Hope this discussion has an affect and ebay will go back to what it used to be... Not only shipping which the buyer has full control of, but also getting paid within 24 h like it used to be in good old days. Now, this is almost a wishful thinking...
The problem for me is, my items often take months to sell, and most of them are low valued. I tried looking into listing on a few other sites, but you often have to upgrade to be able to sell in a similar way like on ebay. I cannot afford to pay for upgrades - even something like £10/month - I might not even sell enough to balance that. I don't mind paying fee once an item sells - even 14% or whatever ebay used to charge in the past - that's fine - I can just increase the price to compensate this. If ebay had not gone the route they've chosen, it would have continued to be a great place for private sellers like me.
I could only return back as a seller here if ebay went back to the postal, payment and fee systems they used to have. I now too removed all my listings apart from one which I kept as a test (at the moment, I can still choose custom postage). I'd taken all my listings even before the SD was announced because the new payment scheme wasn't acceptable to me. Then, to make matters worse, got the news from my bosses I might be out of work next year, so I put a few more valuable items back. Even if they sold and I had to wait days to get the money, still better than no money at all.. but, it's definitely over with my ebay sales now.
All the best to everyone complaining - and stirring up the anti-ebay sentiment!!! (this phrase was used by somebody in an attempt to shut up the alleged moaners but it only shows we need to keep talking about the current situation if we want change). It might be a drop in the ocean but at least we are letting our opinion known. I still hope that this does lead to some positive change!
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