[tehwebguy]

Maybe so (I disagree) but this is really an issue of who eBay is trying to serve IMO.

On one hand they want the site to be friendly to the power-users that make up what I would guess is the majority of the products that sell, on the other hand are users that are deciding between eBay or Amazon and don't care to know the difference.

My guess is that eBay isn't competing with some other auction site or even Craigslist for most buyers, but Amazon.