I agree to a point.

I sell small items at a fairly low price, and not a high profit.    I have enquired about opening a store, but (as I prefer to sell auction and not BIN), am told by eBay I can't.   I would be more than happy to pay a monthly fee, but it just wouldn't be worth while for me.   I think eBay caters to large volume sellers.  My theory is, the more I list, the more final value fees eBay get, so more free insertions would not only befefit me, but eBay too ?

I don't expect to get the free listings regularly .... it is merely that I haven't had a free insertion fee offer for quite a while and wondered whether others were getting them.

I think the store sellers should get more consideration too .... so I'm not complaining.