Over 10++ years I have seen changes on Ebay and where sellers are blamed for everything just about. Now with Ebay's feedback forum of star ratings and seller's not able to leave feedback for transactions, it allows many Ebayers to hold seller's hostage. I have repeatedly been threatened with bad feedback or hurt my star rating if I didn't give free shipping or other free merchandise. Also alot of customers now e-mail seller's saying items was not exactly what I thought but if you refund half my money, I will keep the item. I saw this with one user who had refunds and free merchandise mentioned dozens of times in there feedback. A seller would say "sorry for the postal error, hope you like the replacement". How does one person have several dozen lost items in one month. This is called "theft by deception". I just had one person use a friends account and buy items just to give negative feedback and he even admitted it was revenge. What will Ebay do?? I will keep everyone informed. In the negative feedback the person said e-mailed me many times and he even said he e-mailed through Ebay. Ebay has no records of this individual ever e-mailing me. This person should be banned for life and removed and prosecuted for defamation. Will Ebay step up to the plate and hit a home run doing the right thing or will they just take the easy way and say just let it go like in the past and do nothing?? Ebay's stock is down about 90% over the past couple years. Maybe if they step up and get rid of the "thiefs", "dishonest", "abusers", etc.. the good sellers and buyers who left, will start coming back abd the good Ebayer's will stay!!!. I have been on Ebay for 10 years and for the past few years had 100% perfect feedback and tonight received a negative. His statement  in the negative feedback was already proven as a lie on the phone with an Ebay representative tonight because Ebay checked e-mail records and he NEVER e-mailed. This person is caught RED HANDED in a lie and is still on Ebay???? How long will he be on Ebay???? I know so many good, honest, great sellers who left Ebay because of "crooked" Ebayers and Ebay's lack of acting to make there site safer. Ebay sais they are trying hard however a bizarre Ebayer dressed partly as a psycho clown with a gun to his head has his picture posted on his page and after many reports, Ebay did nothing. I gues a psycho clown with a gun to his head is "normal" Someone lying and buying items with the only intention is to get revenge on a seller with negative feedback is "normal". Someone with perfect feedback, does everything the right way, wins awards, and asks for help, is left hanging. If you are honest and a perfect seller you are meaningless?? If you hold a gun to your head, you could do anything you want???  What is wrong with our world!! I just hope God could  forgive mankind for what we have become!?!?!? Ebay has a sample of people from all over the world all in one spot. What a great place to set an example of how good beats evil, honesty beats thiefs and where a person could spend time in a safe atmosphere. Is Ebay safe. I was robbed on Ebay many times. I was never robbed walking down my street or met a psycho clown with a gun on my street. What is safer, the real world or the internet places like Ebay!! Tonight I was threatened with a gun by an Ebayer, that never happened in the real world. I guess I have my answer!!!!!