Last two weeks over christmas / new year have been very busy for me with most days just full time packing & posting ( BORING !!! ). I wanted things to slow down and now have got my wish with sales dropping off quite a bit in the last few days. Due to non stop packing I havnt done any listing for several weeks so this is probably catching up with me now. I put the strong sales down to buyers sitting at home over Christmas / new year break, checking ebay to fill in time. With many people away on holidays now untill school goes back at the end of January, I expect sales to be pretty lacklustre. I am filling in time using up the 5000 free listings to clear out some surplus items of little commercial value, putting them to auction with low starts. I am using the full ten day listing periods as ebay traffic is pretty slow. This all helps to drive traffic through the stores and keeps some action happening.