On January 13, eBay sellers received an unwelcome announcement from eBay. Fees were going up.Partly due to our tendency to "skim" messages and partly due to the way in which the announcement was worded, the result was widespread panic and threats of mutiny.Many sellers started to "boycott" eBay, and began taking their business to places like Yahoo auctions, and Overstock.com.
After issuing another email "clarifying" the price increases, eBay finally sent everyone a "Message from Bill Cobb" on .