An immediate concern is that this league table makes regular IIS sellers look like they are possibly operating a business, rather than acquiring and later selling gear during the course of the hobby as so many of us do. There are clearly tax and other implications, especially since the ATO and Centrelink are already requisitioning information about vendors from eBay.
It isn't clear what the intent of this change is - presumably some sort of indirect assurance of seller bona fides for potential buyers - but to my mind it is an unwelcome and unnecessary development, particularly since it was introduced without (to my knowledge) prior discussion or warning.
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