Naughty eBay!! BAD!!!

I have just received an email stating that eBay sellers will not be allowed to offer Bank Deposit as a payment option after 17th of June. Instead we will only be allowed to offer PayPal or COD.

As eBay is the proud owner of PayPal this seems to me to be a blatant cash grab. Buyers may not have to pay to use PayPal but sellers do. This fact has already resulted in an increase in postage and handling costs for small volume sellers like me; in most cases, we pass these costs on to the buyer.

In order to take advantage of PayPal's "Seller Protection" we will have to send items by registered post, making postage more expensive. This cost will also be passed on to the buyer.

If we choose to cover the increased postage and handling costs by increasing the starting price, eBay charges us more for the ad. - yet another cost passed on to the buyer.

PayPal may be "fee free" for the buyer, but it certainly does not save them money. They would be better off paying $1 for a bank transfer.

I only sell occasionally on eBay now. However, until today I have been heartily recommending it to anyone who will listen. As of today those recommendations will cease.

I will also be looking for alternative means to sell my goods in future.

Again, I regard the prohibition of Bank Deposit and other methods of payment not PayPal to be an ill disguised profit making venture on the part of eBay that will result in a hidden increase in cost to the buyer.

*very cross*