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@5kazam wrote:

Okay, but maybe, just maybe, eBay gurus should have thought hard and long about that piece of stupidity (MBG) before implementing it.

 

 

 

 

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eBay are desperate to hang on to buyers, without realising their consumer confidence is rooted in seller confidence just as much as it is in general buyer confidence - please don't misunderstand me, I view a great many of their actions as ultimately not only conceited but detrimental to the long-term health of the site, and I do empathise greatly with the sellers these decisions have adversely affected - I'm one of them, though I do concede that so far, many of eBay's changes have been relatively easy for my business to adapt to, work around, or ignore if I so chose.

Also, it's likely less about lack of trust in individual sellers and increasing buyer confidence as it is about their bottom line, otherwise they wouldn't allow new sellers to offer payment methods like bank transfer, money orders and cheques, or they'd extend the MBG to payment methods where payment could be proven - they have their eyes where they always are, squarely on their own money. (In other words, they're putting new seller's money where ebay's lip servicing mouth is). 

I'm not one of those sky-is-falling-the-end-of-eBay-is-nigh doomsayers, exactly, but I have a feeling over the next year or two, a mighty contender will arise via the fledgling market over on that social network we can't mention. 😉