Ah! Found the link: This article is from: US News & World Report 2/28 pg 46 "BIDDING ADIEU TO EBAY"

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050228/biztech/28secondary.b.htm

Money & Business
Bidding adieu to eBay

Is the bloom finally off of eBay's rose? John Wieber thinks so. His
firm, Exel-i Inc., is one of tens of thousands of small businesses
that have helped fuel eBay's spectacular growth. The computer and
parts reseller in Gaithersburg, Md., has used eBay to sell some of
its laptop equipment--$2 million annually, to be exact. But last
month, eBay raised some of its fees, which Wieber says would have
cost him at least $55,000 a year. "That's a substantial hit to our
bottom line."

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** I just LOVE the last 3 lines of this article! This is just like Patrick - so upbeat and positive. We are still news folks! The more we stay in the forefront the better!

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