Groooan. You've got to be kidding me.bran-chan wrote:If you've been a seller for several years then you can opt out on paypal unless you sell in Gift Certificates, Video Games, Cell Phones, Computers and Consumer Electronics.
I have to disagree here. I had problems with them earlier this year. But in my case, their final resolution to my situation was wonderful. I can't say more nice things about them. I spoke with very nice customer services reps.lcatino wrote:In any case, it is stupid for ebay to force sellers to offer paypal.I hate paypal, and I've never even sold on ebay.
They're customer service sucks.
Then again, I've been a premier member for about 7 years. You only need a premier account if you're a seller and want to sell on ebay or accept a credit card. I think as just a regular member you can pay via credit but only accept direct transfers if you're receiving money.lcatino wrote:Hmmm.. I did not know you needed a special paypal account to accept credit cards.I use mine very often for ebay and non ebay transactions.
"Profit" my butt! The $1.50 might have covered the listing fee. There was still the final value fee and the PayPal fee to consider. 
You'll see sellers like me starting auctions at $xx.99. Why? Seriously, that 1 cent can make a 25 cent difference in a listing fee. 
But for quick money and fast sales, it is the way to go.
You would still make off better then with paypal and ebay, as you could use it as a tax right off3. with certain limits, paypal seems to be one of the very few options available on Ebay. You can't use google checkout, you can't use this, you can't use that... geesh...
maybe I should just give the stuff to my local goodwill / salvation army instead of selling it...
Yep, you have to upgrade to accept Paypal, even if the buyer is not using a credit or debit card. In fact, even if buyers sign in through their Paypal account to pay, if they fill out the form with the Ebay auction ID, etc, Paypal will force the seller to upgrade before accepting payment.buma wrote:2. you can no longer limit how a buyer pays using paypal (via credit / debit card or bank transfers) as I've seen some options in the past. If you and a personal account and you show a paypal acceptance on your auction, you MUST also accept credit cards (and basically upgrade to a premiere account in the process). This is totally unfair to smalltime sellers (like most of us are) as the fees would eat up any money a seller might make on items.
Granted, there aren't many places out there that don't accept credit cards, but there are some instances. For example, I wouldn't expect every dealer at a small con to accept them. I certainly wouldn't expect the little old lady at a yard sale to accept them. Ebay used to be America's online yard sale. Not anymore, I guess. If a store does not accept credit cards, well, you either pay a different way or go to a different store. Simple as that. 
so Klet, how is that tactic working for you so far? I thought that would be my only option (other than using Xoom or something like that) to get around the whole forced upgrade path...klet wrote: Now, I don't list pp, but I say that if anyone has another method of payment in mind, please contact me and we'll try to work it out.
Yeah, I also found that website after doing some research when I had problems with them. It is a little disturbing. They really can do whatever they want, and offer no explanation for their actions. At least that's how it was in my case.buma wrote:
and by the way, reading so many horror stories on www.paypalsucks.com is really scaring me...
Honestly? It depends on what it is and how much you can charge for it. It's possible that the tax credit you'd receive is higher than the money you'd make on the sale...or it could be that the bother for a small amount of profit isn't worth your time. Personally, I'd hesitate to sell anything that would go for under $30 or so, since it's a flat 8.75% final value fee for everything up to $25. Not worth the money or aggravation, as far as I'm concerned.buma wrote:maybe I should just give the stuff to my local goodwill / salvation army instead of selling it...
Honestly, I've probably lost bids. But, then again, not much that I sell is worth much to begin with. Whatever extra money I would have made by accepting pp would probably be eaten up by the pp fees.buma wrote:so Klet, how is that tactic working for you so far? I thought that would be my only option (other than using Xoom or something like that) to get around the whole forced upgrade path...klet wrote: Now, I don't list pp, but I say that if anyone has another method of payment in mind, please contact me and we'll try to work it out.
and by the way, reading so many horror stories on www.paypalsucks.com is really scaring me...
Smart woman.
