If it wasn't for the fees on postage, wouldn't be so bad.. the postage costs are huge and often more than the item you are selling, so you make bugger all..

Having said that, to be honest, if ebay upped their fees to 20-25% flat ( EXCLUDING POSTAGE) in return for just leaving us alone to sell, getting rid of the silly rating system and left buyers to decide based on our customer feedback if they want to deal with us or not.. I think I would take it.

just to get rid of the anxiety and stress caused by this terribly unfair system