I am very saddened today. Yesterday eBay announced a whole boat load of changes that are just stupid. If these take effect, I will be done selling on eBay forever. These changes include a 67% Final Value Fee increase for items under $25, which is the majority of what I sell, possible hold for up to 21 days on payment for what eBay thinks is a “risky” transaction, and only positive feedback for buyers or none at all.
The fees are bad but that is not what gets me. The possible 21 day hold and the feedback thing is making me quit. I will never ship an item until I have the funds available to me, so if I did sell and eBay/PayPal holds my money … simply put, I will not ship until its released. Then there’s the feedback rule, basically you can’t do anything to the buyer anymore. They can, and will, extort you anyway they wish. Sad thing is, we have no way anymore to tell other sellers of these cases.
I hope I can find a good alternative to selling my stuff, maybe Amazon.com?
