£10 annual fee for listing in for sale/wanted. When did that appear?

[Tortoise]

Just noticed this message in the for sale/wanted bit. Annual fee £10 to advertise in for sale/wanted.
When did that appear? Any reason why the cost is so high (used to be £5 to sign up to be able to contact another MNer plus you could then use for sale)?
Does it mean you have to pay that plus £5 if you want to use contact another MNer?

A good while back, because people (generally people who didn't post on MN in general but just came to sell things) were starting to use MN as a free alternative to eBay and it was pissing other posters off . It does seem high, but TBH I think it's supposed to discourage anyone other than the really keen from selling at all -- you can give stuff away for free in other sections of MN, but if you want money for your stuff then there are other sites that specialise in selling.

Hi Tortoise

The £10 fee is a recent change. It is an increase from the £5 we used to charge (and have never increased before) but, as a one-off annual fee, we hope it isn't too much to bear.

If you've already paid £5 for a CAT, we will honour that until your subscription runs out and needs to be renewed.