I have been selling on eBay since 1999 and this change does not affect me at all.
For many years now I just list everything as GTC and forget about it until someone buys it, a lot less work is required that way. Sometimes I will have a look at older listings and drop the price a bit, if possible.
One of the (few) good things eBay did for sellers was bringing in (for Australian stores) a $50 per month store fee with 1500 free listings, or 1500 divided by $50 = about 3.3 cents per listing.
That suited me fine, so, I just keep about 1500 items listed, as items sell, I replace them with new ones.
They are listed as ship to Australia only, as overseas shipping caused too many headaches and losses.
Auctions were good for a while, but they are a lot of extra work and don't spread the workload evenly, so I gave up on them years ago and just list GTC, set and forget.
I can list auctions if I choose for 3.3 cents each (as long as I stick to 1500 listings a month) but choose not to bother, as I sell enough by GTC.
However, I understand that my business model does not necessarily suit other people and what people are upset about is the lack of CHOICE in how to manage their listings.
It seems like another attempt to force sellers into a store situation and is another impost on smaller sellers who don't have or want a store.
This is unfortunate, because the small sellers are what add the diversity and flavour to eBay.
All I can offer is that one tries to adapt to eBay's constant changes, where possible.
If one cannot, it is time to move on.
If you have not got an eBay store, have a look and see if it might suit you.
There are several different stores, all which offer quite a few low cost listings, it may be better to pay the $20 or $50 a month and have a store. Also, the Final Value F'ees are usually a lower charge if you have a store.
As for me, I nearly quit eBay a few times over changes they made, but am glad I stuck around...
