Regards,
@punkparrots As posted on some other threads, I am giving it 3 months Apr-Jun (unless of course they rescind it) before passing judgement. From Jan thru Mar the split is 54% Auctions and 46% Fixed Price listings ... will have to see if the Fixed Price GTC % stays constant, increases or decreases.
I will report and early success today, one hour after putting a group of items up GTC I sold one to a State I never sold to before ... here was my reaction:
To paulanjay:
Yes, there's just NO "sense of urgency" any more, for buyers to go ahead and buy any particular item, when ALL of our listings virtually NEVER end! Previously, when I would put an item on a 3-day listing, buyers would see that the item was just about to end soon, and eBay would even LET THEM KNOW, via an "ending soon!" message, that a particular item they had been watching was just about to close, and that "might" have compelled them to hurry up and GET it, if they're going to, before it's gone! OR, before someone ELSE beats them to it. But, NOW, watched items just seem to lay around on buyers' watch lists forever, essentially lost and forgotten about. I, myself, realized that I had several items on my OWN watch list, items which I HAD been interested in, perhaps weeks and weeks ago, but had forgotten about them, because eBay never bothered to remind me of listings which were potentially ending soon. So now, weeks later, I did go ahead and buy a couple of items, after all, but as for the rest, I removed them from my watch list. The point is, that wasn't fair to those sellers who thought that they had potential buyers who were "still" watching their items, even weeks later, and I do feel badly about that. As it is, most of my OWN current listings have a "smattering" of watchers, but I know that it's probably just a few stray buyers who "had" been watching those items, but for who knows how long ago? And will probably never return, and actually buy? 'Cause, they certainly won't get any reminder notices from eBay, letting them know that their watched items, items they "had" been interested in days, weeks or months ago, are about to run out;...because, they never do! ..As I say, no "sense of urgency".. and, in the meantime, I'm 22 days into this GTC fiasco, with absolutely NO sales, and absolutely NO hope, that things will get better...they won't. 
Yep...22 days into this GTC **BLEEP**, and 23 days since my last sale, and absolutely NO hopes that things will get better...they won't. It's been so miserable, that I have ZERO motivation to compose and post any NEW listings, EITHER, in spite of the fact that I am sitting on many thousands of dollars' worth of inventory that I can't sell. I knew I should have ended my eBay Store on March 31st, the Store which I am paying $21.95 per month for on an annual subscription, AND for which I am getting NO use out of, BUT, each of the three times I called eBay about this GTC fiasco, they said I WOULD be socked with a hefty 'Early Termination Penalty', if I tried to get out from under this mess...and, NO, contrary to what others are posting on here, the eBay reps that I talked to, said that I would NOT be let out of my Store subscription, without paying a termination penalty/fee. So, anyway, I stayed on;...at least, for now. But, April 30th, three weeks from now, is looking like the final, last straw for me, Early Termination Penalty, or not! 
