Thank you 5kazam, I thought I was really losing the plot.

I agree that ebay doesn't like a lot (read most)  of my photos, however my buyers seem quite happy.

Since the uploading format has changed I can't upload anything !!

I will keep trying and I will use a lighter background as well, other than that I am at a loss.

Can we please have the old format for uploading back ? I wonder if anyone else has the same problem ?