I went to a garage sale one day and the guy was an ex newsagent and he bundled a lot of items for me as I was late going to it

and he just wanted rid of the boxes as he was moving house,(so I took out what I wanted and started selling the rest on here).

He had some "interesting" items underneath the DVD's in some of those boxes,(there was also some good stuff such as brand

new pens,pencils,etc)

My main category had less than 200 listings on a regular basis when I first started and listings were steady and similarly priced.

It's now over 500 listings and prices are that low by some sellers that they should just donate them to charity,(as they are losing

money on them).

So I do bulk listings that seem to sell two or three per month and it means I only have to put up 3 listings instead of around 25,(

much easier and less effort needed).

Now when ever the free listing come on sales seem to nosedive,(what was the last lot?,500 free listings?).

Multiply that by 1000 sellers and you have half a million extra listings.

You then have the voucher system where buyers hold back on buying stuff until they receive a discount voucher from eBay,(so

they may wait weeks to buy items).

Add the throttling and I'm glad I don't have to earn money from here to survive.

I'm like a number of sellers and buy stuff on this site with the money I make from selling on it,(no sales means no buying).