RE: [DMCForum] Re: questionable eBay auction...

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not set up with PayPal, exactly for the reasons you mention.  Have you
tried contacting eBay yet?  The auctions being pulled could have been done
automatically without any human intervention.  Along with some other minor
problems I have had, my number wasn't increased after a sale recently and I
had to contact them and it was handled immediately.  Try the online
resolution first and if that doesn't help, call their customer support.

On a side note, some people on here probably remember way back when
retailers posted signs in their stores stating a percentage would be added
to process credit cards.  We don't see signs anymore as they just, like you
mentioned, added these fees into their prices.  So, when you buy something
for cash you are increasing that store's profit because they don't have to
spend the percentage to process your card.  I -always- use my cards, and
never use cash.

Greg




-----Original Message-----
From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Marc Levy
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 3:47 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: questionable eBay auction...

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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