I have so many neat things that I want to put on eBay:
A rare book on horses (put up, but taken down by me).
A rare Western hunting knife.
A very rare 1800s leather bound book in German on spas in Switerland
An very rare original copy of Agitated Japan, not a reprint.
A rare Erie fluter.
A rare carved wooden Japanese Noh mask brought back as a WWII souvenir
A rare copy of Jan Sill's Axis Pistols
A rare painting by Thomas Corwin Lindsay
A rare Nambu holster
Etc., etc., etc.
However, for now, I think I will sit on them.
With the new return policy, I cannot risk listing them and a dishonest person "buying" them, returning something else, and me losing the item and some money to boot.
I am not saying buyers are dishonest. I love buyers. It's why I get up at 4:00AM and hit the acutions and the markets. But now I know that if there is someone who decides he/she wants one of these items and doesn't want to pay for it, then eBay will enable that person.
eBay's new return policy hurts honest buyers. People on these boards have decided they can't chance putting up quality merchandise since those who are dishonest on the buying end will prevail. eBay has decided to give preference to the dishonest buyers instead of to the honest buyers and honest sellers. Not all buyers are bad, but for some reason, eBay has decided all sellers are.
This too, shall pass, I imagine.
I have good stuff. I'm willing to part with it for a piece of paper with a number at each corner. But I have to be sure I will get that piece of paper.
