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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1907576, member: 27832"]Even worse, when you list a volatile item with a 14-day return policy (or, if eBay has their rumored way, an even longer return term), you're selecting for the buyers who will take advantage of it. People who want to buy and hold may not care that much about return policies -- if it's as described, they'll keep it regardless, and if it's not, they can return it regardless. Aggressive and unethical (IMHO) flippers, though, will stick with the return-policy auctions, just so they can do things like this. (The "unethical in everyone's opinion" flippers will buy anywhere and then file bogus SNADs if they want to return.) So, whether you list with a return policy or not, you may get an ethical and problem-free buyer. If you do list with a return policy, though, you stand a higher chance of getting a bad buyer (again, the "bad" characterization is MHO to some extent). Of course, broadening your field of bidders may also increase your realized price. It's not a simple call.[/QUOTE]