Others have expressed this well already so I won't rehash a lot. Marketing research is all well and good, but when you have a portion of your base saying this thing IS a problem that is something that you should consider instead of some general market research that was not done on YOUR specific customer base. I have not seen anyone suggest that black be the default color for the marketplace background. They have asked for the option to change their own personal settings. Personally, until recently I used the default scheme and it didn't really bother me very much, but my eyes are getting older and so I have changed to a darker background with lighter links. I had the default colors when visiting the old marketplace and never felt like I was going snowblind from visiting because while there was white space it wasn't overwhelming. I visited after the makeover to see what people were complaining about and I couldn't find the back button fast enough...it was incredibly blinding to the point that by the time I had hit the back button I was seeing spots. I would suggest that based on what I have read I'm not the only person that feels that way. No matter how badly I want an item I'm not going to go blind/risk a migraine trying to purchase it. I haven't been shopping here for some time because I don't like how some issues were handled in the past so I'm sure you won't miss my not shopping here now either. There are some items I would like and a gift I wanted to get for someone, but not enough to deal with the blinding. I will say that many concerns regarding the marketplace have been handled in a much better fashion for the most part than I expected they would be based on past experience....of course those other things weren't based on money and the MP is.