Ebay's selling fees have gotten outrageous. I recently (in the last week) sold some items. One of them was $10 and I had to charge $9.45 for a flat rate small box to ship it in. As it turns out the Ebay shipping fee was only $8.25. I was charged $3.10 in Ebay fees on the $19.45 the seller paid me. Ebay used to only take the valuation fee on the value of the item, but now they charge on the entire payment which includes the shipping. I refunded the seller the extra $1.20 they overpaid in shipping. Not so much as a thank you or even positive feedback after I left a positive for them. The items I sold were shipped within one day of the payment and in some cases the same day. When you generate a shipping label through Ebay, the seller does pay for it and it sends the buyer the tracking number. The seller can chose when they drop off the package and that is usually in their terms and conditions of their auctions. Mine says within two business days. Others have no such provisions so the can ship whenever they want. I would say larger sellers probably call for a pickup once they have enough stuff to do so or drop it off in bulk. Once it's out of Ebay's hands and in the shipper's hands, Ebay has zero influence on the shipping.

The only feedback being left anymore is by sellers on buyers. Buyers aren't leaving feedback anymore unless it's bad. Even the selling interface no longer shows which sales left feedback, but the purchase page shows the seller's feedback if it's been left. Ebay is still a good deal on some items for our hobby, but other than that I don't buy much on Ebay anymore. I still sell there because the stuff I have to sell is older computer gear mostly which has little local market demand. Ebay reaches many more folks looking for vintage items.

I've had two auctions where the seller backed out of the auction. One where he didn't get enough money for the item and flat out said that. He said he wouldn't sell it to me. I left negative feedback for him as he relisted the item before even giving me a refund. The other sold the item before the auction ended and didn't end the auction. There was no penalty for that guy. In both cases, it took over ten days to get my money back. In both cases I had to open disputes with Ebay and wait for the sellers to respond. In the case of the second guy, almost three weeks to get a refund. It was for Taigen IS-2 so the seller had my close to $500 of my money for three weeks. I had to fight to get my money back as Paypal is not the Ebay payment system anymore. You can use Paypal, but it all goes through Ebay now and the funds are all deposited into back accounts directly. The only good thing is that Ebay guarantees a refund if the seller never responds.