You said .... "A handful of people having a whinge to ebay about the GSP is not going to stop them using the company. They are making bucket loads of money from them. The US/UK sellers love it because they are protected against unsavoury buyers."

A handful. Come on !!!! Bucket loads of people are complaining about Global Shipping / Pitney Bowes. The terms scam, rip off , ad some terms I won't repeat here out of respect for others are often and regularly said. Sellers are not making bucket loads of money. Many are losing money. I have onloy come accross a few sellers who for various reasons refuse to change the settings. Many sellers don'

t know how to change the settings. Thanks to a member here, I now know how to tell selers how to change it. many  sellers hate and loathe Pitny Bowes but erroneously think they have to go along with the agenda.. Because of buyers now going to Amazon and other sites to buy stuff, sellers are losing money. Most buyers are fine and it's not about protecting sellers, it's about Pitney Bowes making money $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

You said ...  "I avoid the GSP, so have nothing to whinge to ebay about. Unless it's for a large item, where often the GSP is 1/4 of the price of USPS. Then, I'll even ask a seller to change the listing to GSP for that item"

Well that's strange even on large items such as hi-fi components, GSP is double the cost of USPS First Class International. If GSP was 1/4 the price of USPS then we wouldn't be seeeing the many, many, many, many threads / discussions with people expressing anger, dismay and utter disgust at this scheme. !!