Were you not on the Global Shipping Program before this? When I got on it about 2 years ago and started seeing the increase in my sales (and higher wining bids on auctions), then my only regret was that I hadn't even given it a try for the previous 3 year of selling. And even though handling returns was not the official policy of ebay under the GSP, well I just happened to never have any dissatisfied or scammy buyers but a couple other people I know had returns, and Ebay just handled it, like I can't remember if they denied the returns, accepted them and liquidated the items, or issued refunds to the buyers without requiring returns, but in any case these sellers didn't have their funds taken.
Now, turning unofficial practice into official policy might seem like the logical next step, but it's not hard to imagine how it could be abused, by both buyers and sellers, if they wanted to pull scams. Hopefully Ebay is prepared for ways to limit that. But if you're an honest seller who just wants more sales, like I said it's really just a shipment to Illinois, and you're DONE. I do still occasionally check the tracking after the ebay hub because I want to be prepared if the buyer writes about how long it's taking (also I'm just a nerd and kinda fascinated by this stuff), but there's nothing to actually worry about.
What I REALLY can't wait for is this awful war in Ukraine ending, because Russians and Ukrainians were my most frequent, highest-spending, and lowest-trouble buyers on the planet, so I reeeeally miss them, lol.
