Double Whammy
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Let's see if I understand this right:
Ebay owns PayPal; eBay charges me a fee to sell online. They then charge me a fee to receive payment thru PayPal for the sold eBay item. So they collect TWICE! What a deal!
I wondered why they changed they're purchase options to PayPal only. Greed.
I think I will rethink selling on eBay.
Another double whammy.
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eBay is not PayPal only... go to the following links for more information about which payment methods are permitted on eBay...
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/accepted-payments-policy.html
http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/accepted-payment-methods.html
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They may be joinly owned but they are still seperate companies.
Don't like the fees - don't sell.
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wow. nice response,,,"dont like the fees dont sell" we are aloud to have a voice and opinion, thats what these forums are for. the fees are getting out of control and we have a right to comment. What if everyone took your advice and stopped selling, both of these companies would go out of business....not such good advice
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@mismochy wrote:the fees are getting out of control and we have a right to comment.
PayPal's standard fee has been 2.9% plus 30 cents for about 8 years. Were you referring to eBay fees?
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Ebay is going downhill in the last 8 years also. It used to be fun, now it's in decline. I've been victim to fraud twice, Paypal resolution is the real joke. Sellers are NOT protected. Lots of loopholes for scammers to take advantage of sellers on Ebay. Best advice, always use a credit card as a buyer, and always insist off site with money orders as a seller. Been doing that for 5 years, never been burned yet. Who needs a 3rd party to handle money? It's higher than merchant accounts everywhere.
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@dalotel wrote:Best advice, always use a credit card as a buyer, and always insist off site with money orders as a seller.
If buyers follow your advice, they will not be buying from you.
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i choose to no longer deal with a company that takes my money without asking, and has the ability to lock up your account and $15k dollars for up to 180 days while your account is in a random security check! Paypal sure is not business friendly anymore. Say goodbye to paypal and ebay. ebays bullsh*it fee changes last month hurt every small business, ebay is advertising "cheaper" listing fees but raise all of their final value fess, way to go ebay!!! you have lost another small business owner.

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