Not quite as long.  2003.  Ebay is not the same now because it is more set up for business sellers.  I was still enjoying it until they made it too expensive to run a store for the small seller.  Fair enough, they've given free listings.  Try having those listings found amongst all the big sellers that have a higher search rating.  Oh well.  A lot of little guys use gum tree now which is also ebay owned.