I have noticed that many areas are now dominated by fixed price such as LHD cars. However when you track the company often the price is lower in the showroom. This asks one simple question - is this another mechanism to sell products at a higher price by making people think it is cheaper?
Phil

phil pickervance, Denton, UK

if i wanted to buy something at a fixed price i would buy from my local shops or any of the thousands of shops on the internet...

Ebay used to be a way of saving and making a bit of money..
now it's just a way of spending a lot of money...

Ebay...no way..

Chris, Swansea

chris joseph, swansea, South Wales

The whole point of E Bay for me is the AUCTION.
Why discourage it?
Now I will have to guess the correct price to pitch an item at, instead of letting all interested parties bid against one another. How is that an improvement for the seller?

Colin McLeod, Cork, Ireland

If Ebay don't stop counterfeit items being sold on their site, they can't hope to compete against Amazon. Gillette razors, Tiffany jewellery, DVDs & software are all items I've bought over Ebay which are clearly fake. Neither they, nor Paypal do anything about it once reported.

PB, London, UK

eBay used to be a bargain hunter's paradise. Not any more, and they are responding to the regular disappointment of both parties - buyers paying too much, sellers getting too little.

But there are opportunities in this sector - Raffle.it is gaining momentum and will soon unleash it's marketplace ..

Pascal, Haslemere, United Kingdom

I can't say that I will welcome the competition that this is likely to bring. Alternative sites such as Ebid however still have flaws in that because it costs nothing to list your product can become lost in an array of other peoples listings. Bring on a better alternative!

Tom , Cambridge,

Such a move will likely open avenues for competition from auction specific sites aimed at amateurs, possibly with different bidding systems (there is much to be said, for instance, for a sealed bid system).

eBay might serve one market, while other sites serving the market that eBay has occupied.

James E. Petts, Burnham, England

Ebay's changes have meant that a number of sellers are finding good alternative auction sites such as EBid. This means there is and will be far less unusual items to be found on Ebay. EBays fees combined with the Paypal chargebacks being has Ebay unprofitable for many hobby sellers.

Jennifer Bowtle, Northampton, England

And it all used to be such fun.

Mark, London,