Ebay's new buyer protection scam

[wayne15071965]

So I have been a seller on and off her since June 2001, Over the years I have sent items recorded delivery that either never turn up , or arrive with no notification of delivery.  Now someone wants to charge a buyer a fee for safe delivery, when they would have been charged that in the P&P cost.  Frankly it sounds more like a scam than customer service and Ebay are also trying to force us to use their shipping option, So much for free enterprise, sound like trying to get the monopoly on delivery as well.  As for hanging on the sellers cash til 2 days after delivery, really so post office goes on strike and you don't get paid, Think I may start looking to leave. So much for eBay's loyalty to us .

[bogush75]

Yes it's 100% true.

Ebay has a plan now to make big bucks and is pushing it.

Greed knows no limits, rich get richer etc. 😄

They will make few little changes and adjust small errors soon -  just to make more money.

At the moment they just capitalize and are counting profits.

[pjbracer1]

Sure and that’s fine but the buyer protection is paid by the buyer and is included is the sale price they see not the sale price set by the seller the eBay fee is for them and and it an add on insurance which has nothing to do with the actual transaction between buyer and seller it’s an additional fee eBay charge on top but the offer process does not account for this as line you say the buyer thinks the prices they see is the price the seller is selling for when it’s not! It includes eBay’s addon fee! So if they thinly the item is £20 it’s not it’s really £18 pound. It just needs the protection fee to be separated from the selling fees then all is clear

[user1951]

Taking money from the buyer and pocketing it does not sound like buyer protection to me. It also drives up prices so that it is harder to sell. 

[papso22]

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@user1951 wrote:

Taking money from the buyer and pocketing it does not sound like buyer protection to me. It also drives up prices so that it is harder to sell. 

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Of course they 'pocket it' but then they use it to cover various costs.

[user1951]

eBay pocketing the buyer's money is not protectinv anybody from anything.

[user1951]

It still looks like a con to the seller however new they may be. They put something on eBay at a fair price then eBay adds a sum to it which eBay then pockets for no reason whatsoever. Who is "protected" by this?

[ja142868]

I have 2 estates to clear out, my mother in laws and my father's, both where prolific hoarders. I have rooms full of stuff to shift and 300 a month still wouldn't scratch the surface.