[Milsurplus] EBay to hold money 21 days!

[radioman390 at cs.com]

I just listed an item on EBay, and there was a new section advising me that any funds received from a buyer

could/would be held for 21 days if processed by Paypal.



The exception would be if a positive feedback was received, OR EBay got
proof of delivery. Of course since they only allow USPS or UPS

tracking, it forces me into dropping FedEx ground which is better than UPS by far.



There are a few other ways to get money sooner, but I can't meet the requirements



for example I must have received 20 or more detailed seller ratings (I'm up to 13, even though I have a 900+ 

positive rating of 100%, because most people ignore the stupid 5-star part of the Feedback report)..



They've put so many obstacles in the way, that I can only surmise that this is being done to

1) collect interest on our money

2) they're in financial trouble, or see it coming



Is this an effort to get rid of us casual sellers? EBay is really after the Amazon market, IMHO.



I have a few shares of Ebay; for me it's time to dump them. They've lost their way.



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