withheld payment until item is delivered policy

[eriainollma72]

Is what E bay doing regarding the withheld payment, policy Legal. I have Sellers level of ABOVE STANDARD. Transaction defaults 0%00.Late delivery 0%00.Have been asked to become aTop Seller. Yet twice after selling items. with a time lapse between sales. I am informed that MY payments are being withheld until delivery .As i am on a probation period.? When I sell an item the buyer is paying me for the goods. Not Ebay. Who are payed a fee for the priviledge of selling my items. Also I am paying for the postal service of the items  without psyment from the buyer until Ebay release the money. Which is in their account . I strongly disagree with this policy. in my instance.  Anyone else of the same opinion ? 

[john1297576]

Ebay make the rules, you agreed to this when you joined. One of the reasons for the 21 day hold is that an account with a break in selling has frequently been hacked and used to list items, collect the money and not deliver. However you would be the one getting all the aggravation from buyers, and the bill for Fees. So you have to prove all over again that you are a good seller. Release of your money can be speeded up by adding tracking to each sale and once delivery is proved, the money is released. This does not of course stop a buyer claiming Not As Described.

[eriainollma72]

As they say always read the small print.