The best thing to come out of these changes might be some buyer confidence in regards to cheap chinese rubbish that breaks down after 2 days of use-at least when it breaks down buyers will not be left high and dry, they will be able to get a refund.  I see many examples of feedback that say "broke after 10 minutes of use-bad seller".

However i can imagine in the future months it will be only these big sellers left on here.

I plan on closing down and i will NEVER EVER buy anything on ebay, and i am actively telling friends to do the same-funny thing is they already generally do not buy anything on here but on amazon.

I wish ebay the best of luck with their new market.  A friend of mine said last night "further down the line you'll be saying to people-I REMEMBER THE GOLDEN AGE OF EBAY"

I just wish ebay could make gumtree like a auction site for second hand items because it's not viable to be giving 180 day refunds on these items, until they do it's off to the the other side for me.