I just got an email from eBay regarding fees for 2006. At the top of the list, and what a surprise:

2006 Fee Adjustments
For core insertion fees for auction-style and Fixed Price listings on eBay.com, we're again lowering the lowest tranche fee (i.e. for items with a starting price of $0.01 to $0.99) - from a quarter to twenty cents.

(5 whole cents! Wow, maybe I should start all auctions at 1 cent now!)

This is the only hike they have talked about so far:

For final value fees for auction-style and Fixed Price listings on eBay.com, we are increasing one fee this year - the final value fee for the middle tranche, which will increase from 2.75 to 3%.

(They have to pay for the "IT" comercials somehow!)
Have a great night!