If eBay started using escrow, the amount of sellers and auctions would drop significantly almost immediately. If I'm a person who uses eBay to sell things from my house once in a while that I no longer want, why would I want to use escrow? I'd be shipping my item to an Internet company before receiving any money, running the risk of the item mysteriously disappearing. And if my item doesn't sell, it's an extra hassle for nothing.
In addition, there could be no pre-orders. And it'd be very expensive for non-American sellers to list items if they had to ship an item to an eBay escrow address in America, only to have it shipped back to the original country.
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If eBay started using escrow, the amount of sellers and auctions would drop significantly almost immediately. If I'm a person who uses eBay to sell things from my house once in a while that I no longer want, why would I want to use escrow? I'd be shipping my item to an Internet company before receiving any money, running the risk of the item mysteriously disappearing. And if my item doesn't sell, it's an extra hassle for nothing. In addition, there could be no pre-orders. And it'd be very expensive for non-American sellers to list items if they had to ship an item to an eBay escrow address in America, only to have it shipped back to the original country.
will be the opening credits. You have to keep them coming back for more.