eBay holding sellers money- yes, it is appalling- bring back the old ebay | Selling

sorpha · 2025-01-19T19:42:59.787000Z

I was an early eBay adopter. After much experience as an ordinary seller, I stopped and returned many years later to find eBay is a different product. I sold an item (after a steep learning curve to the new rules), only to find my money was kept on hold by eBay for 8 days. It was only released after I investigated using the chat line. Yes, the item I sold was received by the buyer soon after. Yes, there was tracking that confirmed this. And my money plus millions of others, was held by eBay earning them millions of dollars in interest alone. This corporation makes money by not releasing my money (any excuse not to, and in my case, for spurious reasons). The wonderful overseas call worker who helped me with my query was probably paid a pittance. This is a very ugly business model indeed. What eBay has lost in customers (and no doubt many), it makes up in unscrupulous practices. The international community should investigate eBay.

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