Done selling on eBay, they are demanding my social security number to sell

Paypal is where I keep my play money. I'm not opening a separate bank account to replace that so once Paypal is out of the loop so am I. BTW, I thought Ebay owned Paypal.

" BTW, I thought Ebay owned Paypal."
They did, however no longer. Their managed payment system has taken PayPal's place as the money collection vehicle for the seller. A buyer can still use PayPal, any credit card, Apple Pay and several other methods and then deposits it directly (in a few days) into your bank account. As an eBay buyer you can still use PayPal just as before.

BTW, I thought Ebay owned Paypal.

Very old news on the "divorce", maybe 3 years ago now?
Very soon ebay will require ALL sellers to be using their managed payments so there is that to consider.

Along with the hassles of eBay, were some of the customers themselves. It was my fault trying to sell a good product on a site that resembles a garage sale... at least that was how we might be treated by the buyers. 'What is your lowest price?" got old quick, since my items were selling nearly at cost to begin with. I have had better experience here and at US Audio Mart.

You can love or hate ebay but the fact remains they have a massive customer base to sell to.
Just this weekend I sold two audio items within hours of listing and not at giveaway prices but fair to all pricing.
These two items were also listed on USAM but not even a sniff there.
Now yes , costs at ebay are obviously way higher total nearly 13% all in.
But depends on whether you want to get your items sold fairly quickly or sit on them for xx amount of time?