https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/EBay-it-s-the-end-for-private-sellers/m-p/7777608#M704582 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/10194377">@shelly8768</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR />This is exactly why they'll make simple delivery mandatory. They are<BR />colluding with the couriers to not mark deliveries as delivered. It's in<BR />eBays interest to hold onto sellers money for the longest time so they can<BR />make the maximum interest on it. They are taking a cut from these couriers.<BR />What other reason do they have as they've covered refunds to sellers by<BR />holding funds until delivery. Their making scummy plans that will soon<BR />surface.<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>After reading ALL of the comments on here, this has got to be the most ludicrous one of all!</P><P>There is absolutely no way at all that any courier company or ebay would work like that. So many laws would be broken, that many 'top dogs' at these companies would be facing long jail time and HUGE fines.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The money on hold goes into escrow, ebay don't have it in their bank accounts so won't (shouldn't) be accumulating interest. Any possible interest (depending on the escrow) that is gained on this money will most likely be to pay for the escrow company to sort out the thousands of daily transactions that will occur.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I truly agree though that Ebay have totally dropped the ball with this new system. The new buyer protection thing, is complete &amp; utter nonsense since the MBG does EXACTLY the same thing.</P><P>Personally, I haven't bought from ebay for a very, very long time. I'd rather pay the slightly higher prices with guaranteed next day delivery with Amazon Prime, rather than wait 2-3 days for the item to be dispatched then another 2-3 days for it to be delivered from here.</P> Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:10:27 GMT therma-tec 2025-02-16T13:10:27Z