blacksea213 wrote: "No one wants SD to be free. What they want is freedom of choice..."
I agree. Yes eBay wants to make money but importantly for less and less effort.
For instance, eBay leaves it to sellers (and to some extent, buyers) to deal with problems caused by, say, SD being compulsory and often inflexible, and there are no figures on how many sellers are affected nor by how much.
I visualise eBay seeing its sellers like ducks (sitting ducks?) on its pond, but eBay doesn't care how much legwork the ducks must do to keep afloat or to go anywhere, as no one can see below the water's surface. So when eBay brings in changes to earn more money it doesn't care if duck legs must work harder. Some ducks can't cope and sink (leave eBay).
For instance, customers understandably expect combined postage; if they can't see that they'll get it they will buy less. I myself don't mind paying (as per a fortnight ago) about £20 in postage for several items, as sellers effectively combine postage via part-refunds (I was part-refunded about £17). But I buy mostly from my regular sellers whom I definitely trust and whom I don't need to bother by messaging. I've seen some sellers who're new to me say in their listings that they'll part-refund, but many buyers can't or won't afford the initial increased postage payment. It puts pressure on sellers to part-refund very promptly = more legwork. (Several of my regular sellers have left eBay in the past 18 months, contributing to me buying less anyway, as those sellers decluttered the kind of items I want, often a retired craft item not available anywhere else.)
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