The End of eBay

Anything left on the Internet for too long will eventually turn into a haven for scammers, spammers, and ad-bots. And that's what it looks like is happening to eBay:

"eBay seems now to be essentially broken. What used to be a 'virtual yard-sale' where one could hunt for - and potentially find - a good deal on a broad variety of eclectic items has now turned (in my opinion at least) into a hybrid mass of scammers and shady garage-retailers, clumped together with a straggling, dying breed of people who used to be excited about eBay, but who are now wishing it would return to what it used to be."

Stay away -- otherwise, you'll get burned.