You are wrong, this method is not for people who don't know how.  I went to my account,"edit password"  and had to select "email" or "text message" and was then sent a link.  There are, and have been, a lot of fake emails supposedly from eBay in the past, and in their own rules, eBay states they will Never do this.  I have already received a fake email in the past, which was verified by eBay as not originating from them, so obviously I was suspicious of this one, especially since the scammers out there would know exactly how passwords are being updated in this way, giving them the perfect opportunity to scam users. The supposed email from eBay didn't even come through until 24 hours later, which was more concerning. I finally went through it again... Same thing, link in password, came through straight away.  I then took the chance and went through with it on this one, and all ok, got confirmation.  I still don't know if the original email was from eBay or not.