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@Anonymous wrote:

I am a seller and a buyer on ebay.  The new managed payment system for me is not good, as when I sell an item and buyer pays me, I now have to pay the postage out of my pocket (as ebay dont pay me for about 5 days) and if I dont send it before I am paid I get my account down graded!!!!!!!  I am not a shop, I am a pensioner who cannot afford to wait all these extra days to receive my payment just because ebay are hanging on to it.  I have NEVER paid my ebay account late.  Additionally, some of my items sold have had the payment go to ebay, and some have still gone to my paypal, so ebay has tech problems with this.  Also, most of my shipping is not through ebay but through a courier who I book on a seperate website.  So ebay dont get the post fees on these but they wait for the post fees to add on to my other fees.  So in other words, they are just holding on to the money to make sure they get their full fees but it means I have to cover all the postage before I get paid.  Additionally, ebay say we are saving money, because we no longer pay paypal 2.6% plus 30c.  They do not tell you that added on to your NEW fees is 2.5% plus 30c.  Ebay is not doing this for the buyer or the seller, they are just taking the paypal fees away from paypal since they used to own this company but sold it and no longer want paypal to make the money.    I have had several sales and had to post because ebay said it was paid, but still there is no money in my bank account.  So now if I cannot cover the costs while ebay hold my money, I am FORCED to use ebay postage options only.  In conclusion, EBAY SUCK AND I FEEL LIKE QUITTING EBAY AS THEY HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE IMMORAL, THIEVING, LYING (or neglecting to tell the whole truth) MONEYGRABBERS.

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All of that is so wrong....I don't even know where to start.

I'm a pensioner  boo hoo.    So are a lot of us. 

If you can't afford to ship whilst waiting a couple of days for your money, then extend your handling time.  Your business model should allow for this.

Paypal fees were 2.6% + 30c flagfall   

Ebay fees are 2.5% + 30 flagfall

How does that equate to ebay being thieves?      It's less.

Courier delivery?  ebay still get 10% fees for postage.  As an aside, I think your postage is too high, but that's just me.

Maybe some reading for you on Managed Payments

Introducing managed payments | eBay

How payouts work for managed payments sellers | eBay