topic Re: EBay it’s the end for private sellers. in Seller Central

topic Re: EBay it’s the end for private sellers. in Seller Central https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/EBay-it-s-the-end-for-private-sellers/m-p/7777479#M704532 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1356303">@tpogodin</a> wrote:  <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/419082">@bittyboy101</a> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE>It should be clear to everyone that eBay is treating every private seller as a scammer until proven otherwise, there's no other reason to withhold funds unless you suspect every single private sale could be a scam, long standing seller history/feedback be damned. </BLOCKQUOTE><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE>Ebay isn't "treating every private seller as a scammer until proven otherwise,..." They're treating every private seller as a potential scammer despite, in many cases, them having proved they are not.  How many of those taking down their listings / leaving ebay /stopped buying on ebay have prefaced their comments with such replies with -  "After 10 / 15 / 20 years of buying and selling on ebay....."   How long does it take to prove to ebay that you're not a scammer? It seems that if you're a private seller you have to prove it again and again after every sale. But the probable cause of these restrictions  --  BUSINESSES trading on private accounts are, from replies on the BSB and who are clearly identifiable as scammers (and have often been for years) are free to continue working within the restrictions that are making it impossible for blameless genuine private sellers to do so. Is it sane to throw the nice clean baby down the drain and keep the filthy bath water?Apparently it makes sense to ebay to do exactly that - penalise the innocent - but let the scammers go on their merry way virtually untouched. Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:38:20 GMT theelench 2025-02-16T10:38:20Z