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 .

[livinginthepast69]

I have not promoted any of my items and I no longer sell internationally. I
sell mainly vinyl records - for instance a 7" vinyl single which I list for
£6 including postage now costs me 35p to list plus the buyer protection fee
of 96p, which adds up to £7.31. I'm not going to sell many records at that
price!

[martinwh1]

The 35p is because you have exceeded your limit of 300 free postings per month

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[livinginthepast69]

Thank you - I wasn't aware of that. I had assumed that with the new buyer protection fee there would be no more listing fees.

[changgoldleaf]

You are correct I think. Ebay are forcing us to send all items by tracked delivery now, as we have been getting lots of 'Item Not Received' cases opened against us (when sent by standard Royal Mail) maybe because of eBay's new rule of; if you can't prove delivery then it's classed as not delivered.
This I believe is being exploited by ebay scammers, as if they see the item is not sent by tracked delivery, they can claim it has not been delivered and force a refund.