I'm not sure this rises to the level of criminal, but it certainly is unfair to sellers and Paypal management should address this issue. It would be nice if sellers could band together to petition them to drop this practice, but that would require a large number of sellers to participate. Based on the low number of responses, it doesn't seem that too many sellers have a problem with it. I post on Ebay for awhile, but use local options (yard sales, flea markets) occasionally. I've had about the same rate of success with these venues as on Ebay....so it's worth the effort. If I can avoid handing over a big percentage of my little sales to Ebay and Paypal, I'm good with that. I just don't think that either entity gives a darn about sellers....large or small. They make enough profit to ignore us, apparently.
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