Honestly I couldn't care less about free listings, as I said I'm not running a business through eBay, I don't mind paying a small fee to sell the odd item.

I noticed the change a couple months ago when I listed some items, I eveuntually just pulled them and sold elswhere.

I've never had an issue off loading stuff on eBay before, but it's a struggle now. I have no interest in running auctions on semi-niche stuff, because the risk of selling stuff well below it's value is too high.

If it's just the way it is, and it's not going to change then so be it, I'll go sell my stuff somewhere else in future.