Phew!!! You have done well getting this information. I have only been stonewalled and have not yet even received an Email. If they know it's a bug why can't they say????  

Anyway I have had a cooking pot of negativity floating around my head for the last two days but this info that you have just provided has provided the beacon of light that I was looking for!!!

Many thanks. Let's hope it's sorted "toute suite" and we can march blindly towards the joys of  nirvana  that is Ebay's world of 'Managed Payments'. Yipeee!!!!