[s1artibartfast]

An escrow service that would photograph the goods before shipping either party would go a long way automated mitigating the empty packages and Bricks. Certainly makes sense for a add-on for high price items.

I wonder if there is a market for this as a third-party service outside of eBay that works on their Market. It would double shipping cost and add time but that could be worth it for a class of goods

[nicolas_t]

Stockx basically does that iirc, seller sends items to Stockx, stockx verifies the goods, puts it for sale and charge a relatively high commission once it's sold.

[s1artibartfast]

Sounds similar, but more like consignment than an escrow service.

Good to know, nonetheless