costs. when they went to unlimited returns no questions asked we bailed

It wasn't seller friendly back then either. The buyer was king,if they "claimed" they didn't get something ebay would yank the money of your account and you had no say in it.

USPS tracking was there but still in it's infancy. There were a lot of times the delivery people just couldn't be bothered to scan the bar code so it would show up as delivered. I sold my last XP and got the hell out in late 2008

Then the mega-sellers started moving in. It was slow at first, then suddenly the individual sellers with interesting, quirky, genuinely rare stuff were put on the back bench. At the same time, postage rates began to climb and eventually it was too much of a hassle to deal with it. I went back to a brick-and-mortar antique shop.

I bought collectibles, and then maternity/baby clothes. I still have my 100% feedback over about 2K transactions, but I rarely go on there now. It truly was an online garage sale in the early days. Before the wholesalers. Now I will occasionally buy something on there, but that's about it. I only rarely try listing, and it's usually not worth it. I do facebook groups, and with those slowing (people are really strapped right now), local consignment is next for me. We have become empty nesters in the past year, and I have a big house to clean out. So do a lot of people - but the folks who would normally buy do not have the funds to buy. Not even at big savings.

Looks like eBay sellers and buyers will need to read the fine print carefully. Some of these updates could have a real impact on fees and how business is done on the platform.