Because SD is a money making scam. Simples!! I have a 'time away from selling' banner up, which has been up since the 1st April and won't be coming down any time soon.
Have you had a look at eBay's reviews on Trustpilot recently? 20K plus reviews, average 1.3 stars. No replies to any of them from eBay. It seems that SD and BPF are not the only things that private sellers need to worry about. The publicity about the BPF seems to have attracted unscrupulous buyers who buy from unsuspecting private sellers purely to exploit this. Ebay's AI seems to be making the decisions about disputes, and many private sellers with several years of successful selling and 100% feedback are losing out. It's almost as if, now that they have made such a big deal of the BPF, it has to be seen to be working.
One lady sold a designer bag. The buyer said it was fake, and without contacting the seller, the buyer was refunded in full and told to send the bag back. The buyer sent her a FAKE bag back in its place. Other people have had buyers asking for refunds days and weeks after delivery, which eBay agree to, with damaged and used items returned. If there is no money in your eBay account to process a refund, eBay take it directly from your bank account. When people try and complain, eBay accounts are frozen.
I no longer feel that eBay is a safe and fair place to sell my items. I will continue to 'lurk' and monitor the situation but if I ever sell again it will only be stuff that I can afford to write off if the s$%t hits the fan. Such a shame that eBay has come to this, when it used to be so great to buy and sell.
