This is insane! I have 100% feedback. But I don't sell on eBay on a regular basis to earn money, I only sell things I am no longer using.
Time before last time I sold something, there was no hold on the money because I had over 130 positive feedback. Most of the feedback is for buying, not selling. Last week I sold something, buyer bought and paid, I shipped SAME DAY using postage stamps I had on hand already and entered the signature confirmation details into Paypal on SAME DAY item shipped. A week later and the money is still on hold. Funny thing is, this item is something I BOUGHT on eBay. Now I am selling it in the same condition I received it in.
Only reason I used stamps is because there was no way to use Paypal to pay the shipping from the money the buyer sent. Using Paypal's system would have actually cost less in postage. Lucky for me I had already bought a ton of postcard stamps, and used those instead. (54 postcard stamps on a box; good thing box was big enough!)
I have 14 other items I want to sell. Craigslist is looking better and better every minute. At least I'll have cash in my hand to spend, although it may put me in the unenviable position of driving all over town doing meet-and-greets to get it sold. I'd rather do it that way than have to wait until Paypal decides the item, which has already ARRIVED signed for by the seller in last week's sale, has been shipped.
If I had the time, I would build a better platform to sell on than eBay, as I have the connections to get it done. Selling on eBay is just NOT WORTH THE HEADACHE of trying to ice skate uphill, as my favorite vampire would say.
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