I buy and sell ,, it’s the sellers who take it in the shorts with forced refunds to scammers , high fees and no recourse.
I have only bought, and I understand that there are negatives to both sides (that’s why I tend toward garage sales, which only have negatives for a limited time!). But scammers exist on both sides—my wife and I have found sellers bidding each other up with multiple handles. And of course getting what you pay for doesn’t happen all the time, either.
The solution, in my view, is for sellers to use the site for sale items and link where possible to descriptions on their own external sites. Push their own sites where possible. Sort of like a real estate ‘for sale by owner,’ using Ebay as your MLS.
That said, I loathed the prior feedback system. I gave sellers ‘neutral’ reviews simply because they had my money and wouldn’t give it back otherwise—and I was locked into that review. What if they hadn’t? I was shafted.