Dear Thread,
I know you must be feeling confused and somewhat wobbly on your pins. It's been a while since you were really up and about, isn't it?
I know you were born on 20-08-2013 at 09:04 AM... Let me just highlight that. 2013. Five years ago. That's a longer lifespan than that of a McDonalds French Fry preserved in a shoe box.
Your original poster had his/her points addressed, and the whole thing came to a peaceful end two days later on 22-08-2013 at 10:45 PM, at which time you had every right to expect a calm spirit of eternal rest to fall upon you.
But no! A rude awakening on 07-09-2017 at 01:22 PM must have shocked you rigid! Your poor old bones... Of course, the poster probably did not realise how old you were, and how much you were looking forward to doing nothing more strenuous than watching the latest episode of Antiques Roadshow. Of course no one blames the poster of the small venting post which woke you up; a swift and spirited conversation occurred after that post concerning this very issue of dormant threads suddenly popping up with a new reply well and truly after the thread's original date (and usefulness) has passed.
But on โ08-09-2017 at 10:45 AM, that discussion ceased, and you lay down your weary head once more...
... and here we are again. Another post a year later (that is, five years since the thread was started), no doubt posted without the poster realising how old you are, dear thread.
I can't help thinking it's the forum's search function which is the problem. It dredges up old old threads without remorse, just because eBay members do a search for an answer or a topic. The search doesn't show the age of the thread, or the direction it's taken.
I also think that part of the problem is that old threads whose time has come are - as so many on these boards have mentioned - left unlocked, vulnerable to being posted in without warning that it's an old thread.
I could compare it, I suppose, to a man's being told that his hire car is "right over there, in that corner, over to the left", and that "the doors are unlocked, the keys are in the ignition, so just hop in and drive away." In reality, the hire car is not where the man's been told, the car that's sitting in the left corner unlocked and with keys in the ignition is the WRONG CAR, and moreover, it's a car whose battery doesn't hold a proper charge, whose suspension is badly in need of repair, and whose engine has a cracked head... and it's such an old car that it won't get the poor driver to where he needs to go, anyway.
@waynefenton1957, if you head to the top of this particular board/forum (The eBay Community Discussion Boards Buying & Selling Buying), you'll see a grey button enscribed with "New Message". When you click onto that, you are starting a new topic, and it will attract helpful comments and advice as well as allowing old threads not to be opened. (The worst thing about posting in an old thread is that much of the advice given years ago is no longer relevant, as eBay's policies will have changed since that time.) .... And you're right; it's not appropriate for you to pay for a service which the seller doesn't provide. If you post this in a new thread, you're sure to get some helpful suggestions.
