posted on November 15, 2007 05:05:52 AM new
Why would a seller not take paypal for International sales but they would take Bid Pay?
Aren't both payment methods the same?
The old BidPay was safer then Paypal but since they have the New Bidpay it appears to me to be the same as paypal when it comes to charge backs on International sales.
Also, would it be safe to accept payment from UK/Canada only if using paypal?
Also, can we state in our auctions that we only except payment with paypal funds if we except International payments with paypal?
Would this way be safer then accepting payment with credit cards through paypal.
posted on November 15, 2007 05:38:16 AM new
No, they're not the same.
PayPal seller protection only works (for a US seller) for confirmed addresses in the US, UK, and Canada. BidPay does not have that restriction.
Yes, it is safe to accept only from UK/Canada, but note that you'll have to self-police this policy. PayPal doesn't have a handy box to check that says you'll only accept payments that are covered by Seller Protection; you can say US-only, or you can say Worldwide.
posted on November 15, 2007 07:21:51 AM new
The old bid pay as I remember it was when a payment was made the buyer could not claim his money back like with paypal.
But the new bid pay allows this now, or am I wrong about this.
posted on November 15, 2007 07:52:16 AM new
50% OF my bids are now coming from Intl bidders and most of them prefer Paypal.
For low priced items,I just ship with no online tracking,saving them some money on shipping using first class mail.
For high priced items,I will take out insurance with U-PIC or DSI and ship them first class with no tracking.
Western Union,Moneygram are alternatives to Paypal,so are wiretransfer and AMEX/bank drafts and money orders.
Also for Japan and Canada,your buyer can get a postal order in US $ at the local post office.
If they are going to their local bank to buy you a bank draft or money order,make sure they tell their banker it must be drawn on a US bank,otherwise your local bank will have a hard time clearing it.
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posted on November 15, 2007 07:54:26 AM new
Sellers who accept Bidpay ,they could be using old template when Bidpay treated every charge transaction as 'cash advance'.
You cannot do a chargeback on cash advance ,whether payable to yourself or a third party.
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