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Regardless of your take on the government taxing card sales, or ebay collecting taxes mandated by the government, it seems to me that the spectre of receiving a 1099 at year end from Ebay has dramatically altered the market place for cards far beyond what I thought. Ken Goldin referenced people wanting to sell $15 cards at Goldin. Why do we see all these weekly and monthly sales packed with mediocre cards? I'd guess because many sellers are keeping off eBay. EBay for many sellers now is largely just grossly overpriced rarer cards and memorabilia, often with sky high prices. Not actually a well functioning marketplace at all. Half museum; half fantasy land. Looks to me like a lot of sellers have just thrown in the towel on eBay and taken their business elsewhere.