I agree - the big traditional draw of eBay was VARIETY VARIETY VARIETY, no matter how rare and obscure, you could find it on EBAY. That was the big draw, not "buyer safety" - buyers would just check out how long somebody had been selling for, and what their feedback score was before doing a purchase, it was a beautiful self-regulating system. Ebay got it into their heads that buyers want perfection and protection (which isn't really true) and to this effect they started restricting sellers and banning people left right and centre, which has cut down on the quantity/quality of stuff on offer, and put off a lot of hobby sellers that gave the site so much spice and zest in the first place. They are just unwittingly encouraging cheapo Made in China cloned plastic goods that will always get positive feedback because it's all boring functional identical stuff, and they stamp on anybody that's selling interesting and exotic items because only 97% of their clients think they are fantastic! It's madness.