posted on November 21, 2000 12:09:36 PM new
Yes, I just got this email today. Well, GOTCHA!!! Their forcing non credit card payments on people parallels eBays forcing of BillPoint.
I haven't decided what to do yet since I am a credit card merchant and I can use that again as opposed to PayPal. However, I loved the convenience of PayPal and this hurts - it really does. Unlike, with my merchant account where I'm under contract for a set rate, PayPal is unfairly taking advantage of its newly founded (huge) customer base and putting the hot irons to them. Now I gotcha, you s-o-b (yes, sob!).
They're playing on the convenience that so many of us have grown to depend on for our online sales and buying. I wonder how long it will be before they impose fees on buyers?
I particularly like how they say they think this is "fair". I'm surprised they didn't finish with "this is what the American people want....."
posted on November 21, 2000 12:56:03 PM new
The fact remains, your buyers want to use these services.
As long PP & PD don't mess up with buyers ,
you're stuck w/using them.
Sellers need to come up with a way to protect themselves, PP & PD sure will not.
I sure would like to hear some ideas.
posted on November 21, 2000 03:29:29 PM new
chasd7-------PP is floundering- and it is only a matter of time til they totally bite the dust. The ONLY idea to bring these CC to our reality - is to Boycott them... if we all got together and said on our listings that CC fees are RAISING the price of our listed items - which they do - then perhaps a month or 2 of checks and money orders would bring these as you say sob's to their senses.
We created a multi-million dollar biz for them and they still aren't satisfied.
I'm contemplating offering my customers a discount for NOT using CC's
The flip side to this is -- Yahoo has me hostage, since I have now come to realize, the rotation views and sales of my items --- depends on the ratio of my AND my customers using THEIR services.
Some how, we have all forfeited our e-commerce Bill of Rights??
If it keeps this trend, they are definitely inviting the Government black suits to one day intervene..........
posted on November 21, 2000 03:34:03 PM new
yisgood--------thanks for the info!!hmmm contemplating one of these links on my listings....maybe it will educate the buyer?
posted on November 22, 2000 11:13:00 AM new
Government intervention - YES - no question.
Not for our protection but to levy taxes.
NO DOUBT - - When a gov type detects money flow, you can bet on taxes. They are better than bloodhounds.
Boycott: Only the buyers can xcreate an effective boycott. Thought that xcreate was a typo now I think was some kind of fruedian
thing.
