eBay financials have been buoyed by PayPal’s income for some time. PayPal is being spun off into a separate intity thanks to activist Investor Ican’s pressure. eBay must now stand on it’s own two feet, keep your eye on slight of hand fee changes. eBay is the master of “new and great” programs/changes that part you from another one or two percent of the final value fees.
One thing they’ve already done is to raise the maximum final value fee from $250 to $750. This only hurts you on items that sell for more than $2500, however (basic fee is 10%).
If nothing else, eBay is “progressive”.