Keep penalising the buyers | Buying & Selling

landcrabaustralia · 2026-06-19T01:45:29.760367Z

TO: Sarah ***, Was it your decision to restrict sellers payments from 2-3 days to "until the item is delivered"? Let me tell you how this really hurts the sellers. If sellers must wait for delivery of items across Australia - sometimes up to 6 days - and weeks when the sale us international the seller is without funds for reinvestment to buy new stock. This payment to the seller delay restricts the sellers ability to keep stock listed. This restricts the sellers ability to sell hence it hurts eBay because the seller is unable to offer new listings. Less sales for the sellers and less sales for eBay. Over the years I have seen policy decisions by eBay leadership make it more difficult for sellers to operate within the rules. This change in the payment system definitely hurts sellers and it strikes at eBays bottom line. So when eBay and PayPal parted ways this hurt the sellers going from instant payment to 2-3 days. Now, as an example I just experienced I will not get paid until my international sale is delivered - up to 3 weeks! And what I would like to know how does eBay know when international items are delivered because many international postal systems are not tied in with eBay and many do not bother to scan in when items are delivered. So this further delays in my payment I am forced to contact the buyer and then prove to eBay the customer has received the item. eBay over the years has devalued the most important partner - the seller in favour of excessively protecting the buyer from scams. eBay is quick to side with the buyer regardless of the facts. If you have no sellers you have no business. We sellers keep this company in business. What comes first in the scheme? Without someone investing in the stock you have no buyers. The seller is taking all the risks. Compensate the seller without delay and keep them happy. Stop with progressively penalising the sell. You need them and you need to keep them happy.

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