[DMCForum] Re: questionable eBay auction...

["brandelorean" <brandelorean@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Marc,

I've recently had to do the same thing.  It's weird at first but I 
guess sometimes you got to deal with what people are comfortable 
with.  If you build it into the handling fees, you'll be fine, but 
yeah it's a pain.  Especially when I used to charge what it costs for 
shipping and then all of a sudden they're sucking 5 bucks or so out 
of my profit (what little it is), not to mention Ebay's fees, and I 
then end up paying most of the shipping costs out of my pocket.  

Ebay is truly making a lot of money, especially when it comes to 
Paypal.  But oh well, atleast somebody is getting good use out of the 
stuff.

Thanks,

Brandon
Vin 3323

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> They claim I am a spammer??  Best I can tell, if you
> take pay pal then you MUST take credit cards.
> 
> My situation is, I have been on ebay for a LOOOOOONG
> time and have always avoided PayPal.  Recently, I gave
> in and signed up for PayPal and have been taking it as
> payment for auctions..  Just the other day, someone
> paid me using PayPal but they used their credit card. 
> I did not read the conformation message from PayPal
> saying that it was a credit card payment and I had to
> "approve" it...  And actually shipped the stuff out
> last week.
> 
> OK, no big deal.  I log on to PayPal and see that I
> have to "upgrade" my membership to take credit cards..
>  So I read up on this, and find that for the "upgrade"
> they will now charge me 2.9% + .30 per transaction
> EVEN IF IT IS NOT ON A CREDIT CARD!  No way I am going
> to agree to that.
> 
> So, I contact the buyer and he agrees to send me a
> money order (I am trusting him, because I already sent
> him the stuff...  I don't have a lot of choice!). 
> Then proceed to update all of my auctions to say
> "Sorry, I don't take credit cards"..  Shortly after,
> Ebay PULLS all of my auctions (Deleted, not
> opportunity to update it or re-use the photos and
> description) and sends me a message that I am in
> "violation of eBay's Keyword Spamming policy".
> 
> I then find out that "Sellers who choose Paypal as a
> payment option in the listing process must accept all
> forms of Paypal, without restriction."
> 
> What a scam.  In the end, the cost is just passed on
> to the BUYER anyway.  If I am forced to pay 2.9% + .30
> per transaction, I will build that in to the "Shipping
> and Handling" fees.
> 
> 
> --- timnagin <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Why would that matter?  I haven't accepted any
> > credit cards on anything I
> > have auctioned and never had them pulled.
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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