I stopped using the 'bay for selling at least 10 years ago. Although I wasn't a heavy seller, I probably had a hundred sales to my name. Mostly specialty or hard to find items for guitar, amps, bicycles etc. I was fortunate that almost everything I sold would fit into a flat fee USPO box. I just got tired of the fees. I know they need to make some money somewhere, but I thought the fees were becoming excessive and I decided to terminate my account.
I may create a new account just for buying. But... it does appear that I can purchase most of what of want from the List of Craig.