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Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by DanBlake »

DanBlake wrote: post #24
bryne wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which in this case is zero, because eBay is rife with scammers preying on the *well-educated? Gazelle and Amazon present almost zero risk to the seller, hence the price differential.

The chance of getting scammed like this on eBay is less than 2% (maximum chargeback rate) Hence you are better selling 100 iPhones on eBay and taking the hit for two then sell all 100 on gazelle and not.

2% is a way higher number than reality. The amount of fraud on eBay is well, well below a 10th of a percent.

Selling on craigslist and gazelle does not solve the issue. It could be lost in the mail or you could be robbed. Il take a 99% chance at getting twice my money than a 100% chance of getting half. To each his own though./

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by adrianm »

sukuriant wrote: post #37
kerryfalk wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shameless plug; we've built one for automotive enthusiasts: https://www.styckyd.com Our target is to serve the C2C market and make shipping less painless as well as eliminate some of the risk on the buyer's side. With the current climate for buying goods online companies serving the space are at risk for opening themselves up to scams like this one by buyers. The reality for anyone accepting credit cards is that you'…

How do you pronounce that?

My mind read it as "stickied".

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by dbaupp »

sukuriant wrote: post #37
kerryfalk wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shameless plug; we've built one for automotive enthusiasts: https://www.styckyd.com Our target is to serve the C2C market and make shipping less painless as well as eliminate some of the risk on the buyer's side. With the current climate for buying goods online companies serving the space are at risk for opening themselves up to scams like this one by buyers. The reality for anyone accepting credit cards is that you'…

How do you pronounce that?

stick-id, maybe?

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by UnFundedHype »

The whole tech culture is also to blame. I'm sure there have been a LOT of great alternate ebay, paypal start ups who just didn't get traction. Bloggers won't talk about you if you haven't raised a million and you won't get much traction on google without bloggers or spending major bucks.

My Dreamybids.com site for example, is an awesome service that uses the quibids model. It allows anyone to host their own auctions for products or services. Meaning a graphic designer could auction $200 of services. 10 people pay $20 to participate in the auction, one person wins and gets $200 of graphic design for $20.

Good luck getting traction with that if you aren't in the tech crunch, mashables, stanford, in club.

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by codenerdz »

reddit_clone wrote: post #44

When the buyer made the chargeback, why isn't he forced to return the item? Isn't this the obvious step that is missing from the whole equation?

No he was not. He went straight to his credit card and they took his side.

I had no chance of appealing because Paypal would not disclose the Credit Card issuer contact info to me so that I could contact them directly

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by haberman »

Don't know if they're any good but the Economist just wrote up EcoATM (http://www.ecoatm.com/) which lets you sell used phones at kiosks. You show up with your used phone and put it into the machine, which can apparently verify its make/model and condition, and lets a network of buyers instantly bid on it. If you choose to sell, the kiosk keeps your phone and you leave with cash.

Re: Thinking of Selling on eBay using Paypal? Think Again

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Post by prof_hobart »

Meanwhile, as a purchaser on Paypal, you only get 45 days after the day of the transaction - which caught us out last week.

We ordered some stuff from (at least theoretically) a reputable company. We had to pay about 2 months ago, but kept getting emails telling us that the stock hadn't arrived yet and to just be patient. Then a couple of weeks ago, they told us that they actualy didn't have the stock and that we'd have to get a refund. But they were refusing to respond to any of our requests for the refund, so we contacted Paypal and they told us that we'd missed out on the 45 day window and they couldn't help us.

The company we ordered from eventually (after over a week of chasing) paid up, but if they hadn't we would have been left high and dry by Paypal.

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