I am extremely upset with PayPal's and eBay policies. And it upsets me even more the contempt attitude of some ebayers. I have sold items with eBay and PayPal for many years, I have a 100% positive feedback, and I never had these kind of problems before. Everything was quick and easy. Now it is complicated, upsetting, and very frustrating. The infamously notorious "hold" is spinned like a "protection" for the sellers. Well, I would prefer to have the option to choose such "protection" or not, or pay an insurance that really protects me, instead of an arbitrary "hold". After all, eBay and PayPal are not giving you a "free" service, why can't they use our fees to isolate tenured buyers and sellers from fraudulent people? I don't make a living of selling eBay stuff (thanks goodness!). In so many years, I haven't sold more than a 100 items, why should I be punished? What happens if the buyers doesn't reply to your requests to leave feedback? What happens if the buyer email account is full? I'm trying to ship right away, but I don't have funds available in my PayPal account because they have been held. Ebay wants you to ship as soon as possible, but, how can I do it? Putting funds in PayPal will now take 3 to 5 business days. On top of that, they give you the address of the buyer, but not the phone number. UPS will not accept shipments to Canada without a phone number. So I have to email the buyer, ask for the phone number, and lose a day or two waiting for the answer, even though PayPal has the phone number! I guess that the next time I will ask for check or money order instead of paypal, or I will list my item on craigs list. Too bad. eBay has become a quasi-monopoly, and behaves accordingly. Fortunately, there are other ways to sell stuff we don't use any more. It is sad, though, because it was my favorite place to find rare and cheap stuff, but now who knows if other sellers will keep using payPal or eBay to sell stuff. Good luck to all. I'm looking forward for a class action, and hoping that eBay and PayPal recover their sanity.
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