Just had an email to say that eBay won't be charging insertion fees on most categories from 22nd to 31st Aug. I assume that I am not the only person to receive this and it is a general promotion. I guess that eBay recognise that things are slow just now.
That should give me plenty of time to "test the water" with some bigger items I don't want to start at 99p, without having to fork out any cash for the experiment.