Sorry Rondoolaa, perhaps I could have phrased it better. My point is that the question can't be answered, like so many others people ask. Prices are what they are because they get paid by people. If people wouldn't pay the price, then they wouldn't ask for that price.
It's the same argument with cars. No one can explain why people pay 30% over the market rate for a car to buy a BMW or Mercedes! Why would you pay such a high price for a car that never features in the top 20 most reliable cars in the Dektra index, has almost no features worth the cost, and costs a lot of money to run? Still, people do it. Until they stop doing it, the prices will be high.
Ebay makes money because we use it. We do all the work and they take our money. People must find something convenient about using eBay otherwise they wouldn't do it, in the same way that people must find some value in an over-priced less-reliable car!
While we are all prepared to pay these prices, people will keep charging them. That's the only answer that fits the facts in our economic system!
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