I've been buying and selling on eBay for over 20 years. Back then, private sellers were its lifeblood and helped make it the giant company it is today.Ebay now hates private sellers and has turned its back on them, introducing increasingly unfriendly policies that make it harder and harder for small private sellers - things like Buyer Protection Fees (which make your items more expensive for the buyer), compulsory use of its Simple Delivery system which is more expensive than standard postage options and forces you to use certain suppliers.I had over 1,000 sales on eBay was buying and selling for over 20 years and never received a single piece of negative feedback. Now I've closed my account. EBay made it very clear they no longer valued me as a customer, so I'm not sticking around.