q: how do you tell if an eBay spokesperson is lying?

A: His/her lips are moving.

eBay Quashes Rumor over Store Fee Hikes
By: Ina Steiner
Fri Mar 30 2007 12:49:29
eBay is not raising fees for eBay Stores, spokesperson Brad Williams told me today. ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo had speculated on his blog yesterday that eBay would raise listing fees for Stores in April. He believes Store listings are growing too fast, and that auction listings are not growing fast enough.

Scot was referencing eBay's dilemma in balancing Store versus core listings, a problem that it revealed last summer when it decreased exposure for Store listings and increased Store fees.

"We don't have any plans to raise Store fees today. Scot is just wrong," Brad said. "As always, when we have major changes, we'll communicate with our community in a timely and comprehensive way."

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Core (auctions and fixed price running for 3,5,7 days) does not work for most sellers. Stores work. Period end.
What do we have to do to get this through Meg & Bills thick skulls?

Here's the thread on the eBay discussion board about this: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000342504&start=0