'I wonder if ebay had any idea that around 5 months later, and after so many concessions and defeats, they would still be getting so much hate from loyal users with thousands of feedback.'

I was thinking the same thing. Since the start of this thread, it would be very interesting to know roughly how many private sellers still think 'Simple Delivery is awful' - and have stopped, or paused, selling as a result? 

Did eBay really think replacing Custom postage with SD would be welcomed, or at worst, reasonably well accepted/tolerated - and that after a few minor tweaks, the initial grumbles would die down & everything would go back to normal?

Or is it actually all going very well, as far as eBay are concerned, with more gained on the swings than lost on the roundabouts?!

More questions than answers... 🤔