Certainly up and down at the moment, but our sales for September are well up on past years.

For us September has always been a slow month. Traditionally its been the worst month of the year for retail sales generally and its also been the month when eBay introduces major changes (eg overhauling best match).

It's easy to forget how things were same time last year - go back and check your sales figures for then and see if there is really an issue.