ebay really did shoot itself in the foot while there was no competition.... gouching sellers and buyers as fast and as hard as they can....but this spells near total doom once a competitor comes up....it looks like google and froogle is gonna be a real competitor...ebay now will be at a great disadvantage if their business involves these sellers and buyers.... sellers will get alot of buyers to understand also how they had to pass on the high fees of ebay to them.. so even the buyers will feel goughed....if a competitor comes along like google.. ebay will have to do better than even.....and since google has shown to be wise and efficient it will be very hard for ebay to come to even... so ebay probably will try to go into a business where either the ebay name is gone or a business that does not involve the people who they have ripped off.... they could avoid this big disadvantage if somehow they did another auction service .. like maybe buying bidville without people know its ebay...ebay will not be able to stay in this business with these sellers and buyers unless they do it undercover..