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[ADC]

Ebay only excepting paypal as the only payment method in certain listing categories. Probably they will move it to all listing categories eventually. This must be against the law?

Imagine if Tesco bought American Express and said from now on we will only take American Express in our stores. There would be an outcry, and i'm sure the government would get involved.

Anyone else agree?

[pablow123]

Yes i agree and the fees they charge to accept PayPal are scandalous.

[E-ASYCHOICE]

The only way round it I guess would be to advertise on you listing within text/html - 'Payment methods accepted - PayPal, Cheque, Postal Order, Bank Transfer ect . . ' then when the auction ends obviously your address will be sent on the invoice, and if they wish to use Bank Transfer they would need to email you. You would then have to change individual listing status to 'Payment Received' manually in the Selling Manager. A messy way of doing things and prob wont be to long until eBay slap you on the wrist for it, but from my initial thoughts I cant think of another way round, obviously it would be much easier if eBay just didnt do it in the first place

Leigh

[sellsimplestuff]

Originally Posted by pablow123

Yes i agree and the fees they charge to accept PayPal are scandalous.

also, how can they hold a a sellers funds if if the buyer has not left feedback.

surely that should be illegal, especially when Ebay & Paypal are two different
companies

[pablow123]

eBay own PayPal.

Originally Posted by sellsimplestuff

also, how can they hold a a sellers funds if if the buyer has not left feedback.

surely that should be illegal, especially when Ebay & Paypal are two different
companies

[Tango34uk]

I would guess if any of us (me included) bothered to read their terms and conditions, we would find that they are allowed to do it!

But I have noticed at least 2 of my biggest rivels stop selling on eBay, and my trade is picking up. So, so far the changes are working for me.

[Costaconsoles]

Originally Posted by pablow123

eBay own PayPal.

yeah but they are trading separately - owned by the same (kind of) but still independent

[TYLOLA]

What happened to Nochex? why did they blow it out? :s

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by TYLOLA

What happened to Nochex? why did they blow it out? :s

Their making a comeback but aren't anywhere near as big as their market counterparts, they are a small fish in a big pond!

[buyitonlinehere]

Hi all,

So if there is problems with ebay why are people not leaving ebay and opening up their own shop. Do ebay have that much traffic that in some ways its the only way to sell?

From
Doug