Looking back over at that ebay Trust & Safety forum thread, I see that someone has finally stated the obvious. This is beyond a doubt a person of great intellect making the statement.

He was not the first or the only person to recently mention this though.

When you get to the second screencapture, you will see who else mentioned it, and who agreed.

Looks like a variant on the theme of  "Tough Love"
Maybe not quite as tough as other methods.
Hmmmm.
Still, all the paths lead to one destination.

If I was to add anything, I would simply say (sarcastically) that the site is already done in by "#2"

This lower screencapture was... ahem... acquired  from the awesome archives at www.companyexposed.com.  See the entire, full sized (in html) page here

Doubtful anyone ever noticed, but a portion of this lower thread and other relevant posts featured in an abstract sort of parody based consumer awareness type of video on that there youtube site thing-a-ma-bobber.

JMO, again I state that Vladuz is misunderstood.
He is attempting to effect a change in corporate misbehavior by avant-guarde methods.

Meanwhile the wisest, the courageous, and very most honest folks are ignored.

Please do not ignore that which is obvious.

That is all.

http://budmalcolm.bravejournal.com/entry/24426

It really depends on what you sell. I don't have scammers at all and I believe most buyers on ebay are legit. If ebay is going to "fix" things, I bet the system will be even worse for the sellers than before. Paypal is limiting people's accounts and holding their funds left and right already.