Hi, Kitchensink -
I've noticed this too...with great frustration!
Last night, I tried listing a pair of gold earrings that are not by a specific listed designer and that need to be described in detail to get placed where bidders will find them. eBay didn't suggest any detail categories; so I tried to get enough detail by putting as much detail as I could in my listing title and in the description I used under Item Detail and I kept getting told by eBay that my detail "tag" was too long. So, after posting a question under Listing here and receiving no response, I tried just putting one detail about my item in at a time, then the price and clicking add.
I don't know if its going to work because my listing isn't scheduled to post till later this evening, but if it doesn't I'm filing a Support Request.
I'll let you know if it works.
- Bunny