At the moment I've set my listings with more stock than a single parcel will hold as auctions, but I am using their template where my stock numbers will fit in one parcel - it will work for now, anyway.  Others I've set as auctions, and I've also upped the price on some low-value items to cover shipping, both as a trial to see what sort of reception they get from buyers. Trade Me really do need to learn that one size does NOT fit all - they need to listen to their sellers and be responsive.  If we weren't here there'd be no Trade Me!  

It's a seriously flawed system - and TM have been told this over and over.  It's useless for MQLs, as it does not allow us to specify how many of that item can go in a given size parcel for a specified cost.  If I have 10 widgets in my MQL but only 4 will fit in the DLE satchel that is the only shipping price, what am I supposed to do if the buyer wants 7??  At the moment I can show different rates for different numbers of widgets, but under the new system that won't work - I either have to bite the bullet on the extra shipping, limit the number of items shown as available on the listing ( ...

I think Gary's the only one to get the email, I certainly haven't yet.  Guy, I don't think we can avoid using them, as Gary said further up, our listings won't relist after closing unless the new template is used or we manually enter every shipping option on every listing.  That is just insane!  It's bad enough for me to have to do that with 100 or so listings, for somebody like Gary it's a nightmare.