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[fero_ah at city-net.com]

G'day Russell,

One comment...  The use of PayPal does not have to cost you a fee.

I have a Personal PayPal account wherein I can send and receive money and it
doesn't cost me a dime.  The only limitation that impacts my eBay selling is
that a buyer can't pay me using a credit card; it has to be money from his
PayPal account balance or from his bank account via PayPal.  I describe that in
my ads and also state that other conventional forms of payment are acceptable
(cash, check, money order, gold, etc.).

Occasionally I get a mouth-breather who can't read and I have to reject his
credit card PayPal payment (since I refuse to upgrade my PayPal account).  But
that's pretty rare.

One really interesting website to visit in getting more background on PayPal is
NoPayPal.  http://www.paypalsucks.com/  Enjoy!

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

Quoting Russell Gilbert <russell at ncable.com.au>:

> G'day all, just wondering if any one else has received this e-mail from
> ebay:
> 
> Hi Russell L. Gilbert
> Because you are a valued seller we'd like to let you know about some 
> changes to eBay.com.au that are going to make our marketplace an even 
> safer place for you to buy and sell.
> 
> These changes will be introduced in two stages:
> 
>  From 21 May you must offer PayPal on all your listings as well as 
> currently permitted payment methods.
> 
>  From 17 June you will only be able to offer PayPal on your listings 
> and pay on pick up (i.e.paid for when picking up the item).
> 
> I will be one who will dramatically reduce the use of ebay. Much of 
> the gear we trade is valued in the hundreds. Be buggered if Im gonna 
> let them cop another 3% for nothing. Maybe if we all voice our 
> concern things may change??? Most times we sell something it is to 
> fund the resto of an engine or to make another purchase similar, I 
> don't think you are gonna be happy when they take a greater chunk out 
> of it. Direct deposit works fine for me, never had any trouble.
> just my 2 cents worth,