"I guess what saddens me is that the merchants who make money for this site are not a little more united with each other. When this kind of thing happens to a merchant you should all be out on strike. Get a Union together guys!"

Not everyone agrees or disagrees on the same things. This included.

I personally don't like the decision but I'll support their choice to make it regardless of how unprofessional and stupid I think it is.

What I really hate to see is things being made up as they go (and this I won't support if it continues). Last October when this happened it was put up for discussion one morning and implemented by the afternoon. No warning and no opinions were even considered. A truely professional site would have stated the changes that they wished to make (not pretend it was up for discussion as if our opinions mattered), set a time in which it would be implemented and outlined all whom it would affect. This would have given those affected the time to decide if they wanted to stay or go.

It should have all been said and done back then, even if it was done incorrectly. Like Silvermage says, I too was under the impression that it was only site owners and that mods and admins were unaffected. With this recent change, I have to wonder if they will soon dictate where merchants can work or sell.
And if you think about it, if the site owners are making nothing beyond what they upload to sell (as opposed to keeping and profiting from the percentage of their brokers) the mods and admins are making nothing.

The merchant forum holds no trade secrets. It is a valuable source of information regarding your product, your advertising, sales, etc. I don't believe that the other resources are enough. If this site has accepted money from a merchant, that merchant has PAID for the right to have a voice and be informed.

...... Kendra