[SEL] ot ebay

[Listerdiesel]

On 11/04/2008, Lew Best <bee_keeper at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hey yall
>
>  I have a bit of a different take on this apparently than most.  I've
>  bought & sold on EBay quite a bit (205 feedbacks) & prefer Paypal hands
>  down.  I don't sell much anymore but when I did I really liked the idea
>  of "instant money."
>
>  Things may be different on money "movement" here in the states but
>  Paypal here is the safest & quickest imho.  Someone mentioned "direct
>  deposit" & AFAIK that's not available here (or if it is the bank would
>  probably charge for it?).  With Paypal I do get charged but think of the
>  advantages.  In most cases my sales have been paid for within an hour or
>  less.  I can take the Paypal debit card & buy stuff (groceries, etc.;
>  anything a visa card will buy) immediately if I want to.  If I want to
>  go to the bank I can use the debit card for an immediate cash withdrawal
>  or transfer to my account; not have to wait for the mail to bring a
>  check/money order & then (if it's a check) wait for it to clear.  I can
>  also ship immediately & get the whole deal "over & done with."
>
>  I also feel that it increases sales in that some folks will buy stuff
>  that they wouldn't (or couldn't) buy if they couldn't put it on a credit
>  card.  Anyway, I use Paypal for any possible EBay transaction (buying or
>  selling); feel like it's the best way overall to handle them.
>
>  Lew near Waco, TX
>

Well, we've been on ebay since 1998, and the thing I least like about
this announcement is that it is restricting the choice of payment. Not
only that, it is also restricting payment to a service provider that
it owns 100%, which is possibly going to fall under "restrictive
practices" in some countries.

I have no problem with PayPal and use it a lot, but both these
companies should be doing it better than they are, and not getting the
opinions from users that we are seeing here.

Peter
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