Frailty, thy name is Ebay

To steal from Hamlet, I know no better way to sum up the feelings I have for Evilbay, err, Ebay.

I received a lovely letter from them this morning stating their fees would be going up AGAIN.

I can see it: "Hey we can't make a profit cause, uhh, what we do doesn't require any intelligence. The sellers do all the work. We just provide 90's powered templates. What do we do? Should we raise fees again and try to nail our own coffins shut? Seems to be hosing up the Post Office pretty well so we should follow the same business model!"

Are you ready for what happens Sept 22 2009? Drumroll please: Twelve percent of the first $50, and six percent thereafter. "Yes, a mere 12% is all we humble ebay stock owners ask. Oh and the 2.5 ~ 3.0 percent our tiny little PayPal company asks as well. Yes we know you can't be trusted with your own money to send via Money Order, Check or eCheck, so we must be all governing and ominpotent. Oh don't forget that convenient listing fee too. Oh and the Buy It Now fee. Oh and..."

I love this one: "Fixed price listings and the Buy it Now feature have a minimum price of $1.00."
Yet right below it:
"Buy It Now Price Fee:
$1.00 - $9.99* $0.05
$10.00 - $24.99 $0.10
$25.00 - $49.99 $0.20
$50.00 or more $0.25"
"So y'all gots that right? It's only 25 cents, but it's a dollar. Yuh follow me?"

Nevermind that they probably already make SICK money on their own advertising, but these guys are greedy, money hungry parasites.

Look, I currently work for a bank. A bank is a money services business among other things. There is nothing illegal or wrong with using a Money Order or Cashiers Check for purchasing items online. PayPal says money laundering this and terrorist financing that, but we know it's all just to funnel more income into their pockets.

Anyway, looks like I REALLY need to get that website going. I can't keep hiking prices on poor folks who have to pay my fees.

Pride comes before what, class? Yes, that's correct!