I have to agree with most of what you say.

When I sign up to check my Ebay items it takes five minutes to get to my listings after I go past all the selected deals that do not interest me, and the car deals from gumtree, and ghan holidays because I looked at a trip two months ago (and not even on Ebay)

and sponsored links, and other items somebody else looked at.

and finally I get to my listings.

I remember when you could get into ebay and sort by price or time left and not have flashing adds sending you to some other business.

I also remember when for fifty cents or less I could pay 5% commission to sell an item to a person who would actually pay for an item without being forced to pay 3.4% plus thirty cents plus tracked posting.

Items never went missing as you actually had to provide proof, but now all you need to do is lodge a claim and paypal will look after you.

THE ACTUAL COST OF SELLING ON EBAY NOWADAYS IS GETTING EVER CLOSER TO 20 PERCENT. so even if you can increase sales you do not make as much money as you used to.