Not only is paypal's policy hard on sellers but I now take and PREFER MONEY BOOKERS and money orders. I only take paypal after confirming and doing my own research on the buyer. FYI paypal/ebay this is slowing down your business and those commissions tht you make on EVERY sale! but what really has me upset more than your not answering calls, disconnected numbers and a computer system that I had to research online of finding the secret word to not be transferred to the non working number, is after YOUR policy of releasing funds 3 days after delivery confirmation and no complaints from the buy who I shipped to in less than 24 hours of payment clearing you STILL have not released or made available my funds! It's bad enough that to sell something on ebay I have to eat the shipping and wait for reimbursement but now you won't even follow your own policies. At first I didn't mind the policies because as soon as I entered correct tracking numbers for my shipped sales you would release my money. I have not had any negative feedback during your holds policy and shipped within 24 hours of payment clearing. Why now are you not only making me wait until 3 days after delivery confirmation to release my funds but then not even doing so? I understand buyer protection but there is a balance that requires your parent company ebay to profit. if it is not good for BOTH buyers and sellers then the system loses traffic and with your commissions on EVERY auction through paypal/ebay monopoly on payment and hiding listing options for other payment options behind 2 or more links in tiny print it has become more of a hassle and expense to sell on ebay and use paypal. I understand changes due to the site growing and unfortunate fraud and bad sellers but there is next to none seller protection. I have sent out an item in working condition and had it obviously tinkered with y the buyer and returned with a complaint and lies about my listing and item and I issued the refund and ended up with a broken item that I could no longer sell. Where is the protection for those practices. And what about no longer being able to leave bad buyer feedback for deadbeat bidders? All in all I'm glad that the guitars that I build and sell have local stores that carry them and I do not have to rely on ebay/paypal for those but for my pro audio items i am still reluctantly on ebay and paypal.
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