Janice, the sellers on EBay are not part of the 1%. Many of them are garage operations with sellers just as deserving of making a living as the beloved proprietors of Indy shops. I think it was the 1 % that benefitted under the old model, since competition was so minimal that consumers were routinely forced to pay higher prices than they pay now. It's not good for the average person to pay more for goods and products and services just to subsidize a business model which is inherently no better for consumers just because of nostalgia for the way things have been.
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