Why is everyone so impatient

because Ebay side with the people who move fast against those who move slow.  Just because your cat is sick is no reason not to rush to the post office, and if they complain they might get some money off.  Welcome to a world where ebay makes the deal.

1. Some sellers will relist the items if the winning bids too low. Enay won’t stop them relisting.

2. Complain to ebay items not arriving early does not mean having the item for free.

3. Some scammers will scam the seller via the return policy.

At least the African scammers seem to have stopped for the moment.

you purchased a complaint

Makes sense that they value speed and definitely good for the economy too. I wonder how many service chains are waiting for a spare part. Once the car part arrives, the mechanic gets paid, the car drives off to a hotel where a room is paid for, the staff spend the cash etc etc

What I get less about ebay is the always siding with the buyer thing when there is a dispute. The occasional seller who mostly buys should be treated as a buyer. And a buyer (seller) who has tried it on once should be barred for life.

Don't get me started on returns via eBay

the last one was classic,I sold a Camera lens as "Spares and Repairs" and put Faulty in the title, and a description of the fault in the description.

Kermit buys the item
I Post it  days later they start a return via eBay "not working"
eBay approves the return and gives then 14 days to return, and put a hold on incoming funds to pay for the refund
after about 18 days I contact eBay CS and ask whats happening, they say they will contact buyer I need to allow another week.
Another 10 days goes by case is still open and I contact CS again

This time i'm asked to give it another 2 weeks for the buyer to return the item, I ask to speak to a manager after a lot of humming and haaing I get transferred and explain the situation that its now over a month since the return was opened the item hasn't arrived, well actually there's no tracking so it's not even in the post.

Manager says he will look at it, 5 minutes later he comes back and apologises he says the system should have closed the return after 17 days if the parcel not in the post, he agrees that I should not have been told twice to continue to wait as he puts it if you get something that's not right you return it ASAP and get money back to buy the correct item. He says he will sort the issue, as I'm on the phone I refresh the screen and see the return disappear.
The next morning the funds appear in my account

Apparently not all PO can print labels

And mine chuntered about doing the work and getting nothing out of it