@lizd160904 wrote:
I didn't realise that some sellers have to opt out, I don't agree with that.
What I find interesting is seeing some sellers, who before ebay plus had some items with free postage, some with (often auction items). Now their postage ones are still there, and the free postage items are listed as ebay plus lol So buyers who don't know these stores will think they are getting a good deal when in fact they aren't. It all feels very scammy by these sellers.
If you re-read everything that's been said you'll see that you can't opt out of Plus. You can, however, opt out of accepting change of mind returns so that your listings don't quality for Plus. If a seller allows change of mind returns, it's up to ebay whether or not they include your items under the Plus program.
I was scrolling through someone's listings last night (not stuff I wanted to buy, just a random seller) and Plus was showing on most of their listings. From memory, almost every listing with free postage had it, but not all of their items with separate postage had it. I didn't check but maybe some of the listings without Plus didn't allow returns for change of mind.
I'd never allow change of mind returns but if I did, I'd be worried that some scammers would return their old/worn out/dirty/broken items instead of the original item, thus getting their item for free. I know they already do that but there'd be a bit less hassle this way and some would justify it by saying ebay is paying for the postage.
I think it's more about giving buyer's free return postage than free postage on the original purchase. Maybe ebay is actually using their brains for a change and thinks this will stop so many buyers deliberately damaging items in order to make an INAD claim instead of having to pay for return postage themselves. In that sense it's actually a good thing, especially for people who buy clothes (except that some will still wear them to an event and then return them). At least the seller won't end up paying return postage on a damaged item.
