I agree entirely - it's unbelievable that sellers now have to watch-out for ebay sneaking-in default settings to listings that, ultimately, stiff the sellers. It is all just too much trouble, and the idea of being taken for a mug by ebay sticks in my throat. If it had 'just' been the seller hub, i might have put the effort in to get clued-up on it, but with the compulsory shift onto Managed Payments as well (where I'm expected to give ebay permission to dip into my bank account as and when they see fit!) it's just too much. Apologies if this is slightly off-topic (although it is part of the same malaise of ebay taking its customers for granted and trying to exploit them for every penny they can), but with the compulsory introduction of Managed Payments i was going to set-up a separate bank account for ebay transactions (as I was deeply uncomfortable with the idea of ebay having carte blanche access to my bank ac) whereby i could keep track of things. I know that, before we were all forced to use paypal by ebay, ebay had access to my bank ac then for sellers fees; although they'd only invoice/charge once a month and it was, consequently, simpler to check on/keep track of. However, the combination of the inconvenience of feeling that, because i have so little faith in either the competence or integrity of ebay, I'd need to set-up a separate bank ac to manage ebay monies coupled with the wholly unfriendly seller hub seller just leaves me thinking, "why would i go to all this trouble to benefit a faceless corporation that just wants to exploit me?" and, given I can't come up with a reson to justify this asymmetric relationship - whereby everything is stacked in ebay's favour and i'm expected to pay handsomely for the the privilege of being a customer of theirs - I'd sooner keep hold of a bit of dignity and walk away. I'm lucky that I can afford to do this, and it's the sellers who use ebay as a means of securing income to keep body and soul together that have my sincere sympathy.
