eBay Listing promo update - lots more news

Last night I blogged about the two day "store to core" listing promo.  As the community has digested this one there have been some very ugly details that have come to light:

1. You will be charged the full listing fee and then given a credit in September.  Many sellers point out that eBay hasn't been stellar with billing issues and there's some risk here. 

2. (and this is a biggie)  If you are using one of eBay's certified solution providers (CSPs - many call them PSPs still), then these listings will be created OUTSIDE of those systems and have to be dealt with manually.  This can cause all kinds of chaos as inventory counts get out of sync, invoices don't go out, etc.

Bottom line: Think very carefully before taking advantage of this promotion.  While it looks good on the surface, once you start peeling the onion, well, I'll let the metaphor speak for itself.