I am writing a review from the perspective of a "C...

I am writing a review from the perspective of a "Casual Seller". I sold an item on Friday, May 31. The buyer paid within minutes of the auction closing. I sold this item to pay for an anniversary gift for my husband. Our anniversary is in 2 days. eBay is withholding my sales funds because I have not sold anything in the past 90 days. I contacted eBay customer service and asked them to please release the funds as I already shipped the item and sold it so I could purchase an anniversary gift for my husband. Further, I explained that their policy to withhold funds was not explained to me when I placed my item for sale on their site. Customer Service indicated that this is a policy they put in place to protect buyers from eBay sellers who do not ship items. I asked them why they are implementing such a policy against sellers with perfect ratings (such as myself). They stated that it is to be "fair" to all "casual sellers". I explained that this policy does not provide me any incentive to sell items with their service moving forward. I asked them why they don't at least release enough funds to cover postage for items and why they don't release at least 50% of the sales amount. Customer Service had no response. I will never sell with eBay again. I will sell my items through Facebook Marketplace. There is no reason for eBay to punish its good sellers because of a few rotten apples. I asked Customer Service why I should keep selling with them when they hijack my sales funds and was given a lame answer that eBay protects sellers and buyers. I asked her to demonstrate that commitment to sellers by releasing 50% of my sales funds. She declined. Shame on you, eBay. Shame on you!