You bought them off a business though? They've got the ability to take card payments like they would on any other website they're running. As a private individual you won't have that ability. Unless eBay are somehow offering that as a facility to private sellers now? 🤷 (I can't see how that would work.)
People have an additional layer of protection as a buyer by using PayPal, so when purchasing from private sellers it's generally all anyone is prepared to do, unless they're doing cash on collection (and eBay isn't where people go to look for cash on collection items they usually expect it to be posted). Even when purchasing from an eBay business people often prefer to use PayPal for purchases.
eBay isn't safe and is full of scammers, both buyers and sellers. As a buyer PayPal offers extra protection against getting scammed, as a seller PayPal leaves you more open to being scammed. eBay is not much more than an online noticeboard where people can advertise stuff for sale and random people send them payment in exchange for the goods. Don't believe the hype.
It's been hyped up since day one as a safe place to buy and sell, it isn't. It's not much safer than seeing an ad in the back of the local paper or hobby magazine, phoning the number and sending off a cheque in the post to a random selling something. At least then you'd have their name, address and phone number! I've done my fair share of this back in the day as both buyer and seller and it's always worked out fine because the majority people are honest. Whereas the anonymity, and scale of reach, of eBay attracts scammers.
The feedback system is largely worthless. If you don't sell anything for 3 months it resets to zero, sell one item with good feedback and it's now at 100% positive. Lots of businesses with thousands of feedback per month have zero customer service, they sell things and if they don't arrive do nothing to resolve the issue, leaving the buyer to resort to claiming a refund from PayPal and although they've got thousands of excellent feedback putting their percentage at 95.8% they'll also have a few hundred negatives per month from customers who've been let down. Some people gain lots of feedback by selling 1000 ebooks for 99p to make their account look good, before selling (or scamming) the thing they want to sell (or rip people off for). There's nothing eBay can do to stop sellers friends bidding on their stuff to push the price up or to "buy" it for the purpose of leaving good feedback (they don't check the seller got paid).
If an account is suspended for dodgy dealing, being a scammer or breaking eBay's rules, or if they get too many negative feedbacks for their liking, all that's needed is a new email address (which can be obtained easily for free in less than 5mins) and 5mins after that they've got a new eBay account.
The buyer can't do anything if they get scammed voluntarily sending a bank transfer because they chose to do it and they don't have the sellers address for taking them to court (and some people don't pay even if you win in court). Buyers also don't have to take the risk of items getting lost or damaged in transit if they use PayPal, eBay itself may or may not refund them but PayPal almost definitely will if it doesn't arrive.
PayPal also generally come down on the side of the buyer in disputes about the item's condition or description. There's been cases where sellers received "their" damaged item back from the buyer only to find it's 100% not the good as new item they sent out, but the buyer's old damaged one (that's quite a common scam from scammer buyers), only they're stuffed because they can't prove it. There's even been cases where the seller has opened up the parcel for their "returned item" to find it's eg a box of old bricks instead of the playstation they sold. Buyer has a signature for the "returned item" and gets refunded by PayPal.
UK laws is buyer beware for private sales of second hand goods, it's on the buyer to check the condition of the item and it's specifications to ensure its what they want and it's their risk if it's lost or damaged in transit. So long as the seller didn't completely lie about what it was eg selling a pair of trousers and saying it's a dress and so long as they posted it, that's their job done. eBay and PayPal rules make the seller responsible for describing faults in the item and for delivery, so if it doesn't arrive or arrives damaged the seller has to refund, sometimes including the postage. This is how the seller can get scammed by buyers wrongly claiming it didn't arrive or was damaged (always send items with "signed for" tracking to help avoid this).
So with all the scamming going on, people are rightfully wary of paying with anything other than PayPal. Refusing to offer it as an option will have a lot of people automatically assuming you're a scammer and your listings are unlikely to do well as less people will be willing to bid. As an eBay seller, be prepared to get scammed occasionally and to lose both the item and the cost of posting it, on top of the fees you paid to sell it. If you can't afford to take that hit occasionally, I'd advise don't sell on eBay. You have to weigh it up that it's the most used second hand selling site versus the potential to be scammed.
Cherry I wouldn't sell or give away the meat, you're leaving yourself open to trouble if someone or their pet is poisoned. At least label it as not for human consumption if you do pass it on. You don't know of it's been continuously frozen or if there's been a power cut at some point. If it was me, I would put it in the food recycling just before collection so it's still frozen.
Donated:
One dress and one jumper.
Total is 3664