When Reuters canvassed social media on this very question lately, we obtained some cringeworthy responses.

Endless conversations made lengthy-lasting pals. I recall a particular vendor around 2007 once I made a purchase order of some exhausting-to-find vintage collectibles. She told me that instances have been increasingly harder to make a residing on eBay. When her and her husband left their full-time jobs at a manufacturing facility in Rhode Island, they began promoting things around the house and made sufficient in the first month to pay their mortgage. Soon they grew to become what was identified then as an influence vendor and enlisted with eBay’s health insurance program. Their dream was to retire on eBay.

Two weeks ago I was sunning myself on a seashore in Tunisia the place mere thoughts of Christmas shopping practically convinced me to extend my stay. The thought of winter overseas has its attraction especially when …