Once again, thank for trying to help.

Sadly, I have resigned myself to the fact that once this sale is concluded I will be closing my account. When I joined eBay eighteen years ago it was fun and enjoyable to get paid for items I no longer used. However, as you rightly point changes to the rules have made the process of selling a bit of a minefield.  And since eBays inception there are now numerous other platforms that provide similar opportunities to sell.