Latest eBay seller BS

well, lets see. i have been using ebay since before i was 18, even though it was against TOS, and had to pay in cash, back when you could, so since about 2000. i have seen the system evolve greatly. i normally use buy it now to purchase things, about 99.99% of my purchases are buy it now. i will admit, i have bid sniped quite a few times, but i keep it to a minimum. i only snipe within the max im willing to spend, as i have been burned and had to pay outrageous ammounts before. ebay buyer protection is a double edged sword. example, i once bought a vintage mac, to find the seller removed the stains on it by washing it in acetone. i tried to file a complaint, they wanted me to send it back, shipping not refundable. it wouldve cost me more to send back than it cost me for the item. basically, sellers can send you trash, but you could send it back and get back less than the original cost. but i think they may have fixed that. ebay has also turned into a place of unrealistic values for old equipment, where people demand 10x reasonable value for an item and justify it by labeling it "vintage" or "retro" when it is something under 20 years old and was made in mass production. i do feel removing sellers rights to negative feedback was a good idea, as in the day ii ran across a few sellers who were running scams, and listed in their profile "i leave negative feedback for negative feedback" or the real world equivalent of "if you tell what im doing, ill tell the world you are dealing coke out of your family's home" but at the same time it makes it hard for sellers to deal with abusive or scam buyers, like the time ii sold a PBX card in working order, had a dealer buy it for less than his retail, and sent me a bad card back which was physically different than the one i sold him, ebay attempted to take the money back, could only take so much before my bank told them no, so he left me negative feedback, but i was able to leave it for him as well.