*bay is just taking the biscuit now after claiming they would be cheaper with managed payments, the fee's are pretty high now but they also made category changes to gain more hidden fee's and the search especially in the US has been badly messed up. I suspect their Q4 figures will not be that good. The new CEO has made many mistakes and really should just ask the sellers what would work!
That Marketplace UK site looks like eBUYgumm which is so horrible looking and doesn't seem to be seeing much sales but it's getting a lot more exposure than here and its all thanks to the branded tape etc
The *bay forums just seem to be full of people attacking others and having arguments, along with slow sale posts - Its clear many people are frustrated right now
I think it's just to late now for eBid especially with the new platforms coming, it will probably remain the way it is now and they had a chance to vastly grow but didn't do anything