Exactly. This new program is actually WAY worse than the current international shipping scenarios. At least now you get the funds reasonably close in time to when you incur the expenses (shipping, insurance, fees). Under the new program you may wait weeks or even months to get paid, and that assumes the buyer "approves" the sale.
What if the buyer is unhappy with having to pay VAT or other taxes? There are large numbers of buyers who act surprised when their countries impose and collect taxes upon receipt and they take it out on the seller.
What if the buyer decides they want to "negotiate" a partial refund? This is a common tactic.
What if the buyer just forgets to "approve" the sale? Is there an auto-approval after a certain window of time passes?
Certain country's postal systems don't fully track shipments to the end, thus never actually showing receipt, so presumably then there's no action prompting or forcing the buyer to approve the purchase, even if they already received it. Then what?
At least now, if there's an open-ended scenario (buyer forgets to approve sale, or tracking doesn't show delivery but buyer is unaware since they received the goods and are content) the negative ramifications to the seller are limited because the seller was paid up front. Now, the payment to sellers is fully contingent upon the buyer completing an action upon receipt, which opens the door to numerous problems.
Sellers will be much more vulnerable to the mood/intent of buyers to actually get paid.
As currently proposed, I see this as potentially disastrous to certain sellers, depending on the type of and value of the goods they ship internationally.
