Free pictures is lovely...but I have no doubt I'll be paying for those pictures in another way or form.  You can't get something for nothing.

Strongly dislike the idea of competing ads in my own listing...but I'm sure ebay already knows that and doesn't care...and won't care unless it actually hurts THEIR bottom line.  I can only hope that many others, like me, ignore the annoying ads that want to show me something else I might like.

In some categories yes....in others, only the first photo is free.

Spring eBay policy changes, no way. Don't recall that happening in previous springs.

Anxiously awaiting, as many others are, the new proposals.

Either way, whatever new policy is implemented we have always managed to weather the storm. We are a resilient bunch.

There is always someone that is sick and tired of the E-Bay thing and just wants off. So he will sell off whatever inventory he  has AT A LOSS just to cash out and accept the failure. This will be the new "Other Items To Consider Category!!" This should pretty much wipe out the rest of us that are barely keeping up to the firesale market place. E-Bay it seems is run by geniouses who won't stop this crap until all there is on E-Bay is 1-5$ crap from China and that is all! They are pretty much there already but the "Other Items to Consider" category should really clinch it.

I actually saw something very like that this weekend.

I was stopping at SuzyQ Donuts on Wellington Street here in Ottawa, hoping they still had some bacon-maplesugar donuts even though it was after noon, and noticed that there was a big billboard for MacDonald's right over their parking lot.

They were sold out of all but five doughnuts, so I got two of those (chocolate) and the guy behind me scoffed the last three.

Quality pays.

http://suzyq.ca/

That's the maple -bacon on the right. REAL maple sugar. Between these and the Beavertails ( in addition to the classics like Killaloe Sunrise- butter, lemon juice and jam on a fried sweet pastry - they now have an oreo version) the number of arteries clogged by Ottawa bakers should make the Guinness book of Records.

I agree I think shipping time and shipping Charge DSR Should be gone bye bye ....

I charge Lower then actual shipping cost EVERYWHERE and still have received about three 1/s or 2/s  for rating which really burns my !#^ because If I wanted a bad rating I would charge actually shipping or more ... .Example I charge 10 to ship international when it actually cost me $17.76  and still end up with bad shipping charge ratings once in awhile ....I now copy and paste paypal Shipping Details for every US and International buyer and have avoided any low ratings sense but this is work I should not have to do ...

I've been a member for many years now and I don't recall any "changes" that ever lowered the cost of selling, or helped the sellers with non-paying bidders.

I have a feeling its just a new "creative" way for eBay to make more money.  The only way eBay makes any money is through the sellers and advertising.