I have said time and time again the way to fix feedback is to remove all comments, scores, and ratings and just do plain text then everyone can leave honest feedback. eBay doesn't listen.
Star ratings are bad too because as I buyer I'll buy from someone even if the shipping is overpriced and slow if I still am getting a good deal out of it based on quality and price (price includes shipping obviously).
For stock, look at it at the max range. At the start of 2005 ebay's stock just crashed horribly. At 2006 it did the same thing but it went down through most of the year. In 2007 it was mostly stable.
For 2008 the stock has been going down steadily since January.
eBay's stock did drop today but so far it's too soon to tell and it's not that huge of a drop.
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