I agree with black*poppys sentiments. I do wonder if ebay need to keep the general public around to wean them onto the new look ebay. Ebay may be encouraging the non store holding general public  to hang around, but they seem to be doing everything they can think of to drive the small store sellers away. Like others I have taken the hint and are spending a lot of time trying to get a new business venture up and running. It does take a lot of time and money to replace the income I am currently getting from ebay. ( it took several years of hard work to build my current ebay business ).  I just hope I can have something in place by the time the p00 really hits the fan for small store holders.