I, too, am a first time poster and like the majority on here, I am vehemently against this change but at the same time I realize that eBay has made their decision and that is the end of the story.
So instead of griping about the change, I would like to suggest a possible option for eBay to consider that might alleviate some of the angst that other sellers have.
Like many others, I buy my stock in USD. The fluctuations in the CAD make it impossible to ensure that our calculated profit can be obtained when listing in this denomination. This is what we need protection against! Now, we know that there is a background application that calculates the current exchange in order to display the equivalent dollar amount in the buyer's home currency. So my suggestion is to add another feature to the listing page that would display that conversion amount in USD beside where we input our CAD price. That way we can list the item in CAD, but at the amount that we need in order to meet our target USD price. Then add a checkbox so that when it is checked, the platform will maintain the USD value and have the CAD price fluctuate instead of the other way around. Those that want to continue to sell in CAD and not worry about the exchange rate can leave the box unchecked and continue on as before. It is the best of both worlds.
I'm sure the comeback to this suggestion will be along the lines of, "You might as well just continue listing in USD because that's what this is" but I would have to disagree. Our listings would be in CAD as we have been commanded to do, but they have been "linked" to a USD value so that our list price is what buyers see change, not the USD equivalent. It may be semantics, but I see a clear difference and doing this means our profits are protected and everyone wins.
