I saw a show on Ebay once and the cameras were allowed inside the massave computer rooms or the Heart of the company and they studied every stat, how many bids per hour and they could even see a loss in activity during the final episode of a big show, think it was Americon Idol. They must have seen a lot of resistance to those newer fees. They wouldnt LOWER fees unless the absoloutely had to. Too bad the lowest fee didnt include Casino Chips !! They need to have a bargain area to ebay where someone can sell lower end items and not get gouged to death like say a pack of four razor blades for shaving, I used to be able to buy just about anything years ago but then the Postal rates were lower too.