I think it's ALL about money. By forcing as many as they can to offer Free Postage it means that their Final Value Fee is applied to the Postage as well because, as we would all agree, the cost HAS to be built into the final price. This nonsense about it all being in the best interests of Buyers is just that....ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!!!

Thanks for your replies everyone. At least I can be fairly confident now that it's not just me & I'm not doing too much wrong. Unfortunately, with these latest changes plus the invasion of Overseas Sellers, it looks fairly certain that it's the end for me. Just not viable anymore, especially with the high Fees.

I might open my own Website & run them side by side for a while to see what happens. I would like to think that Ebay will wake up when a lot of the Sellers are forced away & probably take a lot of their loyal Clients with them. I worked hrd to reach Top Seller & now have a fairly loyal following which is still growing albeit MUCH slower, so they can rest assured that I will probably take at least a few with me - more money in my pocket & theirs with the savings on Fees.