one way, right click on an empty part of your desktop, select new shortcut, on the first page type in http://www.ebay.co.uk as the location, click next, on the next page type in the name of the shortcut (probably just ebay, but it can be anything you like) click finish.
Ye Gods! It's so simple when you know how! Done in seconds....Thanks VERY much...Iv'e been trying for weeks on "ask" and anywhere else I could think of. It was only this morning I suddenly thought ...ANSWERBANK!!! Thanks again..John