Hi Jillywinkle, thanks for taking the time to read my comments & empathising ! 

What gives me hope in this day & age is the fact that Internet Selling/Buying can only GET BIGGER ........ so ebay has had the market to itself all these years, but now that most of the world accepts this IS the new shopping experience more & more 'ebay's' will open & then they will regret all the lack of loyalty they have displayed toward the very people who were responsible for establishing their name as a household word......we will all dump them for a more loyal auction site.

Regarding FREE POSTAGE,how on earth can a seller incorporate Free Postage into their ITEM PRICE when it could end up being sent anywhere in the world........even the cost from Australian State to State can be quite different, so there is NO WAY a buyer can cover offer FREE POSTAGE without losing both on postage & in MORE FEES TO EBAY & PAYLAP !

They certainly haven't informed me that they've deposited that $1,000.000.00 in my paypal account  for the business concept of a 2nd site purely for vintage & antiques !!!!!!

Re Powerseller status, I was lumbered with it like many others who WERE NOT trying for it, funny, not long after they were so generous with Powerseller handouts they introduced the 30 Free Listings ... .which as we all now Power Sellers are exempt from taking any advantage of.

The people running these businesses all grew up on the Michael Douglas credo of 'Greed IS Good'.....integrity, loyalty & similar words will all be obsolete soon. How sad !!!