Once the current Covid-19 pandemic is truly behind us in 2023 this problem should wane. The problem is that Covid-20 is on the way.
The rule I follow is to never list anything that plugs in or runs on batteries. Plain and simple truth is that the scamming community is mostly young under 30, poorly parented, inconsiderate, impatient pseudo adults seeking instant gratification. Not my target audience and clearly not people I want to interact with in real life or on-line. Never list electronics is the solution.
The out of control scamming going on is targeted at newer users who are naïve and need quick money so they try to sell electronic junk that other addicted gamers or tweakers can't live without. Scammers clearly target people selling cell phones or 'refurbished' laptop computers. Cell phones are probably the most common item scammers target with gaming systems coming in a close second.
One of the problems arising from ebay's lack of responsibility in protecting sellers is clearly driven by the fact that ebay no longer wants to keep the small sellers around unless they can make enough profit to justify the extra work. It may take some time but eventually ebay will feel the loss of BUYERS that used to sell here on a small scale. Once a seller leaves after losing hundreds or thousands of dollars to obvious scams they will never look at ebay when they shop on-line in the future.
