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Re:The nightmare that is selling on eBay by jjoonathan on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:10PM (#23442702)
If you accept returns, people will use your listing as a dirt cheap rental service. This problem is much more pronounced for goods that are desirable to rent, of course.

Even if a listing says "No Returns" eBay allows returns for SINAD (significantly not-as-described).

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Re:The nightmare that is selling on eBay by noncoml on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:30PM (#23442878)
> If you accept returns, people will use your listing as a dirt cheap rental service

I would say a small percentage of people.

But I understand. That's why eBay is not suited for one-off sellers. It's meant for little shops, that will amortized the cost of the "free rental service". Just like Amazon does.

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Re:The nightmare that is selling on eBay by jjoonathan on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:25PM (#23444271)
Right, but it's a legitimate reason to offer "no returns" (which on eBay actually means "SNAD only").
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