My friend just emailed me and he said: "I just tried to post few listing but it did not get posted. The reason they gave me is that I have to put A paypal and credit card for means of payment. Is this new rule from ebay?"
Is this a new ruling of paypal?
There are a few reasons why my friend stopped using paypal. One of the reasons is that he sold a gold coin to international buyer and the buyer would not pay to pick it up at customs, he said it was too much money so he wanted my friend to pay the customs, which he said no just send it back.
The buyer made a complaint to paypal saying he didn't receive the coin so paypal returned his money ($900.00) The package was registered & insured but when the post office investigated they said the coin was picked up by the buyer. So the buyer picked it up after making the complaint to paypal & getting back his money. Just a big mess for him he's out the money and the coin.
Seller Standards
In addition to pricing changes, we're making the minimum standards for selling on eBay more stringent, primarily to discourage bad seller behavior on our site. And we'll do this in 2 key ways: through decreased listings exposure in search and safe payment requirements.
Starting in February, we will decrease listings exposure in search for the relatively small number of sellers who have a high buyer dissatisfaction rate and low DSRs over the last 30 days, especially for charging excessive shipping and handling.
Second, we will be requiring sellers with high buyer dissatisfaction rates to offer a safe payment option.
Last year, we started requiring all new sellers to offer PayPal or a major credit card as a safe payment option. This gave buyers a higher degree of protection when they transacted with sellers who had little or no track record.
This year, we're expanding this requirement to include a small number of sellers who have the worst rates of buyer dissatisfaction or who have less than 100 total feedback.
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