[Cupid]

I think they would see a reduction in the amount of traffic, then a lower number of sales being achieved by the sellers on Ebay, and thus subsequently a drop in the fees collected.

Like you, I would be far less interested in buying from Ebay at all if sniping were made impossible, much of my buying would shift elsewhere there are many other sites that cater for my interests these days, very little of my buying is at 'Buy It Now' prices, and that would be all that was left for them from my perspective.

I think there are still enough people at Ebay that know this, and thus there is an advantage to them looking again if they do ever, unintentionally, make things impossible for Gixen to operate... But there can be no guarantees in this.