posted on October 4, 2000 08:45:14 AM new
Actually, all the little garage sale people are why I BUY on eBay. I don't have time to drive around to garage sales and flea markets. I have other things to do on weekends. But I can squeeze in a few minutes online after the kids go to bed to look for items I collect.
I've yet to buy anything from a business. Nothing against the businesses on eBay, they just don't sell what I'm looking for... I have to search out the clearing-out-the-house and hobby sellers. I'm going back to sending money orders to these folks. I want to see them stay on eBay.
posted on October 4, 2000 09:56:21 AM new
The major flaw I see in all of this is the fact that if you are set up as a personal account and a buyer pays you by PP and has funds sitting in their account - that transaction does NOT go towards your $500 per six months period of time. However, if you are set up as a business account, every transaction is charged! That is the part I don't like.
As a note, I sell on Ebay, but all my profits (and I mean ALL) go towards my son's tuition at college. (room & board alone is $600 per month) Now, how can I be a business when I'm not making any money? <grin> Just a thought! It's not the percentage they want, it is a matter of luring us all in, getting our bank numbers & now the knife! I may change my bank account number just to be safe. Also, I went to every current auction and added: Due to Pay Pal Policy changes, I will no longer accept Pay Pal Payments.
posted on October 4, 2000 09:57:57 AM new
Some of the very scenarios PayPal put forth at the outset of the service would push a personal user over the limit ---
A very special birthday or anniversary dinner for which a dozen people PayPal money to the individual organizing the event.
A parent Paypalling money to a kid in college on a monthly basis -- less than $100 a month would throw the kid over the limit.
A brownie troop using PayPal to collect cookie money. My daughter alone sold more than $700 worth of cookies this year.
Several relatives sending money to another relative to pay for that special anniversary vacation for Grandma & Grandpa.
A relative collecting Disney World ticket money for a family reunion.
This really does go to show how much PayPal relies on the auction community for its very existence. It really doesn't have a "person-to-person" user base.
It it did, it would have found other criteria to force auction sellers to upgrade.
posted on October 4, 2000 11:03:56 AM new
You can transfer money from your bank account to pay your buyers, send money to little Bill in College & pay your vet...no limits. Its credit card payments that are capped. And yes I know, 'I don't trust Paypal enough to give out my bank account'. Like I always said, use a Money Order or a check...it has worked before & if you give it a shot it might still work.
If you whine hard enough to the Post Office, they might give it for you for FREE too.
posted on October 4, 2000 11:31:23 AM new
I have several comments regarding what I have read on this bulletin board. 1)If people don't like what paypal is doing, don't use it!! Nobody's holding a gun to your head to use it. I'm a small time ebayer myself, and if I have to upgrade in order to keep using it, I will, because it is easier and quicker than checks/M.O.s. 2)If you compare it to other services like billpoint, it is way cheaper. 3)It kind of worries me that paypal is processing fraudulent credit card transactions...should they not verify the transaction first?? The 12-24 hour period that it may take to do this is still quicker than waiting up to 4-5 days for the mail to get here!! The account should only be frozen for the part that is suspect, which I can handle..
Just had to get all that off my chest..good luck and happy bidding/selling to all..Robert
posted on October 4, 2000 12:38:20 PM new
Rob, you got to take this board with a grain of salt. I have been throughly enjoying myself with all this anti Paypal & pro paypal postings. All I do now is make light jokes about all this hoop-la. I agree with you completely on this. I myself have told them that if Paypal is making life so meserable, might as well close it & get on with life.
But you have to understand, we have people here who are continously carrying this nagging sticker that says, 'I made the Internet & The Internet has forgotten me'. Tell you what man, if it wasn't Paypal it would have been against eBay.
About a month ago whe Billpoint was offering $1 rebate you could not go through a day without someone calling eBay the next Microsoft. Meg was trying to corner the markeet they say. Greedy lil Meg they say. 1st banners & now they want to kill off Paypal. Just laugh it off as humor
posted on October 4, 2000 10:40:37 PM new
Comic123, you're the very reason America is so great, America needs a never ending supply of suckers who buy our BS that our products will make them feel better, look younger, or in the case of Paypal, save a few nickels. Little do suckers know, all these things are psychological babble, and mind tricks, and can simply be achieved by spending a day at the pool (in the shade).
It's so ironic that while you mock us sellers who don't like being called the fool, yet you're the great fool for allowing paypal to manipulate you. Oh well, please do not think I care what you do. I truly only care that myself is not the one being manipulated. When sellers come to AW to air out their concerns, it's really more than that. We're forming an alliance that breaks the bad habits of corporations to ignore our interests. Hardly something for you to be so mocking about.
posted on October 4, 2000 11:11:26 PM new
do I or do I not take off the Pay Pal Logo this is the question. If they received,10,000 emails stating their logos were to be removed on Oct 16 would they think again.
