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James GalloA buyer buys a graded card, cracks the slab and returns it. He will win through paypal and the seller with be screwed.
It is cut and dry. Ebay and paypal provide no protection for the seller.
In your example the buyer sends a money order (which is EXTREMELY rare these days) what happens when the seller sends the card and the buyer says they didn't get the card.
I think your really over simplifying things if you think the only thing the buyer has to do is pay for the item.
I have had a huge number of overseas buyers never pick up their package and they come back. I end up losing out $20-40 on shipping and they get it all back.
If you have only bought and never sold on ebay they you just wouldn't get it. When a seller takes their first $1000+ hit on a scum bag that says they didn't get a package when you know they did it becomes clear.
The old feedback system wasn't perfect but buyers aren't always perfect or right and now sellers have no way to state this.
Also with the new feedback system a neutral is pointless so it might as well be pos/neg, and negs now count against you anyway.
I have never gotten a negative from someone that has contacted me about a problem. Most of the time it is a new ebay user and they just leave a neg.
Also, I bought something from a seller, had an issue with it and he refunded my whole purchase. Some people would rather take a hit and keep it at 100%.
The feedback system is only good for new ebay users and ones that constantly have problems. Beyond that it is still pointless.
You need to see it from the sellers side at least a little bit. Anyway I could write a book about the amount of problems I have had from buyers, that either have no common sense or just don't know how to do things.
James G
Looking for 1915 Cracker Jacks and 1909-11 American Caramel E90-1.