They'll have to have a separate system from feedback where the buyer can acknowledge receipt of the item, because it's not always good to leave feedback right away due to some items going faulty after a few days. That happened to me a few times.
I also regretted leaving feedback for a seller who sent me a product so fast that I was so impressed that I left him positive feedback right away after just looking briefly at the product. They were Breathe-Right Nasal Strips and one started to peel off by itself in the middle of the night. Apart from poor adhesive, they were a clever looking fake; but useless. I then had a closer look at them and could see some differences, including some of the packaging. So I really regretted leaving +fb so soon and it made it very hard for me to get my money back. I had to do a follow-up fb saying they were counterfeit. The Breathe Right company helped me out and I told/convinced the seller, and I eventually got my money back.
Sorry for the digression, but leaving feedback within a day or so for some items is ok, but not all of them. So, eBay will have to encourage buyers to tick a box when they receive the item posted untracked. If they don't then sellers will have to wait 14 days to get paid, assuming the buyer has not raised an Item Not Arrived case.
Buyers will often raise an Item Not Received case after two weeks, in which case they'll get refunded because more than two weeks is too long to wait.
eBay should release funds within an hour of delivery confirmation in the case of tracked packages. But they want to get interest on the millions of pounds that will be in their possession for the two days after every sale and the reason they'll give is that they want to make sure that the buyer is satisfied with the product. Amazon did the same thing in the last few years, as they want really good customer service for their buyers. Not sure what they do with untracked items tho, I don't think it's an option on there.
You have to be a pro-seller to list on Amazon too. I couldn't afford the certificates and other paperwork, so I ended up coming back to eBay.
Now this news in the email today from eBay. It'll be hard to sell low cost stuff on here now. I have loads of 2nd Class stamps (Letter and Large Letter) for the small stuff (I am a seller as well as a buyer), so I'll be waiting a while to get paid for those sales.
2nd Class Small Packet is cheaper and better when bought on eBay and you get confirmation of delivery in about 85% of the cases. There'll be a problem though for the other 15% unscanned ones. So, you'll have to contact the buyer to make sure it's been delivered. 99.9% of my Track 48/24 show confirmation, so ok there.
I use RM Track 48 for items worth more than £20 and Track 24 for items worth more than 30 to 50, depending. SD too, mostly for stuff over 100 to 150.
I'll have to take some stuff to a car boot or charity shop because the fee will not make it a cheap enough buy. I sell a variety of stuff. I'll be cancelling some of my cheaper items soon because of this. And as a buyer, the bargains won't be quite as good now.
I hope low cost sellers realise that they'll still get paid after using their 85p and £1.55 stamps for the small and inexpensive stuff, although they'll have to wait a while.
Oh, I forgot what I was going to say now. So, I'll leave it there. It's long enough now, anyway. LOL
