I hear you loud and clear, CLint. That is exactly why I am all but non-existent on ebay anymore. Top it off with the fact that overall, the selling prices are through the floor, it just isn't worth it anymore. As you know, I too had a store at one time. Its a joke in my opinion. They take a ridiculous percentage of sales and then the monthly fees from ebay AND paypal, and you have little left. One great example: I sold two sideshow Joes for a friend, first paypal took roughly ten percent . . . then I got my monthly billing statement from ebay, which also took ten percent. Result = for 300 dollars worth of sales, I had to pay 60 dollars!!
Next time, I am thinking I am going to run an ebay add that says please contact me to make an offer on this item. See if ebay catches on. The worst they can do is end the item. I am going to run it as a buy it now, and include a list of things to sell.