is almost always not refundable,  so padding it up to $19.99 or higher to cover your costs, seller fees, and bypass my scant protection as a buyer is not in my best interests. Then getting the package in a  plastic bag with no bubble wrap or other protection and noting the postage was $1.25 is not likely to inspire one to leave good feedback.

   I ordered a cell phone once from a "Power Seller" it came loose in a Fed Ex mailer (mylar bag, non padded.) Shipping was about right for the item, packing was not, an the free muddy foot prints on the bag were a bonus.  Phone worked fine, I still have it as a backup to this day.

   If there was somewhere better then eBay I would be doing business there, its that simple.