@twyngwyn wrote:
some clarification:
https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/07/03/paypal-clarifies-resale-policy-taking-effect-on-july-31/
This is clarification for anyone who misunderstood the policy in the first place, but unfortunately doesn't answer any of my questions (I've seen so many people under the impression somehow that it basically means all second hand items not only have no buyer protection anymore, but no seller protection either 
).
I note this quote from PayPal in the linked article:
"The intent of this change is to ensure that the retail consumer continues to avail the PayPal Purchase Protection while the “business entities” buying their inventory and supplies do not abuse the purchase protection when their supplier relationships and agreements go sour."
This is nothing short of laughable, and a pretty damning testement to the protection policy in and of itself. It reads like an outright admission that the dispute process is unfair on sellers, and as such can be abused, so they are limiting the accessibility of that abuse to end-user consumers. 
Wait..... 
@kitty-kat-kollection wrote:
WHAT!?!?
I pretty much ONLY sell second hand goods! (clothes, shoes etc). But I don't buy them using paypal. I buy them from local op shops. Are none of my items protected now??
And what's this about buyers now not having to return items in a "significantly not as described" case?? In my experience, 90% of buyers who change their mind or find the item doesn't fit and want a refund (when my ebay policy does not accept returns) use that dispute to get around it. So now what? They can do this AND get to keep the item???
You won't be affected by the buyer protection change to the policy at all.
Only people that purchase stock to re-sell using PayPal funds or echeque (i.e. with no CC protection as back-up) will be affected.
The new policy requiring sellers to pay for return postage or risk not getting their items back is basically the same as eBay's, so for most sellers here it's less new and more....more of the same. 
