But that will mean a noticeable number of accounts being closed / going dormant / going 'time away' as sellers stop selling and as buyers stop buying. For some that will mean tightening of belts (even more than they'll have to if they carry on selling under the new restrictions on private sellers.)
That will mean them screwing-up their courage and sticking to their guns, no back-sliding to grab a bargain or long sought after item. No listing 'just a few' items because ebay makes some tempting discount offer. No ranting on here under a 'posting' account and continuing as normal on hidden buying and selling accounts. Ebay has to learn that "no" means 'NO', if it's to learn anything at all and to be effective that would probably have to be repeated regularly, for months.
I somehow don't think that enough private sellers have the back-bone or willpower to suffer the withdrawal symptoms of a Cold Turkey stop to being one of ebay's 'Users' and with all due respect it will be doubly difficult for younger users totally addicted to their devices.
But the alternative is to add BPF, Payment Holds and SD to the growing list of enshi**ification events that ebay has already gotten away with after a brief bout of protest or claims to be going elsewhere.
Such As: FVF on P&P. MP. The Seller Hub. Service Metrics. Late Delivery Defects and probably a few others that I forgot.
