[ot] ebay now forcing sellers to use paypal - rant

dave dominey · Post by **dave dominey** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:28 pm

noisetonepause wrote:Personally I just try and stick to ebay.de as opposed to .co.uk, because Germans, unlike Brits, are trustworthy people who don't lie in their auction listings.

(grumble, grumble, grumble)

a nice sweeping statement there

i must be german then as i have never lied in an ebay auction listing

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:47 pm

dave dominey wrote:
noisetonepause wrote:Personally I just try and stick to ebay.de as opposed to .co.uk, because Germans, unlike Brits, are trustworthy people who don't lie in their auction listings.

(grumble, grumble, grumble)
a nice sweeping statement there

i must be german then as i have never lied in an ebay auction listing

Oh. Maybe I was wrong, then?

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:47 pm

dave dominey wrote:
noisetonepause wrote:Personally I just try and stick to ebay.de as opposed to .co.uk, because Germans, unlike Brits, are trustworthy people who don't lie in their auction listings.

(grumble, grumble, grumble)
a nice sweeping statement there

i must be german then as i have never lied in an ebay auction listing

Oh. Maybe I was wrong, then?

littlepig · Post by **littlepig** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:36 pm

The thing that is annoying me is that ebay are now forcing me to put paypal as a payment option.

I have made about 30 sales on ebay. Most of it has been small stuff (50 gbp max) I have accepted cash or cheques (and wait for the cheque to clear). This simple way of working has never caused me problems.

The only time I had a problem is when I sold a guitar for 275gbp and another small item and paypal froze my paypal account.

Anyway I warned you all this was a rant and a fairly petty one at that.

My conclusion is that I will probably give up ebay because I am not prepared to accept their terms. Shame really because it was a mildly diverting way of disposing of surplus gear and getting old guitars.

b0unce · Post by **b0unce** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:56 pm

I'm going to hazard a guess that the lion's share of fraud that takes place on ebay is through western union & cheques