It's not even close to being a brick and morter store.
So many things are different.
Let's use Walmart as an example.
Walmart is the seller we are the buyers.
Ebay is neither the seller or the buyer.
Not saying one should be favored over the other, but
ebay is over seeing this as a middle man, so there should be
NO favortism, and as every seller knows and the scammers know,
ebay favors one over the other. This is a fact.
If a shoplifter steals from a store and is caught,
there mugshot is shown as public record.
So, if a scammer is caught they need to be shown.
there needs to be more transparency in the system.
Also back to my walmart example, they sell new items only
and ebay sellers sell many used items.
Walmart doesn't allow abuse of returns but ebay does.
If ebay is going to oversee all these transactions then
they to keep a neutral view of it. They don't as it is now.
And when walmart gives out a refund they expect the item returned to them.
On ebay, sometimes ebay says, the person doesn't have to return the item.
And there is many more examples as well. it's just not the same a brick and morter store, nor
is it any where near what a REAL auction does.
Real auctions are AS-IS no returns. The way it should be.
On ebay you can open a hundred packs of vintage basketball cards
looking for a rookie Jordan card, and if you don't find one, you can
request a free return......Walmart won't do that, nor will any Card store do that.
