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Early last year, eBay inflicted some damaging policy changes that sent many sellers running for the hills. Now, they apparently are changing the rules to remove negative comments left by customers towards the sellers. 
The changes started in early 08 when John Donahoe took over the reigns from Meg Whitman. I am currently a seller on the site.
The changes have been nothing short of disastrous. Many sellers have left. New venues are and have sprung up. Bonanzle is a stand-out. If Ebay doesn't change their arrogant course of action, this site will be nothing more than a business course in colleges: "How Not To Run a Corporation." Books will be written about Donahoe's assinine plan. Google, 'John Donahoe and Legg Masson' to see how insane his mind works.
Donahoe will not address the users; he stays hidden. I'm convinced he's scared of us. Yes, the sellers are loud. Ebay was the people's venue-the flea market of e-commerce.
If Donahoe cared about this company or about saving people's livelihood, he should resign. Anxiously waiting Q4 Earnings.
It Will Take More Than An Apology
The amount of resentment that EBay generated in the last year with its idiotic and abusive policies will not be undone quickly. They treated their core base of sellers like unwanted trash, in their pursuit of the big bucks sellers, and now are paying the price. The sellers WERE the buyers in most cases, and the changes were deeply self-sabotaging to the site. Firing Donohoe and implementing some major revisions--like abandoning the worthless Best Match and DSR policies--would be a good start.