I think what we should do instead of coming here and complaining about something that Ebay will not change change is to start educating the sellers about the GSP program.
I think we should turn the table around on Ebay and start asking the sellers why they are using the GSP program.
Maybe if everyone would take the time to do this , we might see some sellers actually move away from this and this attrocity would start losing ground on Ebay. Complaining after a sale does not change anything. But Maybe prior to end of an auction, the vendor might be gratious enough to actually opt out of the program and allow you to purchase the item on your own terms.
Coming here and starting thread after threads of this is pointless because you are just venting and ebay couldn't care less.
"But" if we start to educate the seller maybe they would wise up and see how the program really works and how detrimental it could go against them and it may make an impact since some people are signed up for this program without really knowing what is really going on with the program...
If everyone would question every seller about the use of GSP, maybe this would snowball and it would go in our favor...
just a thought....