@tazzie

Thanks for the kudo, but why are sh!t loads of your listings without pics ???? 

I got around one lot by selecting local pick up on one of the items. The poor seller could not figure out how to send an invoice etc.

The second one has gone & changed his settings. One item was immediate payment so I could not do buy it now, when I added it to my cart it wouldn't let me request a total. Now that he has changed his settings the request went through no problems. 

I don't believe you can send an invoice either unless you change these settings.

So frustrating.  And I hear you Zanadoo with the ''So it has got to the stage where sometimes I don't feel inclined to go through the messages merry-go-round unless either the item can't be found elsewhere''    

Sometimes I just can't be bothered explaining it all & don't buy. 

What's going to happen with all these customers in home confinemet who are ready to buy? Come on eBay, fix this idiotic system so that it is user friendly. 🙂

Great advice here, obviously from very experienced sellers!! I can only add from my experience, I think the 'make an offer' and 'send offer' (for sellers) are really useful here, as long as the seller can reply super quick! But just means its quite easy to not have to create a specialised invoice, just simply offer one of the items at a reduced price that makes up for the difference. Also, in the situation where a seller has free postage on all items, then I think just suggest to the seller that multiple items are being purchased and to offer a lower price to make up the difference. Just a thought!