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Re: ebay Australia going paypal only in June
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:17:24 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> While eBay claims it is for buyer safety, I have to wonder if the buyers are
> actually clamouring for it. Although I'm a minnow in the world of Lego
> sales, I have sold on both bricklink and ebay over a few years and I have
> always offered other Aussies a wide variety of payment methods including
> Paypal, direct bank deposit, cheque, cash in the post, money order, etc. Now
> I don't levy any kind of direct or hidden fee for using Paypal so for the
> buyer the cost to them of using Paypal or direct deposit is the same. Yet
> almost every Aussie buyer chooses to pay by direct bank deposit with only a
> couple paying with Paypal. So, this tells me that Paypal is not the
> preference of Aussie buyers.
Pretty much true on my side, I prefer direct deposit, and have done that for
most orders, second method I use a credit card (If they have the facilities set
up), I will never get a paypal account, so no more ebay for me.
(I don't trust a company thats holds my money as a "bank" but is not covered by
any banking regulations.)
Aaron A
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| (...) So, as a seller, we will pay eBay fees to eBay and then we will pay our Paypal fees to, err, eBay. Nice! While eBay claims it is for buyer safety, I have to wonder if the buyers are actually clamouring for it. Although I'm a minnow in the (...) (17 years ago, 12-Apr-08, to lugnet.loc.au)
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