>I do agree, it does suck that you cannot
>advertise your website as a place to buy more
>stuff.  But if you think about it, you are really
>not paying for that type of space to begin with.

Actually, I agree with this ^_-
The fees are really supposed to be only for auc
anyway. Yahoo has banner ads, eBay doesn't. 
Sliding your URL in there isn't bad in itself, no 
biggee to not put text around it. Of course, empty 
auctions or those that just put the word "cel" in 
it to get traffic - those *really* suck. (Even 
though ebay has slid off the definition of 
"personal trading site," anyway. ^^;;)