eBay going to 100% electronic payments only

[GRB]

I've avoided PayPal after reading so many horror stories. Now, I'm not sure what to do. BTW - I'm a buyer, never a seller. Just sent a seller a personal check minutes ago!

[WILMASBOYL78]

I only buy from Sammy...he accepts Tasty Kakes...Canolli's and provlone

wilma

[Verne_Frantz]

I am also very unhappy to hear this change of policy. I've been scared by all the terrible stories I've heard too and stayed clear of PayPal. I had planned on selling a lot of stuff in the near future, so now I don't know what to do. I think the time is ripe for another on-line auction business to start up, designed more like the original ebay and with lower fees.

As for protecting myself from buyers who claim they never received an item, I ALWAYS pay the extra for Delivery Confirmation through USPS.

Verne

[SuperNovaSS]

I wonder if I buyer could still pay by money order if they contacted the seller through the message system. This is pretty rediculous not that I thin about it.


Jason

[Mr70]

eBay is also extending it's standard auctions from 7 days to now be 30 days,starting Sept 16th.
It's also lowering the listing fee in hopes of attracting more sellers as well as buyers.

I've been having great success so far on our own For Sale/Wanted Classifieds ads sections right here on sYc and Craigslist.com too.Buying & selling with just one flat stated asking price.
...And no associated fees whatsoever.

[69B Z28]

[ QUOTE ]
It's also lowering the listing fee in hopes of attracting more sellers as well as buyers.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes, but at the same time they are raising the final value fee (percentage) ....Again!

[427.060]

The main reason Ebay is doing this is because they own Paypal. I would rather use Paypal. I have been using Paypal for over 8 years and have never had a problem. When I signed up for Paypal it was all free and they actually gave you $5 for joining. It's too much trouble to get money orders and a lot of sellers don't like taking checks. As far as the Paypalsucks site posted above, Like with any business, there will always be unhappy people. How many transactions go through Paypal a day without a problem? Let one person have a little trouble and it's all over the net but you never hear about the millions of good transactions. I would be willing to bet that most of the bad transactions that go wrong do so because the one complaining didn't follow all the required steps. I would imagine a lot of companies would love to have the customer service rating that Paypal has.
James

[71SSNova]

[ QUOTE ]
I wonder if I buyer could still pay by money order if they contacted the seller through the message system. This is pretty rediculous not that I thin about it.


Jason

[/ QUOTE ]

Per eBay, this can be done but they will be watching so the seller does not abuse this privledge.
Time for a new auction site to start up and learn from the stupid stuff eBay has done.

[m22mike]

[ QUOTE ]
I only buy from Sammy...he accepts Tasty Kakes...Canolli's and provlone

wilma

[/ QUOTE ]

What the hell....no salami

Mike