I have discussed this with eBay .... I would be more than happy to pay the $19.95, but as my stock is good second hand and variable, I would have to increase my prices to get a decent return..

I am more than happy to continue as I am, and in fact, posted the 1 MILLION offer on the discussion page earlier this morning ... to give the store sellers a lift.  

I would just like eBay to be a bit more 'across the board' .... for example, the first half of this year, they were giving out 150 each month to non store sellers  ... (and I expect during that time, the poor old store sellers were missing out)   I think things changed when they offered the free re-listings.    I get the feeling eBay would be happier if everyone had a store.

Meantime, I hope the store sellers out there get a really good return from this offer, and get a heap listed  (don't think anyone will have  the time to list 166,666 items per day over 6 days. though?.)