http://pages2.ebay.com.au/Hub/How_to_sell/Selling_basics/Seller_fees

http://pages2.ebay.com.au/Zero_to_list

FREE for the first 30 listings per month*

Charged to your seller account at the time of listing If your listing ends without a winning buyer o...

 * Seller eligibility criteria applies. To qualify for 30 free listings per month members must have a Registered Address in Australia, and must not be a PowerSeller, registered as a business or a Store subscriber. Listings must be single quantity and not fall within

** To qualify for the cap of $100, listings must meet the Seller eligibility criteria.

If they advertised  truthfully and explained the selling plateaus simply rather than just trying to draw punters  then they could elicit a more satisfactory different result. Try and find anything about the threshold on the links. Thats is what new sellers see?:|